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Originally posted by Sparsely+4 August 2004 - 06:31--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Sparsely @ 4 August 2004 - 06:31)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Skillian@4 August 2004 - 03:12
Is this how the VB board works? If so it will be a disaster here.

no. check out generl [M]ayhem or the something awful forums etc etc etc [/b][/quote]
They are kind of ugly...I&#39;m sure the forums are great but the ugliness puts me off.

I&#39;m so shallow.

[sparsely]

there&#39;s loaads more skins for VB than IPB though.

and you do realize it&#39;s just html, right? any forum software can be skinned to look like another.

[clocker]

Originally posted by lynx@3 August 2004 - 21:45
Is this how the VB board works? If so it will be a disaster here.

No.
The VB boards I&#39;m on work just like this one.
Maybe there are options for how replies are handled and others might be set up as you say, but OCforums.com is not.

[TRshady]

I would prefere we stick to IPB and upgrade to 2.0 when complete.
Am using 2.0 myself and on many other sites and have come across no problem, I tihnk IPB is the future of things, more friendly looking and I sense goodthings to come from it. =D

[tracydani]

Originally posted by Sparsely@4 August 2004 - 09:56
there&#39;s loaads more skins for VB than IPB though.

and you do realize it&#39;s just html, right? any forum software can be skinned to look like another.

The layout doesn&#39;t seem too bad. I could get used to it as long as there are brighter skins(I only looked at the first option).

TD

[Filliz]

The skins i&#39;ve seen so far for VB are really crappy looking.
You can hardly see the difference between pinned topics and regular ones.
Also topics with new posts are very hard to distinguish,...
You always have to scroll your way up to the top of a topic if you want to go to another part of the board...

If you can make the skins look like this one and change the VB smilies with the ones used here,then I won&#39;t mind either if we change from IPB to VB.

[vivitron 15]

i would guess it would be fairly simple to find an ipb skin - or get something very similar.

i dont really give a monkeys, whatever is best/easiest for you to administer.

its ironic that you fancy this change, i spoke to 7th on swapgate before his departure, and he was thinking of the same&#33; lol, nm...sorry, back to topic - i dont give a hoot

[clocker]

Originally posted by Filliz@4 August 2004 - 13:00

You always have to scroll your way up to the top of a topic if you want to go to another part of the board...

No you don&#39;t.

[Busyman]

I say go for it&#33;&#33;&#33;

Keep in mind though:

1. People are used to the way that this board is laid out.

2. You may lose members....IN A BIG WAY&#33;&#33;&#33;

3. You will also gain members.


I really don&#39;t mind.
The intelligent convo is what I enjoy.

In the end there is life outside of the computer.
Some act like they&#39;ll die if you change it.

Go for it man.

Btw, your partner does seem to be ad-lib.

Originally posted by rookiecrd1+--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (rookiecrd1)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>I don&#39;t want people to be upset. I just want to do what i feel is best for the board. Over the coming weeks when we have the final papers signed, My partner will be making some great improvements to the site. An arcade will be installed with probably close to 50 different games, as well as many other features to increase traffic.

VB is a more proffesional forum, and has a lot of features the IPB does not both for members and admins.

Brian
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<!--QuoteBegin-ad&#045;lib
Hello all,

Who I am, and what my contribution to this site will be evident shortly.

For now, I ask, what do you think?

Indeed, Invision Board is a great piece of software. However, vBulletin is the commercial (paid) bulletin board solution used by a large majority of forums. Additionally, I feel the overall appeal/aesthetic the vB will provide - Is much more professional than that of Invision board.

Please let me know your thoughts, as this will determine whether or not the board is switched.

Thank you,
-Michael
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If that be the case see number 2.

[thewizeard]

Originally posted by Busyman@5 August 2004 - 01:37


Btw, your partner does seem to be ad-lib.

...if that&#39;s true, then we will soon be back to flashing banners...

After our last entanglement with him, I don&#39;t think Brian will make that same mistake again.