I filled the need myself. I was heavy into StarCraft money maps at the time, and there was a dominant community in the game itself, but there was...
If the vocal converts didn't complain about it so much, you might be stuck with it right now. :) At the end of the day, a lot of these guys are...
For any other site, I'd agree. If that large thread was tied to other data in the system (the thread id), it sort of breaks some of the other...
The old saying goes if it ain't broke, don't fix it... but yeah it's broke. There's always something that breaks or needs changing at 3am. We're...
My primary site I've been helping out at the past few years averages around 10k online. Peak is 13k. Oddly enough, no crazy bot peaks like most...
That's really what you need to run any version of vBulletin. Developers that can fix the software when it inevitably breaks on you. :(...
Parapharsing... but I see it a lot on various forums, Twitter, etc. He's openly arrogant about it all over the place. Agreed. I think Atwood...
I'd try running that code directly (ie, not from a template) to see the actual error message. It could be your last print line. You should escape...
It can't run on shared hosting, it needs more infrastructure to run. That said, hosting companies are getting better. Digital Ocean offers a $10...
I think the misconception is the rapid growth you seek. vBulletin took 15 years to gain market share. XenForo has taken a few years, and I think...
Search, as a feature, is very large and open-ended. For small projects, leaning on MySQL's fulltext (or similar) is easy enough. Need to really...
Something like this looks more like what you want... http://pastebin.com/4XKMxu0W You can remove the nested query by using a proper join.
I'm not sure if it's muscle memory opening up my daily sites, or OCD, but I check .com and .org every day. Usually end up closing it quickly as...
Forums aside, there has been a similar shift in the greater web design world. Unless you have a budget for an artist or a real designer, you are...
I think it comes down to how knowledgeable you are, and which layer you are comfortable with: Excuse the crappy naming, but generally it's......
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