IPB VS Xenforo Review: 2 week perspective

It was an impulse choice in the sense of i made the choice of quickly converting because
1. Someone was giving me their license
2. Someone offered to help me along the way.

I should've taken the time to really play with the Demo and make the choice of what i wanted.

So yes that was an impulse choice. It wasn't that i didn't know what to expect from XF so much as I didn't do my research and I sort of jumped on it without fully looking at everything.

Fine, later today, I will post my questions and go from there.

I am unsure about posting on XF forums so i may post on one of the admin forums i frequent. I really don't mesh well with a lot of XF users on the official site,

(Still waiting for that collage modification btw )

 

Get the feeling his forum has been struggling hard, only reason he switched from IPB to XenForo. Hoping that would help pick things up for his community, but his own personal preference would have been to stop with IPB. Sounds to me... like he made the switch more out of trying to boost his forum activity, not so much out of him wanting to use XenForo before IPB.

Hence the regrets soon afterwards, he's missing IPB.

 

Point one you said. Thought I read you post on TAZ recently that you went and purchased a new XF license again? Could be wrong, maybe I misread it, but thought that's what you said?

Still though... all because somebody might give you an XF license, that doesn't mean you "have to go and" convert you forum to it.

 

Yes, we're totally struggling.
http://chaosreads.com/threads/happy-400k-to-chaosreads-new-milestone.8260/
(Note this was 2 months ago in June) with now 30,000 more post to date now in August bringing us now to 430,000 plus posts.).

Mind you this was mostly done WHILE on IPB....and since converting to XF, there has been a surge in traffic.

I absolutely love how ludicrous you sound now. Which is actually slightly disheartening seeing as I actually enjoyed your posts on TAZ and you seem quite educated but you sound absolutely ridiculous with your unfounded claims.

From what I understand you have a history of randomly deleting your site(s) and what not. Perhaps you should worry more about your own co mmunity instead of throwing judgment at mine

That was not meant to brag. Bragging is tacky to me, I just wanted to show that we're doing JUST FINE and it is my goal to hit 500k by February 2015(which would mark our 3 year birthday). Which is pretty good considering i have such a small userbase/community.

Where you got this idea i was struggling, I'd love to know. Or did you just pull it out of nowhere?(I had to keep it clean lol)

Guess you read wrong. I didn't buy this license. It was given to me.

 

Obviously you have now spat your dummy out reading your above reply.

Oh well....

 

All this arguing, bickering, complaining, etc....

... and still not a single thread anywhere asking about the help needed or looking for.

I'm not sure you actually want the help.

 

I have no idea what you're talking about.

If you have nothing of substance to contribute to this post, then why are you replying?
In fact given that you are not an XF user, then you are of no use to me because you can't help me......

What i find hilarious is how you tried to call Lisa(I think is her name) for her "rude" or "unnecessary" posts in Drive hosting's thread about taz when she supposedly hates them and you turn around and do the same thing to me.

Amusing.

I haven't complained since i posted this thread. Of course I am going to defend my site against some Imbecile's unfounded claims.

I already said I'd post my questions on one of the admin forums I frequent. It may be today or sometime next week
It is my bday weekend and the issues can wait a couple more days at least especially since I am not in the mood to do much admin work

These unfounded claims people are making are quite interesting to me.

 

I know I'm not included in that "unfounded claims" bit. I said arguing, complaining and bickering. Instead of attempting to get the help you are needing, you are continually interacting in this fashion in this thread. The amount of time you have spent replying in this thread, surely you could have instead posted a new topic in this same forum, asking for help... not to mention the other sites you could realistically just copy/pasta there...(just that the original post was here).

Either way, the longer I read, the more interested I become in the issues you are having (not saying I'd even know the answer, likely not... but it has my attention).

 

No hate, it's called being "blunt". Sorry... but you sound as though you're constantly always trying to belittle XF to IPB. Even now when USING XF instead of IPB, you're still carrying on doing it since, so why the heck are you using XF for? You sound as though you're using something that you don't even like.

 

Being Blunt is saying "You're whining about something and not giving it a chance instead of comparing it."

Making ignorant statements such as "He must have been struggling and though XF would help with activity"....is just that an ignorant and unfounded statement you pulled out of nowhere.

Learn the difference and again I ask, if you have nothing of use for me, then why are you bothering replying to my thread?
Oh i get it...you HAVE to be heard to get your point across despite offering absolutely nothing of value to me.

I got it.

 

And what value are you adding... when all you do is MOAN, MOAN, MOAN about how IPB is better than XenForo.

Yet you use XenForo?

#goinstallipbbackagainthenmoanaboutxenforo

See, my point is this. Using IPB (and having used XenForo before it). Then fine moaning about XenForo like you do. But now you've jumped back using XenForo instead of IPB (and still doing same). Don't think it sounds a bit hypocritical?

