We may be switching to Invision Power Board within the next couple weeks (maybe even this weekend). If you have never been on an IPB powered forum before, check the following website:
http://community.invisionpower.com/index.php?
If we switch over to IPB, we'll be using their IPB version 3 (the newest version).
Here is their blurb about the new features, etc. about version 3:
http://www.invisionpower.com/products/board/features/lookandfeel.php
If we switch to this software, we should be able to convert everything over. We'll loose some features but gain many more. Some of the things we'll loose off hand are the following:
- Chatbox (they have a different version, but I don't think its available for version 3 yet)
- Arcade (The arcade is being converted to the new version. I'm guessing it'll be another couple weeks or a month until its released.)
- Post Thanks (Last I heard, it is being converted to a ipb mod at this time.)
Other than that, we'll have a new blog system which for some reason doesn't have categories, but features multiple blogs per user. I have to look into this one some more. Also, instead of profile albums, we'll have a full gallery script. All our current album pictures should convert over as well.
We're still at a cross-roads about what we'll do. Unless vbulletin pulls some major move in customer service or public relations (which I doubt), we'll end up switching to IPB and probably sell our vbulletin license.
I've looked all over the free forum solutions, smf, phpbb, but none of them offer everything we need. Also, burning board and some other paid forums don't have enough features. Gah, damn vb for being sellouts.
So, does anyone here like IPB?