I made a mistake

[JewishPoptart89]

After installing BBPress and BuddyPress to my forum, I realized something needed to change. The look and the functionality of the forum were just not there, something needed to go. It wasn't a change of owners, and it wasn't a change of hosts. It was a change of forum software.

Yes, that's right. I made a switch in forum software. The most annoying thing to do. I have to retype all the forums and add the topics again! By the way, I switched to phpBB.

The mistake wasn't the retyped of everything. It was moving to phpBB.

What I didn't realize before I had already purchases a phpbb theme, extensions aren't very supportive, and there's less support everyday. Which I mean, I don't need teh support I learned everything, I just would like it to not come to an end.

What was your biggest mistake?

 

[Belthazar]

I'm staff on a million post forum that runs phpBB, and the mistake was moving to phpBB 3.1 way too early. 3.0 is okay, but 3.1 has no MODs that are useful that our devs didn't make.

 

[JewishPoptart89]

That makes sense. That's actually probably the reason!

 

[Belthazar]

Yeah. Are you running 3.1 or 3.0?

 

[JewishPoptart89]

3.1.6

 

[Belthazar]

I'd recommend downgrading to 3.0. Really the only thing phpBB 3.1 has that 3.0 doesn't is notifications. 3.1 is good if you're okay with the total lack of plug-ins, but 3.0 has a ton of plug-ins. I'd definitely look into exactly what worked for me before I fully established my forum though

 

[JewishPoptart89]

I think with all the features already built in, I don't need the extra add-ons. I mean, for the side bars and such I can just code it into the theme, same with extra pages and the header I'll wait for everything to catch up to 3.1!

 

[Belthazar]

Sounds cool man! phpBB will catch up eventually.