So when exactly will Sitepoint move to Discourse?

I mentioned their move here before, but jeez, they're taking a very, very long time to change forum software.

I mean, they started talking about Discourse in February. It's now August. That's more than six months to change forum software to a new script.

Yes I know forum migrations take time for large sites. But I've done them for medium sized ones in about a week or less, and most larger site migrations I've seen have taken at most a couple of months, not more than half a year.

So when will they finally switch like they promised? And would you say they're currently taking too long?

 

Do you know why they are switching to discourse?

 

nice read as to why they are moving to discourse and why it's taking a long time http://www.sitepoint.com/sitepoint-moves-to-discourse/

 

This quote alone explains so much about how I feel about Xenforo and other software. I literally saw this and i was like "That's exactly what i think."

 

This might end up being a big mistake.

Although Sarah mentions some things, which might be better for the users, I personally don't completely see the merits of the change from a user's perspective. The fact they are hiding the design as a surprise might just backfire completely. I guess, we'll see.

Scott

 

The comments are very interesting. The Discourse system Sitepoint is getting is a beta hosted version and Discourse is handling the migration. I wonder how they can then expect to modify the software, which was one of the reasons for the change. Hmm.... A hosted service, but fully root accessible? Interesting.

Scott