2 New Beta Test Forums.

[CanadianRacingOnline]

Ok I have setup 2 new test message forums please try them out and let me know which one is better as we will be switching away from the forums we are using and a new site design front page.

Here are the links

Vbuleting board @ http://www.canadianracingonline.com/vb

SMF board @ http://www.canadianracingonline.com/smf

Thanks

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[John]

Evan,

First glance, I'm going to side with the Vbulletin board, because I have used it before, know it to be reliable and easy to use for everyone.

There is nothing inherently wrong with the SMF though, but in this case I know the Vb is very customizable.

Edit:  On a side note...  I've never seen so many people online before.  There are 28 unlogged users and 8 registered users online as of 11:21 PM tonight (December 25).

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[CanadianRacingOnline]

I like VB as well I think I will make the choice it just offers way to much offer then any other board.

how good are you with the admin side? I can't figure ot how the archive works.

Thanks

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[John]

My experience on the administration side of Vb is limited.

However I did find this nifty link through google...  http://www.websitepublisher.net/article/vbulletin-optimization/ might be worth looking at?

Edit: There's some great stuff in there actually...  http://www.websitepublisher.net/article/vbulletin-optimization/3 talks a bit about some of the 'community' stuff we've been talking a bit about - - specifically about registration.  The bottom stuff about artificially inflating the posts seems a bit odd.

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[Shadowracer]

Well, I dunno anything about this stuff, but I like the layout of the VBulletin one. I've been a member of boards that use it and I never had any troubles.

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[racewoman]

whats wrong with the board we use now?

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[John]

Nothing is inherently wrong about this current board, however it has been having some problems...  Namely it almost cut off from the server because it's using up too much processing power.  We talked a bit about it over here before entertaining the idea of switching over to different software: http://www.canadianracingonline.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&t=5660&postdays=0&postorder=asc

Having a Vbulletin software or similar board in place for the 2007 season will hopefully take away the strain on the servers.  Some members including myself have been pushing to have posts stay on the boards longer than they currently do, which can't be done with the resources the board currently uses.

A VBulletin is also a bit more "mainstream", meaning the majority of message boards run on that software.  This will hopefully make some people more comfortable to register and participate.  VBulletin software also allows for "user specific messages", so for example, an unregistered user would see a message at the top of the boards encouraging them to register and participate in discussion instead of just watching from the sidelines, thus growing the site’s community base.

There are a host of other stability advantages associated with Vbuletin software as well.

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[racewoman]

I don't find anything wrong with the board now as in running slow. I did before I cleaned out my cookies and temp files things seem to run faster now.

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[CanadianRacingOnline]

It's a strain our servers and we have been warned so it is time for a change and trust me you will like what this forum does as it give the members more power ow following message and other cool features. Try it out and click on cp and you will see what you can do.

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[racewoman]

So which board are you going to go with? What is the link that we will have to register at and when will this start?

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[CanadianRacingOnline]

I have to wait a about a month to do some setup and get somethings paid for and I will have it up and running.

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[racewoman]

Okay I understand.

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