#107968 - 2003-11-17 11:33 AM
new server and UBBthreads
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Anonymous
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Because the server KiXtart.org was hosted on went down to many times, we transferred the site to a new server and new co-location.
We also upgraded the bulletinboard to UBBthreads, so it should be faster then ever!
Sorry for the inconvience!
Have fun!
Henri
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#107969 - 2003-11-17 01:20 PM
Re: new server and UBBthreads
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Howard Bullock
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Registered: 2000-09-15
Posts: 5809
Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA
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Thanks Henri.
This will take a little getting used to, but should make the next couple days quite fun. 
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#107972 - 2003-11-17 02:23 PM
Re: new server and UBBthreads
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Howard Bullock
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Registered: 2000-09-15
Posts: 5809
Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA
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Should HTML be ENABLED? Currently it is DIASABLED.
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#107975 - 2003-11-17 02:59 PM
Re: new server and UBBthreads
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MCA
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Registered: 2000-04-28
Posts: 5152
Loc: Netherlands, EU
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Dear,
At the bottom of forum index you can specify what you want to see. A possible
selection is "active in the last day". For members it is also possible to use
their own time offset.
And on the main index you must click on Past 24 hours for viewing
recent messages.
When you are using your profile settings you can specify your own color skin for the board.
greetings.
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#107976 - 2003-11-17 03:06 PM
Re: new server and UBBthreads
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MCA
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Registered: 2000-04-28
Posts: 5152
Loc: Netherlands, EU
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Dear Henri,
Big thanks for all the effort.
Indeed people with love all the new capabilities of this new board. It is just some habituation.
greetings.
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#107977 - 2003-11-17 03:20 PM
Re: new server and UBBthreads
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MCA
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Registered: 2000-04-28
Posts: 5152
Loc: Netherlands, EU
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Dear,
The result of some short checks shows:
- different languages can be used for displaying
- shows more information about topics based on your our time offset and with your own skin
- specifies which threads are your favorites and receives email about replies
- receive a daily archive of all posts via your real email address
- a lot of users reports on our site can be created by yourself
Of course it shows also some 'disadvantages'
- way of replying isn't the same
- URL links in your posts are using the old URL layout
- your signature may contain 100 characters
greetings.
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#107978 - 2003-11-17 03:20 PM
Re: new server and UBBthreads
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Howard Bullock
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Registered: 2000-09-15
Posts: 5809
Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA
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Henri, Is the time current on the server? I tried to use:
Current server time is: 17/11/2003 15:18
Choose your time offset in hours (..,-2,-1,0,1,2,..)
to get the current time but the server seems to be 30 minutes off. Are you is some type of half hour time zone? The system will not take anything except full hours.
Edited by Howard Bullock (2003-11-17 03:21 PM)
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#107980 - 2003-11-17 09:42 PM
Re: new server and UBBthreads
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Howard Bullock
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Registered: 2000-09-15
Posts: 5809
Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA
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Henri, thanks for fixing the time. It nows to be correct for me when using -6 hours.
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#107981 - 2003-11-17 11:08 PM
Re: new server and UBBthreads
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MCA
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Registered: 2000-04-28
Posts: 5152
Loc: Netherlands, EU
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Dear,
For people who want to know more about the UBB.Threads capabilities read
the UBB.Threads User Guide
greetings.
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#107983 - 2003-11-18 04:38 AM
Re: new server and UBBthreads
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MCA
KiX Supporter
Registered: 2000-04-28
Posts: 5152
Loc: Netherlands, EU
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Dear,
We have searching through the feedback of other site, who have migrated from UBB.Classic to UBB.threads.
The goal was "what can be the possible problems with UBB.threads".
Based on the information we can create a list of advantages and disadvantages, but also we can show how this UBB.Thread can be used.
Advantages
- as member you can make other post one of your favorites.
- as UBB.Classic board grows it will get slower and functions such as "search" will be next to impossible to run unless you have a dedicated server (posts aren't stored in a database, so server load can be immense). For that reason: huge UBB.Classic boards ... most have been switching off to UBB.threads, or even UBB.x of late.
- so fast en efficient!
- UBB.threads blows UBB.Classic out of the water as far as performance is concerned.
- search options are much better and amazingly fast. For someone it was the reason for migration. Also he found search capabilities of UBB.Classic poor.
- UBB.Threads has a lot more to offer as UBB.Classic and the performance is amazing.
- once you take the compression into account (which seems to be around a 90% savings per page), UBB.Threads should almost certainly save quite a bit of bandwidth. (Henri, what did you choose?)
- from the software side UBB.Threads now has a powerful tool in the form of templates which you can modify to customize the look and feel of your board. The good news from the POV of a UBB.Classic user is that you'll be able to make it resemble UBB.Classic very closely through a combination of Template and CSS adjustments. Here's a site which most-closely resembles the Classic look IMO: example classic look
- we were able to maintain our UBB.Classic look by creating a new stylesheet and altering templates.
- UBB.Threads is very fast and highly customizable for both site owner and readers.
- functions such as 'past 24' are nice and useful in Classic, but Threads is moving full steam ahead and now that the engine is as fine-tuned as it can get, I think we can expect a lot of improvements with regards to new features as well as the general look & feel of the board.
- the "Who is online" feature turned on on UBB.Classic is a very resource intensive process. Also the preformance will be influence by "How many posts per page?", "Are images permitted?", "What UBB.Classic features are enabled?", "Are system wide searches enabled?", etc.
Some disadvantages
- is there any way to disable the case-sensitive UBB code? i.e. [ b] ... <> [B]
- lots of complaints from users about navigation
- UBB.x has more of the look and feel of UBB.classic, but this version isn't for free. Not for free means: infopop is hosting those sites.
- somewhat limited and underdeveloped control-panel.
- there are numerous features in UBB.Classic that are not in UBB.Threads, and some of them are sorely missed.
Some other remarks we found
Some very nice examples about personal look of UBB.Thread boards:
Conclusion: with the recent discussions about upgrading this site we see that a great amount of things are possible. Things which were impossible with the UBB.Classic software.
greetings.
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