@Wolfy: I think XF might be nice to try out just the conversion would be a pain as your friend Sylar pointed out IPB would be good too but just remember it's your forum and you need to go for what you are comfortable with and what your community wants
Thanks Ashley. I have tested out the admin cp for both, and I must say I like Xenforo, plus it is cheaper. But as you and Sylar said, the conversion will be a pain. I am hoping to get someone at XenFans to convert it, but not sure how much it would cost.
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I own a forum for writers actually. We're using vBulletin 3.8.x currently - It's a nice little community, but whenever it is that our next site upgrade takes place - we'll likely upgrade to xenForo, as the vB 4.x series is not much of an upgrade from the 3.x series LOL Nice looking site you have there Wolfy! J.
Please don't promote your own site inside someone else's topic, it can be rather rude to the OP, especially if your sites are similar, Thanks
Seriously? I wasn't promoting my site - I was adding on to the conversation that another writers forum is considering a switch to xenforo... Besides - my forum is in my signature. Should it not be??? Anyway - I thought my previous post was adding some sort of relevance to the discussion, aside from being a complete generic generic comment.... I will watch what I post here from now on :-/ My apologies to the OP if you found my post rude J.
Honestly, I didn't really care about the comment. I actually found it pretty relieving to know I am not the only forum who would rather move to xenForo than stay on the current software. Also, I don't really think the sites are that similar as I own a forum that is focused on books, movies, authors, and television shows and happen to have a place where you can discuss writing, where as MaJacq's forum is centered around writing. Anyways, I just bought xenForo and we should be converting to it in around this weekend. Stats: Our members have made a total of 6,934 posts in 1,089 threads. We currently have 334 members registered.
Sweet! A xenForo license is on my shopping list for whenever it is I have an extra $140 lying around LOL - Can't wait to see what you do with your site! J.
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