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I tried it... I like it, except for the templates. They're clunky and difficult to customize, and I don't understand why they can't keep all the stylesheets in one stylesheet. 20 different stylesheets is stupid. Complete dealbreaker. Moved to MyBB, happier than ever after being on IPB for 3 years.

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With MyBB, you're better off building your own theme. You can make a really sleek and professional looking forum with it, it's just you need to invest the time into theming it.

It's just a very broken and lackluster platform. IPB and XF kill it in terms of features.

There's something special about a custom theme. If you're satisfied with a pre-made one, cool, but I'm really not.

Really nice work.

Hi guys, I recently switched to the Vanilla forum platform from IP.Board and decided to try a bit of theming. I went for something simple and clean. For a Minecraft server, is this too simple? I feel like I should add more, but I can't put my finger on it.

It's very likely that it was used and then exported and uploaded, or it's there intentionally as a skeleton framework for anyone who wishes to insert ads.

WF is still much larger than some of the other copycat sites that "split" a while back, but it definitely has fallen apart a bit. I agree that a weekly newsletter/digest that has a rundown of announcements, new content, etc. would really encourage people to come back regularly.

Increase the bottom margin on #branding in ipb_styles.css. Use CTRL + F and search for it, much faster. Also, really recommend that you change the font on the logo.... yuckkkkk.

Why do you dislike it? It's much cleaner and brighter than the old UI, which was outdated-looking and dull.

September, October-ish possibly.

AMD processors have more cores, but the cores pack less of a punch per core than an i5. So basically, if you get the right i5 dual core or even single core, you can beat out a 6 core AMD processor. Having 6 cores helps in some applications, but again, they pack less of a punch per core than an i5, and many applications aren't built to take advantage of a 6 core CPU.

There would need to be some VERY extensive code modifications in the existing code in order for it to work. Plus, it's not logical to have forum icons for your mobile skin. The mobile skin is meant for phones and small devices, these devices are often on cellular data such as 3G or 4G, and most people don't have the super fast data that costs $500 a month. As a result, you want to keep the amount of images displayed on your mobile skin as minimal as possible in order to reduce the load times for the mobile users. Lots of images causes lots of data usage which equals a maxed out data cap and a slow page load time for the end user. It's simply not logical to have forum icons for the mobile skin, even if it sounds nice to have.

I feel like the notifications, messenger, and status update bar take over the entire page...

I went on Reddit, looked at that, came here, and here it is again! Reddit for all!

Yes, I love Minecraft

That is one of the most interesting intros I've seen here...

CloudFlare is a great way to start.

The XF template system in XF is bad in my opinion. There really is no need to dive into FTP for templates (for IPB) unless you have a specific editor (like Notepad++) that you like to use, or you're uploading team icons or images for the style. XF's built in template editor feels messy and weird, and it just doesn't work for me. I can go and edit anything for my site template and be done within a matter of seconds with IPB, just doesn't happen with XF. Not to mention the fact that XF's default template is horrible and requires a ton of work if you want a nice looking style based off of it. Regarding updates, I'd rather have massive updates than smaller updates. Sure, I might need to redo my stuff, but fixing things for every small update is a pain and just not something I have time for. Big updates are also nice because we get to see all of our requested features come at the same time, not scattered out between multiple updates. Regarding vBulletin, 4.x.x is OK, but XF and IPB murder it in terms of functionality. vBulletin 3.8 has, and probably always will be the high point of that software. After that, it's just been a downward spiral. In terms of security, vBulletin isn't THAT bad, it's just many site owners have no idea how to properly secure their site, and vB requires a bit of extra work for security. It is known to have had some pretty well known exploits in the past though. IPB is not bloated at all though, I have yet to find useless features in the software. Not to mention that IPB has other official suite addons, like Nexus, Downloads, Content, and Blog. XF only has Downloads, which is very disappointing to me. Overall, if you want a complete suite, open source software, and a platform that is very flexible, go with IPB. If you want a "community" feel, go with XF. I've used both extensively, and IPB is just better IMO.

That's why there's a skin for mobile devices...

My registration was approved, finally. 4.0 looks great. I have some really good skinning ideas for this Not to mention that the default template framework looks awesome.

Because that shit is delicious!