I'm not planning an exit!

[SkinBasket]

I'm not planning an exit. I doubt anyone else really is either. Frustration that builds for a year or two tends to make people unhappy is all.

What was appealing about this craphole was that you could not only get all your GB, and for that matter, NFL news and opinions here within minutes of their happening, but you could also be informed about wacky happenings, events in members' lives, new porn sites, economic advice, career advice, marital advice, teen pregnancy advice, and just about everything in between, if there is anything left in between.

After waiting so long (and as I said, I realize it's work and not fun, but it has been just about a couple minutes shy of eternity now) for some commitment on the administrative end, I don't think anyone's real excited about making a commitment to post those things here anymore, especially when there's no one left, and no one new, to read them.

Anyway, I think this "planning" is just more or less people not wanting to be left behind if and when their favorite characters, like Patler, wander off. Considering the bond of history between those who are left, we don't need much to survive here. Not much at all. But we ate all the promises months and months ago.

[HowardRoark]

Re: I'm not planning an exit!

...... but you could also be informed about wacky happenings, events in members' lives, new porn sites, economic advice, career advice, marital advice, teen pregnancy advice, and just about everything in between, if there is anything left in between.

Don't forget weight lifting advice.

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Re: I'm not planning an exit!

...... but you could also be informed about wacky happenings, events in members' lives, new porn sites, economic advice, career advice, marital advice, teen pregnancy advice, and just about everything in between, if there is anything left in between.

Don't forget weight lifting advice.

or learning how apple is the greatest company ever

[3irty1]

However many months ago it was, Joe PMed me about helping with the new site. I once told Mad that I was familiar with Joomla (which was the cms we used) back when we had a homepage. I think I told Joe that I could help out a little with graphics and such but I'm guessing that's not what he needed help with.

I've got slightly more time now but before I volunteer for anything I'd like to know why we are switching BB software in the first place? I'm sure vbulletin is great and all but there is nothing wrong with the stuff we are using. PhpBB is probably the most popular BB forum software around.

If we were still intent on using Joomla, the current forum can be integrated more with the home page than it used to be, causing the segway from the homepage to the forum to be more seemless than before. This is what I'd propose longterm. To migrate us to a new forum software probably means setting it up on a different URL and then one day forwarding us all over there.

In my opinion the first step is for Joe to realize that there is a problem. Things would be much improved if packerrats.com would just redirect the users browser to packerrats.com/ratchat. That fix would take 5 minutes and people wouldn't have to know the secret back entrance to the forum in order to join. The broken homepage is like the site has internet AIDS and the censorship issues on this site will be the pneumonia that finishes it off.

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i'm not offering to help mostly because i didn't understand a single word predator just wrote

[Brando19]

i'm not offering to help mostly because i didn't understand a single word predator just wrote

Hahahahahahahahaha....that's why you're one of my favorites.

[Little Whiskey]

It is a combination of not being familiar with the software and not having the time to do it, or the drive to read up on it.

Since the other thread was locked......

Joe, then why did you "buy" this place? it seems to me that as an owner of any forum these would be the basic qualifications.

[MichiganPackerFan]

i'm not offering to help mostly because i didn't understand a single word predator just wrote

now THAT is funny!!!

[MJZiggy]

However many months ago it was, Joe PMed me about helping with the new site. I once told Mad that I was familiar with Joomla (which was the cms we used) back when we had a homepage. I think I told Joe that I could help out a little with graphics and such but I'm guessing that's not what he needed help with.

I've got slightly more time now but before I volunteer for anything I'd like to know why we are switching BB software in the first place? I'm sure vbulletin is great and all but there is nothing wrong with the stuff we are using. PhpBB is probably the most popular BB forum software around.

If we were still intent on using Joomla, the current forum can be integrated more with the home page than it used to be, causing the segway from the homepage to the forum to be more seemless than before. This is what I'd propose longterm. To migrate us to a new forum software probably means setting it up on a different URL and then one day forwarding us all over there.

In my opinion the first step is for Joe to realize that there is a problem. Things would be much improved if packerrats.com would just redirect the users browser to packerrats.com/ratchat. That fix would take 5 minutes and people wouldn't have to know the secret back entrance to the forum in order to join. The broken homepage is like the site has internet AIDS and the censorship issues on this site will be the pneumonia that finishes it off.

Have they made joomla any easier to upload with? That stuff was always so fussy!

I don't think anyone wants to go through another migration either. But when folks like Patler speak of leaving, it's time for something to happen here, even if it's not perfect.

[falco]

I don't think anyone wants to go through another migration either. But when folks like Patler speak of leaving, it's time for something to happen here, even if it's not perfect.

+1

[3irty1]

However many months ago it was, Joe PMed me about helping with the new site. I once told Mad that I was familiar with Joomla (which was the cms we used) back when we had a homepage. I think I told Joe that I could help out a little with graphics and such but I'm guessing that's not what he needed help with.

I've got slightly more time now but before I volunteer for anything I'd like to know why we are switching BB software in the first place? I'm sure vbulletin is great and all but there is nothing wrong with the stuff we are using. PhpBB is probably the most popular BB forum software around.

If we were still intent on using Joomla, the current forum can be integrated more with the home page than it used to be, causing the segway from the homepage to the forum to be more seemless than before. This is what I'd propose longterm. To migrate us to a new forum software probably means setting it up on a different URL and then one day forwarding us all over there.

