First topic message reminder :

The title says it all, do you think webartz needs to ship to a different forum software, either phpbb3 or mybb (more preferred) ?

the other open source forum systems are more popular these days and i guess it would help us gain members who hate forumotion software as well.

cons : Decent amount needs to be paid for the hosting.

Seems to me that we agree about this far more than we disagree.

I did say that ZetaBoards meets your needs better than here on forumotion. And we agree on the relative strengths of ZetaBoards over forumotion. I did see that you took advantage of the ZB code database on your forum...good for you!

But that isn't what this topic is about. You never bothered to address the big reason why I believe ZetaBoards is not a good home for WebArtz (it's English-only). What I read was a list of reasons why ZetaBoards was a good home for YOU. I didn't even mention that the owners of WebArtz are long-time staff members on forumotion's English support forum, and with the 5,000-10,000 credits each receives annually for services rendered, they have more than enough credits to keep WebArtz ad-free for many years.

We currently have 15000 credits on WebArtz

dion wrote:You never bothered to address the big reason why I believe ZetaBoards is not a good home for WebArtz (it's English-only).

I can explain! Actually no I can't, I just totally forgot to address that. -_-

But the way I see it, WebArtz is an English-only board and all of our members seem to have an average - at least comprehensible - understanding of the English language.

What I read was a list of reasons why ZetaBoards was a good home for YOU. I didn't even mention that the owners of WebArtz are long-time staff members on forumotion's English support forum, and with the 5,000-10,000 credits each receives annually for services rendered, they have more than enough credits to keep WebArtz ad-free for many years.

Yes, ZetaBoards is good for me, if you want to point out selfishness. But from my experience is why I'm recommending it. Pardon the bias, but I did say I was open to other hosts as well. If there are equal, better, or more preferred hosts then I'm all for it and my offer to the staff still stands, regardless of whom they choose to go with.

In regards to finances and the expenses required; well... I've already pitched my offer to the WA staff. Its up to them to take it or leave it on the table.

All in all, a paid host with a proper CMS is much better than any free host.
I think that with all the mods that phpbb has webartz could use many t make a quite big comunity muhc bigger then now. I vote yes and think that you guys should move to a paid host now!

I liked Webartz being hosted by Forumotion actually.

Jazeon wrote:I liked Webartz being hosted by Forumotion actually.

Any particular reason for that ?

Lots of interesting posts and different opinions or knowledge. I don't know but everyone has its own choice and wishes but the host providen by forumation is the best one for now. All styles if you are good in css editings will work even in phbb3 and u can do whatever you want with them .
An above posts said: Phbb3 is more difficult to be hacked ! Yea that's true

I thought once you were with forumotion you couldn't get the database to switch to another host. I been trying to get this and forumotion tells me no. :/

I even offered to pay.

blindbat1457 wrote:I thought once you were with forumotion you couldn't get the database to switch to another host. I been trying to get this and forumotion tells me no. :/

I even offered to pay.

Officially, its still not possible

Yeah, forumotion is not the best forum host as far as admin side.

Yes, and i too can get you hosting for under $2 USC.
forumotion isn't going to allow you sites data either. Been down that road already to know.

We transfered from Forumotion to an other hosting with myBB forum. Looks like a good idea^^

Until_forever wrote:We transfered from Forumotion to an other hosting with myBB forum. Looks like a good idea^^

How glad are you that you switched?

To be honest with you, for me it was difficult to get used to a new platform. It was a forum with many members and a lot of activity (messages, threads, and members) and the shiping took to much time, quantity of threads made a problem. Our users were mostly FM users so it was hard for them to get used to.

But must say that all in all, not considering the fact on what I am used to and what I like, joomla with myBB has many advantages over FM, plugins, mods, options etc.
But must say that is still FM my favorite place to be. (:

I think not, because I think this forum already looks good.
But, it better to create a new forum with a different title, especially if using Invision, MyBB, or vBulletin. I strongly recommend to create a forum with a new title using that open source .

my forum is on forumotion(in my sig)once i tried to move it then i lost 30 members online in 48 hours now i have only 8 users logging on a daily basis so swiyching host specially from a free host can be a risk of losing users then i moved back to forumotion slowing building the members & Activity backup again(i learnt by my mistake)

I don't like forumotion software to be honest the security is terrible like Aashik said earlier. Out of the ones listed I would feel myBB would be the better upgrade than phpbb3, but besides that I don't feel we should ship.

Like Spud said above I have had experience where you move to a new host and the members can't adjust. It doesn't usually end up well and you lose much of your activity.

i think you should use smf. There vbulletin ran. you can add cusom templates and your own designs. Thats what i have been using for my website. you can add chat,forums,custom pages,FAQ and more.

-MS

SMF has a 5 star rating on Forum Software Reviews. In fact recently I had thought about building a forum with SMF 2 lol.

Spoiler:

Thanks Dawn

I have made some Smf forums if you would like a sample. They have no ads, No Host links. So you dont have to pay to have it Removed. You can also install a arcade,chat and more!.

-mS

MrShawniee wrote:Thanks Dawn

I have made some Smf forums if you would like a sample. They have no ads, No Host links. So you dont have to pay to have it Removed. You can also install a arcade,chat and more!.

-mS

You can pm me the links and I'll take a look when I have some time. Thanks a lot.

I agree the suggestions given now. Most of us would be happy if will be shipping to other forum software

I was just wondering, has the staff made a decision whether or not they would stay with Forumotion?

Agent24 wrote:I was just wondering, has the staff made a decision whether or not they would stay with Forumotion?

I am wondering the same. What is the staff considering for this suggestion?

Waiting for the final decision

Still no answer?