- Mar 10, 2004
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The current server move is a bust. I have phpbb people and server people all pointing fingers at each other as to why the email function won't work. I am basically at a standstill and see no way to resolve it. I am going to go at this forum a different way. Here is why, then how:
Since this site basically generates no revenue I have always tried my best to keep expenses to a minimum, which meant I was the one to fix things, and upgrade things and screw things up in the process. This makes the forum often have glitches and otherwise not work.
My new approach is to do what every other enthusiast forum does, have memberships. This way the site can generate some revenue that will go into a fund to have everything that breaks professionally fixed instead of me hacking at it. I have no idea yet how these memberships will work, most likely they will just give users some enhanced features, like added picture storage. other than a few added features for members the site will remain completely free to all, and paying for a membership is only an option, hardly a requirement. Many have offered to send me money to help offset costs so this is just a formal way to make that happen.
I already have a vbulletin board set up and have imported this entire forum to it. It is almost all working at this point. I have a company making a very nice looking site design. Why vbulletin? Because getting support is just a matter of sending them money. It should be much more reliable because of this. With phobb I was on my own with no support.
Sooo...please deal with this screwed up site for the next couple of weeks, and know that I am putting the pieces together right now to come out of this with the best site possible. We probably won't have the virtual marina, but we will have a proper photo gallery which should work almost as well. Thanks!
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The current server move is a bust. I have phpbb people and server people all pointing fingers at each other as to why the email function won't work. I am basically at a standstill and see no way to resolve it. I am going to go at this forum a different way. Here is why, then how:
Since this site basically generates no revenue I have always tried my best to keep expenses to a minimum, which meant I was the one to fix things, and upgrade things and screw things up in the process. This makes the forum often have glitches and otherwise not work.
My new approach is to do what every other enthusiast forum does, have memberships. This way the site can generate some revenue that will go into a fund to have everything that breaks professionally fixed instead of me hacking at it. I have no idea yet how these memberships will work, most likely they will just give users some enhanced features, like added picture storage. other than a few added features for members the site will remain completely free to all, and paying for a membership is only an option, hardly a requirement. Many have offered to send me money to help offset costs so this is just a formal way to make that happen.
I already have a vbulletin board set up and have imported this entire forum to it. It is almost all working at this point. I have a company making a very nice looking site design. Why vbulletin? Because getting support is just a matter of sending them money. It should be much more reliable because of this. With phobb I was on my own with no support.
Sooo...please deal with this screwed up site for the next couple of weeks, and know that I am putting the pieces together right now to come out of this with the best site possible. We probably won't have the virtual marina, but we will have a proper photo gallery which should work almost as well. Thanks!