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Would you folks be up for switching software from vBulletin to something else? Perhaps Drupal.
See http://politicstwo.com for a concept site we did a while back using Drupal.
As a message board, vBulletin is about the best we can do. The last time I upgraded the software, it jacked the forum styles and it was a lot of work to get them at least as good as they are now. I can customize software, but I really hate the idea of working on vBulletin; plus if I change things, any future updates we might do (from the vBulletin company) would undo my work.
Drupal is forum-like, but more oriented toward "categories" instead of a rigid forum structure. This means a thread in Drupal can appear in NBA, Portland, and Trailblazers. Or a game thread for the Blazers/Mavericks game can be in NBA, Trailblazers, and Mavericks...
Drupal has PMs, avatars, smilies, member pages, etc. It's a LOT more customizable in terms of how we can set up the menus, and pages like this one:
http://sportstwo.com/content/216-Chicago-Bulls-on-SportsTwo (which was a bunch of work, but easy in Drupal).
The thing is, I'm willing to bust my ass to make this place better and keep you all happy. If it's not something you all want any part of, it's not worth it. Obviously.
For certain, we've not made any decision about switching software. It's a lot easier to just stick with what we have ;-)
However, if there's a lot of real interest, you can convince us.
See http://politicstwo.com for a concept site we did a while back using Drupal.
As a message board, vBulletin is about the best we can do. The last time I upgraded the software, it jacked the forum styles and it was a lot of work to get them at least as good as they are now. I can customize software, but I really hate the idea of working on vBulletin; plus if I change things, any future updates we might do (from the vBulletin company) would undo my work.
Drupal is forum-like, but more oriented toward "categories" instead of a rigid forum structure. This means a thread in Drupal can appear in NBA, Portland, and Trailblazers. Or a game thread for the Blazers/Mavericks game can be in NBA, Trailblazers, and Mavericks...
Drupal has PMs, avatars, smilies, member pages, etc. It's a LOT more customizable in terms of how we can set up the menus, and pages like this one:
http://sportstwo.com/content/216-Chicago-Bulls-on-SportsTwo (which was a bunch of work, but easy in Drupal).
The thing is, I'm willing to bust my ass to make this place better and keep you all happy. If it's not something you all want any part of, it's not worth it. Obviously.
For certain, we've not made any decision about switching software. It's a lot easier to just stick with what we have ;-)
However, if there's a lot of real interest, you can convince us.