Upgrading forum software Monday AM! You'll have to reset your password after.

[MetroMPG]

EDIT: the upgrade is set for this Monday morning (October 4). Approximately 7:30 AM (EST / UTC-5).

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Just a very early heads up for everyone:

We're planning to upgrade the forum platform from phpBB to vBulletin at some point in the near to medium future. Testing will begin next week (which won't affect you at all).

Why the change?

Well, phpBB is a good free forum platform, no doubt. But vBulletin is worth the money, from our experience. It's easier to administer, and has some really good plugins that phpBB is missing.

Also, once we've made the change, we're planning to integrate a garage feature - a much better way to show off our rides. (I think there was a garage on AveoClub at one point before Tim (daox) and I got involved, wasn't there? Not sure why it disappeared.)

But aside from that bonus, you won't notice a huge change. All the usernames/postcounts/threads/posts/attachments etc. will be preserved.

Just wanted to let you know what's coming down the road for the site. I'll post updates in this thread when we're getting closer.

[trempus]

i don't like the switch
it's hard to identify the new posts and it's full of advertisements everywhere

[MetroMPG]

i don't like the switch

No pain, no gain! :P

I mean... what Daox said.

Truth is: there are a few things in the new software that I don't even like, which I've been chipping away at. It's not a small task.

But most of it I do like. And it's a better, more flexible platform for the future of the forum.

it's hard to identify the new posts

I've added a new link similar to one in the old software: "Active Topics" appears top left of the page. Clicking it shows topics/threads with new posts in the last 48 hours.

and it's full of advertisements everywhere

That's easy to fix: just log in. You don't see any ads in the header or in posts if you're logged in.

[Daox]

Thanks for the feedback and keep it comming.

Hang in there if you don't like what you see. We're still going through quite a bit of stuff and making tweaks.