OcUK Forums - Upgrade imminent! :p

[Danthus]

Version 4 has a blog system. Would be useful for product reviews I guess.

Having used their blog/CMS software I can tell you now it is awful.

 

[Theophany]

Well you'd think... But the early versions of 4.x were broken (the stylevars didn't work, amongst other things).

Hehe, developers, developers, developers, developers.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

The subject of option B has been mentioned a few times, that's all I'll say

I vote: C) Upgrade to the soon to be released 5.x

With beta testers.

o o o baby

 

[UncleRuckus]

The subject of option B has been mentioned a few times, that's all I'll say

Maccy, just out of curiosity how much HD space does the forum take up with all the posts over the years?

 

[mrbios]

Isn't the trust system just a slightly customised "iTrader"?

I've no idea what itrader is maybe it's changed since or maybe I'm wrong but i thought i once read something about the trust system being written by an admin/ex admin of the forums specifically for its purpose.............albeit that was many years ago now, so not even certain if i'm dreaming that or not.

 

[LordSplodge]

People almost always under-estimate the impact of moving to a new version (of any reasonably large system). There is always disruption. There are always unforeseen problems.

I've never understood the mindset of "ooh, new version, must switch!"

There's probably unforeseen problems going from 3.x to 4.x. By the time OCUK move version 5.1 would probably be out.

Better to go for the faster, more featured newer version than move to version 4, that whilst mature is only going to be end of life'd when 5.x become mature.

As for migrating software, well I've managed projects moving thousands of computers and users so I know all about how bad things can go (if not managed properly obviously!)

Are you running Windows 7?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Maccy, just out of curiosity how much HD space does the forum take up with all the posts over the years?

50TB of SQL

 

[Maccy]

Maccy, just out of curiosity how much HD space does the forum take up with all the posts over the years?

I don't have server access I'm afraid.

 

[LordSplodge]

The subject of option B has been mentioned a few times, that's all I'll say

Pfft. Do you guys all run Vista on your computers as well?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Pfft. Do you guys all run Vista on your computers as well?

No, Windows ME. Get it right!

 

[Maccy]

Max OSX 10.8.1 for thanks

I have just had a nose around, and I can put passwords on some forums...including GD

 

[FoxEye]

As for migrating software, well I've managed projects moving thousands of computers and users so I know all about how bad things can go (if not managed properly obviously!)

Are you running Windows 7?

Yes, and I don't plan on switching to 8 I'm stubborn like that.

 

[Mr Men]

They can upgrade to 4.xx and have the forums looking identical to they are now, no idea why people seem to think upgrading would mean changes to the forum they see.

 

[jak731]

why change?

what benefits would it bring?!

Its a forum. You type, post and read... Whatever else do you need?

What's wrong with candles, you light them and they provide light, whatever else do you need?

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Max OSX 10.8.1 for thanks

I have just had a nose around, and I can put passwords on some forums...including GD

Nosing around might end up in the hamsters not been fed and they might stop the wheel spinning.

Don't for god sake tick that box.

 

[LordSplodge]

Maccy, just out of curiosity how much HD space does the forum take up with all the posts over the years?

Text doesn't take up much space in a database. Images do. Could well be quite large if the store the BLOBs with the database. I'm not experienced with vBuletin but I'm guessing 3.x doesn't support remote BLOBs.

Even if it did you'd still have to store the binaries somewhere else. Just more efficiently than in the actual DB.

50TB of SQL

Reddit has two tables in its database. Best scheme I've ever seen.

http://vimeo.com/10506751#t=473

 

[Maccy]

Nosing around might end up in the hamsters not been fed and they might stop the wheel spinning.

Don't for god sake tick that box.

Yup, we know what happens when I start messing around with stuff

 

[Narj]

If it aint broke...

It isn't broke.... yet...

No point risking unpatched vulnerabilities, but I'd like to see an upgrade that maintains the simplicity of the current form. I'd cut myself if we moved to animated avatars and signatures, along with all the other random rubbish you see on most forums.

 

[Deleted member 77746]

Yup, we know what happens when I start messing around with stuff

Story time?

Give me a bedtime story Mr Maccy.

 

[LordSplodge]

Max OSX 10.8.1 for thanks

Excellent. Not only OS X but Mountain Goat as well. all my and the wife's Macs are running 10.8.1. That's how we roll, and it's much better than Lion too!

Yes, and I don't plan on switching to 8 I'm stubborn like that.

But according to you, if it isn't broke, then you should still be on Windows 2000? I mean that was probably the most stable release of Windows ever.