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Post by Idle Thoughts on Jan 10, 2008 13:32:11 GMT -5
This is a continuation of the last topic about decisions having to be made. I gave the links to two boards and gave pros and cons for each. Those two boards are: Proboards: webmafia.proboards100.com/index.cgi Or Invision: z15.invisionfree.com/mafiaonline/index.php?act=idxBoth have pros and cons. Pros for proboards: Can add as many of those cool hacks that you've been seeing and using as you like. Also, we're used to this style. Cons: Sorta simplistic, older. Pros for invision: More modern style boards and features and slightly more "new" (AKA invision is to proboards as the indoor toilet is to outhouses). Cons: No hacks (things like spoilers, mood change, glowing names, song in profiles, karma levels, custom off/online messages, etc) You already know about proboards. If you can, register at the invision site and play around a bit to get a feel for it and help you decide which you like better. Then vote and comment on which you think we should move to.
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Post by Boozahol Squid, P.I. on Jan 10, 2008 13:44:10 GMT -5
Votey thing not working. Dio likes proboards.
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Post by RoOsh on Jan 10, 2008 15:25:34 GMT -5
Roosh likes Invision.
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Post by Tragic on Jan 10, 2008 16:53:24 GMT -5
Vote isn't working.
Denouement likes Invision. (And if you need any help with setting it up and customizing it, etc. let me know.)
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Post by NAF1138 on Jan 10, 2008 17:00:43 GMT -5
Played around with the invision site a bit. I like it a lot. Mark me down for the invision board.
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Jan 10, 2008 17:25:59 GMT -5
Poll no workie for me either. Vote Invision
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Post by Pollux Oil on Jan 10, 2008 18:28:43 GMT -5
Like Denouement, I've had experience with moderating/administrating on an Invision-style board. While I can't help with hacks or anything like that, I'm pretty good at the design portion and making boards look pretty. I also know how to do all the behind-the-scenes adminny type stuff on Invision as well, while I have 0% experience with proboards. In case you couldn't tell, I vote Invision.
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Post by Death By Irony on Jan 10, 2008 18:33:04 GMT -5
I was sorta admin of an Invision board once (I didn't really work with the technical side of it, I just came up with a number of nefarious plots for people to RP about). At the time it had this inexplicable bug where when the posts broke a new page you couldn't see the new posts (except I think in preview) until a few posts down. Eventually I think the bug went away, but at that time we didn't have that many threads where we could test the problem and figure out what was wrong (and I'm not all that good at this kind of thing anyway).
I don't really care either way.
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Post by Tragic on Jan 10, 2008 18:47:56 GMT -5
*eyes atarus* I taught you everything you know!
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Post by Idle Thoughts on Jan 10, 2008 21:13:01 GMT -5
Seems like Invision has a strong lead.
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Post by Gir! on Jan 10, 2008 23:43:12 GMT -5
I think the important question is, can Invision boards have hidden and password-protected forums (for the spoiler board)?
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Post by Tragic on Jan 11, 2008 0:41:42 GMT -5
My opinion.. is that IF does it better than pro. (re: hidden and password boards)
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Post by Boozahol Squid, P.I. on Jan 11, 2008 1:21:32 GMT -5
Change is bad, people! Don't switch horses in midstream! Dewey beats Truman!
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Post by Idle Thoughts on Jan 11, 2008 11:47:27 GMT -5
Yeah, you can have password protected boards and hidden boards at Invision.
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Post by Parzival on Jan 14, 2008 17:05:19 GMT -5
Is Invision decided on? One question I have - how is the search on it? I consider that a key feature, and if it's good or better than proboards, I'd say switch it over.
What about quoting across threads or something like the quote cache that didn't quite work right here?
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Post by Tragic on Jan 14, 2008 17:44:28 GMT -5
The search on Invision leaves a lot to be desired - however.. there is another version of the board IPBfree that allows for search quite like proboards.
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Post by Idle Thoughts on Jan 14, 2008 22:29:08 GMT -5
Ugh. So have we decided anything yet? Seems like it's all moot since Hal has access again. Why don't we just worry about it when the next time comes if someone doesn't have access? I really would just like staying here now...especially since Hal has joined us once again. Had he not, I would go off what you all said...but since you all are saying different things, I'm more for staying now since the reason we set out to do this is resolved. *shrugs*
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Post by Tragic on Jan 15, 2008 0:39:18 GMT -5
Playing devil's advocate because I hate moving boards anyways..
But what if that particular problem comes up with someone else or discourages a new player from joining our cozy little comunity?
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Post by Captain Klutz on Jan 15, 2008 1:00:20 GMT -5
For now, I can read proboards at work (although I can't post from work).
Invision is completely blocked, as is SDMB.
I share Parzival's concerns about the search facility: it is extremely useful being able to search by poster, so the loss of that ability would be a deal breaker.
Perhaps a separate issue, but I think that you should not be able to determine someone's last login date, or who is currently logged on. I think that sort of thing is more like metagaming
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Post by ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies on Jan 15, 2008 1:13:07 GMT -5
Well, if Klutz is blocked from lurking on Invision, that makes it all moot in my eyes. The island that us existing players/spectators are currently huddled on seems the best, bet now that Hal can get here again.
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Post by NAF1138 on Jan 15, 2008 11:17:11 GMT -5
Well, if Klutz is blocked from lurking on Invision, that makes it all moot in my eyes. The island that us existing players/spectators are currently huddled on seems the best, bet now that Hal can get here again. Agree. We don't want to move and lose another player in the process.
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Post by RoOsh on Jan 15, 2008 11:31:07 GMT -5
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Post by Hockey Monkey! on Jan 15, 2008 23:05:43 GMT -5
I'm hunkering down here. If and when we need to move, I'll raise no objection, but if we don't need to, I don't wanna.
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Post by Idle Thoughts on Jan 15, 2008 23:12:53 GMT -5
You guys are the best.
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