Forum software & donation

[Traveler]

As mentioned in the 2009 thread. We are currently focusing on SMF as our new forumsoftware. However, we also realize many of you would like to see vBulletin instead. Therefore we're trying to get an idea, how many of you would like to chip in for the costs or prefer a different choice.

[Chesso]

As I said in the other thread, from my personal experience from a stand point of setup, usability and extensability I prefer phpBB (this going at least a year back though, I do not know if any massive changes of either software has been made).

And there is always a custom job, it's actually not a big job even for one person, but dealing with cross browser compatibility and file uploading and stuff I'm not sure, I didn't go that far into it yet.

[JSoftware]

I don't mind what software you choose as long as it's stable

I wouldn't mind chipping in a bit if you choose to run a paid piece of software however

[JernejL]

Switch t PHPBBv3, and put up a new portal framework.

[WILL]

I'd chip in a bit for VBulletin if it actually is better than SMF.

[arthurprs]

I'd chip in a bit for VBulletin if it actually is better than SMF.

absolutely, but VB costs money ops:

[arthurprs]

i really prefer smf, but for pgd we will also need a forum-portal to, and for that phpbb is better.

[fragle]

@arthurps: I'm curious, wouldn't TinyPortal satisfy the "portal" part of smf aswell?

Somehow, i'd prefer smf due to its seemingly better security (or so i've heard). But since vB only costs $180, and if it really is worth the money, only 18 people would need to donate $10 to get the cost covered. Don't know whether that 18 is a lot of current forum population, though..

[Brainer]

It unfortunately is, take a look at how many people voted. :?

[WILL]

I'm able to put in 20-40 bucks CAD into it. However if you got a good price quote on a contracted job then I'd not mind that either. Some guys are willing to do the heavy integration work for you (use phpBB/SMF and nicely customize with add-ons and wiki software)

The Free Pascal team had this done for it's new site. It's an approach that you guys could try. I'd still send in my spare change for the deal.

I recommend you start collecting money right away (make a PayPal donations account for PGD) and see how much cash you have to work with. If you don't use it or don't use it all for the new site then you can put it towards other PGD-related events. (competition prizes, hosting costs, future upgrades and features, etc)