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Getting quite a few complaints now about various Snitz bits :) - tbh i dont think its a host problem, more snitz itself.

I'm therefore looking for an alternative (this is gonna be horrible, i dont even want to imagine the import routines :D) - so far vBulletin seems to stick out as one of the best, it does cost, but could be worth it?

Anyone else used any / have any favourite software?

Also, bear in mind I need to learn PHP, so anything that requires massive changes will not be too appreciated :)

But basically, so far, vBulletin supports:

Everything *base* snitz does
Photo attachment to posts
Calender (with recurring, etc)
Search that works (the main reason I'd be switching actually)
Upload avatars
FAQ system
Supports style sheets all the way through (so file sizes a lot smaller = quicker)

Downside is you have to pay for it, but its not too bad, about £80 i think...

Any other ideas?

ben
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bravo 1.6sx
looks: momo twin 17" alloys, debadged, smoked headlights, black side repeaters, smoked rear clusters, midnight window tint
feels: apex 40mm lower springs, apex sports shock's, k&n 57i induction
sounds: pioneer deh-7400mp, pioneer tse-6995 (rear)
 
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VBulletin searches are very fast.

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95 Cinq GTi 1242cc - GrpN Catback Exhaust, <font color="black">Buckets</font id="black"> and 3pt Harnesses,Sexy VW styleé dials (that look great, but dont work!! :)D)), 10" Sub and 6x9's, ETech Wing. Lots of Dirt!
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have to say the feature i love the most which i havnt seen on other forums is the active topics, ok i know its kinda lazy but i dont know how i coped without using active topics, just gets a bit too much when you dont go on in a while :p (only ever happened twice :I)

whatever happens ben, if you need cash for the forum, just shout, i realise i havnt made a donation as of yet but trust me once my cars through its mot (going to be expensive) will donate for definate :D

and also wanted to say how impressed i am with kiwihost, its good to see that a host does actually care about his users not just about the money involved etc if you catch my drift :D

Abarth Kitted Cinq Sporting, Sig coming soon ;)
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My testing was flawless:D, well it did loose the text from one of my replies but that´s just an annoyance[:(!]. I´ve also noticed the search only works if the word is 4 characters or more, so if you type a few words it will neglect the words under 4 characters[V]. Yes i found it to be really fast, but has a bit of features that will take some getting used to, one example is the smilies. I´m still messing around to see the effects of some of the features:p:D.

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Ghost; the active topics thing is changing sadly :( IMO, it's the only downgrade.

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The search criteria can be shorter than 4, its just default at that. i think possibly reduce it to 3 might be useful due to the many acronyms used in cars..?

Active Topics has been replaced with 'New Posts' and will show you everything since you last logged in. If you want to search X hours, not sure how yet you do it..

ben
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bravo 1.6sx
looks: momo twin 17" alloys, debadged, smoked headlights, black side repeaters, smoked rear clusters, midnight window tint
feels: apex 40mm lower springs, apex sports shock's, k&n 57i induction
sounds: pioneer deh-7400mp, pioneer tse-6995 (rear)
 
3 characters should be ok,it is great anyways. Never got a single error yet.

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If you have any questions don´t be afraid, ask away. I´ll be glad to help.
If i´m online you can try my site, it´s mostly storage http://www.smokeme.ipupdater.com/everything
 
heh its the fact that if its four or more cant search for sei etc [:p]

as long as we have some kind of active topics or new posts, i think for me let alone others it does save alot of time trawling through page after page, its one of the features i love about this forum :p

Abarth Kitted Cinq Sporting, Sig coming soon ;)
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yeah active topics is the best bit about this forumill second that.


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active topics is good for answering people problems quick too, if you have it on refresh evert 2 minuets then they will get a reply in too minuets if we know the answer,

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Well, the new place still has New Posts! Just not refreshing every minute!

There is also the chance to MARK ALL FORUMS read, within Quick Links, so then you can pick up NEW posts from that point in time.

OK, a slightly different variation, but I am sure we will all get used to it!

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i just got this on here,
Active Server Pages error 'ASP 0113'

Script timed out

/forum/topic.asp

The maximum amount of time for a script to execute was exceeded. You can change this limit by specifying a new value for the property Server.ScriptTimeout or by changing the value in the IIS administration tools.


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Afraid I can't do nowt about the active topics... though they will show in the 'New Posts', so not quite sure what the problem is...?

ben
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bravo 1.6sx
looks: momo twin 17" alloys, debadged, smoked headlights, black side repeaters, smoked rear clusters, midnight window tint
feels: apex 40mm lower springs, apex sports shock's, k&n 57i induction
sounds: pioneer deh-7400mp, pioneer tse-6995 (rear)
 
no problem its just gonna be harder keeping up with all sammis dirty posts;)
i never realised what MARK ALL FORUMS read was, i thought i would have to log off when i had read every thing then log back on to see new posts.

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smooth binki, digging binki, waiting for headrub binki, running binki,
 
Ben,

Active topics is an automatic 'mark all posts read if older than...' facility. It is extremely useful when browsing or moderating as you can set it up so you can see activity as it happens and how busy the site is.

You may be able to get something similar with mark all read and new posts, but it won't be automatic :( Any code from you would be helpful.

I can feel a k/b macro coming on here;)

Dave :D

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