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Should we switch?
Yes! 22 (73.3%)
No! 8 (26.7%)
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ZetaBoards; [It's just around the corner]
Topic Started: Nov 27 2007, 08:58 AM (800 Views)
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For those of you who don't know ZetaBoards is a new version of invisionfree. It's a completely new forum system. While the admins are discussing if we should switch to Zetaboards or remain with Invisionfree we wanted to ask you. So please, vote in our poll.

Please keep in mind that once we go to ZetaBoards there is no turning back. We also have to have the skin recoded, or request a new one. However there are good points to the upgrade such as member groups, new mod options, and so much more.

If you have any questions feel free to post.

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would we lose the posts that are here already?
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No, all of TUL's posts, members, and information will be transfered. So nothing will be lost.

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Will you be deleting all the members who haven't posted in two years? As in, their post count has been at "0" since 2005?
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The admins were thinking about cleaning out our member database, however we don't know at this time.

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I see.


So, can you elaborate on the pros and cons of this Zetaboard to the one you currently have?
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[size=0]I have tried Zetaboards on the prevous sites I have owned, and let me say:
THEY ARE AWESOMELY LIKE INVISON.
Except a few glitches here and there but heyyy ITS MUCHO BETTER. :3
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Mhm.

ZetaBoards hasn't been fully released yet, so we have some time to re-code the skin and what-not before it come out. =D

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I see.


So, can you elaborate on the pros and cons of this Zetaboard to the one you currently have?

I can. I've worked with IF for the same amount of time as the admins here and worked with ZB since the beta testing boards were released. The primary advantages of ZB over IF are the updated features, some of which would only appeal to administrators. They include:

- Sub-sub-sub forums, which means better organization
- The ability to form member and staff created 'clubs' (if you're familiar with Neopets, they're similar to guilds) that have their own private boards for the guild only.
- A fully operational skin selector, which means you don't necessarily have to put up with the skins we put on TUL.
- It runs faster and smoother than Invision Power Board v1.3 (IF's software) and this results in faster page loads even with a huge amount of members. (An admin thing.)
- Overall, it's much more organized as a software than the current IF, so it's easier for members to navigate it.

Now for the bad. The largest essential problem with ZB is that it's a new release, and new releases always have the odd bug here and there, but that's to be expected. Another slight obstacle is the upgrade itself - the skin here will no longer be compatible with the ZetaBoards software.

This isn't a big obstacle due to our considering getting a new skin.

Any questions about this? Feel free to post them here or PM me.

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[size=0]Frankly I'm neutral on this. As long as I still have my TUL I'm good with anything. xD

So uh..go for it? [/size]
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Aw, there's no maybe. =( Wouldn't it mean more staff since there are sub-sub-sub forums that Locke mentioned? It would probably harder to sift through all of them...?
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Aw, there's no maybe. =( Wouldn't it mean more staff since there are sub-sub-sub forums that Locke mentioned? It would probably harder to sift through all of them...?

It's always a possibility, though the needs for more staff rests mainly on the amount of members and the amount of posts made.

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Sub-sub-sub forums.
-Drool-



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It's always a possibility, though the needs for more staff rests mainly on the amount of members and the amount of posts made.


[size=0]Us moderators already can handle this much with ease. We want more so yeah we wouldn't mind more sub-sub-subforms.

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More than prettyful.

They're AMAZING. WONDERFUL. FANTASTIC.



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