Site change decisions

[Erinmac]

So it looks like some of the fancy stuff that this site uses just bit the dust. Basically the theme work that was being done was stopped by the developers and the latest upgrades I applied are not compatible with what we have.

This means
1) we can sit on this little white theme until it breaks and start over fresh/new
2) we can try to migrate this forum and the accounts to a different forum software
3) or we can scrap everything and start over fresh with something else as well.

The easiest is obviously starting over, but that means everyone has to create new accounts and we loose a lot of the data. Very good chance we can copy/paste all the profile information again etc etc.. but either way the more things progress on the server...and the longer we continue to use this software that has been bought and changed..(which means this isn't being updated/kept current)...the more of a chance we'll loose it all and be forced to start fresh.

Right now I'm going to read up on all I can for how to migrate this to another software..if it's something I think I can try...I will...that's the least impact to us. I will keep you updated.

[STEVEN]

man that sucks. sorry u have to do more work just for all this. the forum has been really slow. i don't know if it's worth all the work but it is nice to have sometimes. i would like to keep the users but if i understand u right thats not going to be good for the long run. if we start over will i have to reload all the photos also? IDK just what ever u think. do what ever u would do if it was yours. make it easy on your self. if we do start over we can make it smaller and easier if u want. sorry. and thanks for your help again.

[Erinmac]

So far converting to the forum software wasn't super bad...I'm in the middle of testing everything now so let me know if you find things that aren't working.

I'm going to have to do a total rework of the theme to get back some of the cool things we had before - the FAQ - the gallery etc etc.

I'm talking to myself making notes so I can remember what I have to fix...