 

okay and do i not have the right to "Moan" or complain about a product i am actively using.

One would likely say that at least now i am actually using said product to have a right to complain about it whereas before i hadn't used it.
Unlike VB5 and people moaning about that despite never owning it or ever wanting to own it, I do have that right as a CUSTOMER to complain about whatever I so feel.

Sorry if that is a problem for you.

To answer your question, since reading comprehension is a skill you apparently lack, I stated in the original post....People(mainly on taz) had wanted to know my issues with Xenforo and I decided to make this post to explain some of my frustrations. So that's what I am adding, I am adding my frustrations and as I also said multiple times

I want to learn how to get over these frustrations and move forward to grow to like the software.

So really there is no purpose for you to be here since you can not help me achieve the above ^.
So i know what my purpose is here. What is your purpose?

 

/still waiting to see the questions to the issues one is having with XF ...

/still not caring about this battle ...

 

I'll post them later today on XA
after i get some rest.

 

You have a "bad habit" of keep trying to put words in peoples mouths that they didn't say. You've done it a few times now with your replies made. Moan all you want for me, don't care what you do. Was only giving you my opinion on things reading you posting about it all.

 

You can post it at a couple areas, doesn't matter to me either way. Just post them at least...lol

Well, except for one area... I cannot reply there any longer.

 

funny I didn't recall asking your opinion on this or my site

 

You're posting on a public forum others post on, so your going to get opinions (forums are for discussion after all). XenForo didn't ask for your opinion to be given either on IPB vs XF, but you give it anyway (over and over and over and over again). Same thing isn't is... and if you don't want opinions, then don't post on forums expecting it, but not liking it when it goes against you?

Anyway... why do you keep posting about your forum staff, how bad they are not doing their job on other forums like TAZ. Seriously... you're going behind their back doing that and you better hope they never spot it done... or you'll end up with no staff at all. Do you think any other staff will join your forum from here and TAZ seeing you doing it as well.

#notinamillionyears

You enjoy criticizing others from your board and software used, but minute somebody criticizes you for the way you go about things (they give a bad opinion on you). You don't like it, do you? Welcome to Planet Earth.... Superboy, stop being so naive.

 

Yeah I expected Discussions and suggestions from people who actually use the software. Some random dude who is talking to hear himself talk so to speak.

I am glad to know you follow me and my posts on TAZ to know what i talk about. First of all, anything I said on TAZ, I've said to them myself. So no I am not talking about anyone behind their backs.

Try again, GTB.

I also admitted, since you follow my posts on TAZ, i need to stop doing that and lead by example with them and I am working on that. So again...try again.

I don't mind someone criticizing me when it is warranted. I don't mind being "Called out" for something? Why because i do it all the time to others and I have no issue with someone calling me out.

What I do have a problem with is some moron who can't seem to get it through his head...this thread was NOT about criticizing me. It was about me stating Issues I had. A 2 Week perspective I(as in MICAH) have of the software and my adjustment.

i also ended it with EDUCATE ME...Not Criticize me.

Not assume my site's success. You're the same twit who felt the need to chime in about me being a flip flopper a few weeks ago...Okay? So what? It's my site. If i want to change to mybb tomorrow and SMF next wednesday and Vb5, it's my site. My money. My cash and as long as my users are happy with it, I don't care.

I posted this in the XF area. For someone who has such critical things to say about XF yourself, you're awfully focused on Me, My Small XF community and my opinions. In fact you spend so much time talking about XF in negative way(I remember your posts on TAZ), i find it hilarious you are sitting here giving me a hard time doing the same thing. At least I am a customer and I have the right to do that.

I'm flattered that you spend this much time focused on me and my opinions of a software(neither of which you use...Aren't you a Free software type of guy?) but it's time to get over yourself. If you have something productive to say to me, as most everyone in this thread has, then by all means say something. If not, stop hitting the quote button on me and keep it moving.

I'm here to learn not argue with some fool who is probably at least twice my age.
You truly are a hypocrite and it's funny. You criticize one person for turning a thread into a witch hunt and you are doing the same exact thing. What does my staff and how i handle my staff have to do with Xenforo.

Seriously, it's pathetic and you're reaching now.

 

You are aware I've owned and used XenForo?

You need to "grow up", instead of acting like the spoilt school kid having a tantrum losing the plot once again with replies made. If you're hoping to get some-kind of negative response from me (by referring to me as a moron), don't bother wasting your time. Laughable... at best.

Listen, nobody is making a point of aiming anything your way. I made a reply at first saying what I thought.. since you've carried it on being an idiot with replies... to which I've replied back too them seeing you seem intent on wanting to make things more personal (just because you can't take a bit of criticism). Yet again you're making up things, putting words in another's mouth that simply isn't true, stop doing it.