In my opinion the first step is for Joe to realize that there is a problem. Things would be much improved if packerrats.com would just redirect the users browser to packerrats.com/ratchat. That fix would take 5 minutes and people wouldn't have to know the secret back entrance to the forum in order to join. The broken homepage is like the site has internet AIDS and the censorship issues on this site will be the pneumonia that finishes it off.

Have they made joomla any easier to upload with? That stuff was always so fussy!

I don't think anyone wants to go through another migration either. But when folks like Patler speak of leaving, it's time for something to happen here, even if it's not perfect.

You mean to install or for uploading files from users? From my experience both 1.x and 1.5 have given me little trouble.

[MJZiggy]

However many months ago it was, Joe PMed me about helping with the new site. I once told Mad that I was familiar with Joomla (which was the cms we used) back when we had a homepage. I think I told Joe that I could help out a little with graphics and such but I'm guessing that's not what he needed help with.

I've got slightly more time now but before I volunteer for anything I'd like to know why we are switching BB software in the first place? I'm sure vbulletin is great and all but there is nothing wrong with the stuff we are using. PhpBB is probably the most popular BB forum software around.

If we were still intent on using Joomla, the current forum can be integrated more with the home page than it used to be, causing the segway from the homepage to the forum to be more seemless than before. This is what I'd propose longterm. To migrate us to a new forum software probably means setting it up on a different URL and then one day forwarding us all over there.

In my opinion the first step is for Joe to realize that there is a problem. Things would be much improved if packerrats.com would just redirect the users browser to packerrats.com/ratchat. That fix would take 5 minutes and people wouldn't have to know the secret back entrance to the forum in order to join. The broken homepage is like the site has internet AIDS and the censorship issues on this site will be the pneumonia that finishes it off.

Have they made joomla any easier to upload with? That stuff was always so fussy!

I don't think anyone wants to go through another migration either. But when folks like Patler speak of leaving, it's time for something to happen here, even if it's not perfect.

You mean to install or for uploading files from users? From my experience both 1.x and 1.5 have given me little trouble.

Uploading content. It was always funky and creating odd formatting when I pasted text in.

[Patler]

Just to be clear, the only reason I have considered other boards is my impression that this board is dying. The only things that need to change are bringing in new blood and encouraging some of the dearly departed to return.

I think it is bad PR to have promised new software (needed or not), have us try it and comment and suggest, tell us the conversion will happen in a week, then two more weeks; and then....nothing happens or is said. A simple announcement telling us the old software will stay would have been easy and, well, considerate in view of what transpired earlier. No one would have cared

Personally, I think the current software is fine, but I don't work with it, just post, so what our owner decides to do is fine with me. I just don't like feeling that I am be jerked around or toyed with. I know that wasn't the intent, but I don't think I am the only one who feels that way.

[3irty1]

However many months ago it was, Joe PMed me about helping with the new site. I once told Mad that I was familiar with Joomla (which was the cms we used) back when we had a homepage. I think I told Joe that I could help out a little with graphics and such but I'm guessing that's not what he needed help with.

I've got slightly more time now but before I volunteer for anything I'd like to know why we are switching BB software in the first place? I'm sure vbulletin is great and all but there is nothing wrong with the stuff we are using. PhpBB is probably the most popular BB forum software around.

If we were still intent on using Joomla, the current forum can be integrated more with the home page than it used to be, causing the segway from the homepage to the forum to be more seemless than before. This is what I'd propose longterm. To migrate us to a new forum software probably means setting it up on a different URL and then one day forwarding us all over there.

In my opinion the first step is for Joe to realize that there is a problem. Things would be much improved if packerrats.com would just redirect the users browser to packerrats.com/ratchat. That fix would take 5 minutes and people wouldn't have to know the secret back entrance to the forum in order to join. The broken homepage is like the site has internet AIDS and the censorship issues on this site will be the pneumonia that finishes it off.

Have they made joomla any easier to upload with? That stuff was always so fussy!

I don't think anyone wants to go through another migration either. But when folks like Patler speak of leaving, it's time for something to happen here, even if it's not perfect.

You mean to install or for uploading files from users? From my experience both 1.x and 1.5 have given me little trouble.

Uploading content. It was always funky and creating odd formatting when I pasted text in.

I never used the joomla installation we had. The whole wysisyg backend of joomla is prone to headaches but if done properly its not an issue at all. Joomla is all over the internet and is one of the oldest and larger full featured CMS's around. If the content stuff we had was poopy its probably just our old template. No offense to Mad or whoever made the template.

[mraynrand]

However many months ago it was, Joe PMed me about helping with the new site. I once told Mad that I was familiar with Joomla (which was the cms we used) back when we had a homepage. I think I told Joe that I could help out a little with graphics and such but I'm guessing that's not what he needed help with.

I've got slightly more time now but before I volunteer for anything I'd like to know why we are switching BB software in the first place? I'm sure vbulletin is great and all but there is nothing wrong with the stuff we are using. PhpBB is probably the most popular BB forum software around.

If we were still intent on using Joomla, the current forum can be integrated more with the home page than it used to be, causing the segway from the homepage to the forum to be more seemless than before. This is what I'd propose longterm. To migrate us to a new forum software probably means setting it up on a different URL and then one day forwarding us all over there.

In my opinion the first step is for Joe to realize that there is a problem. Things would be much improved if packerrats.com would just redirect the users browser to packerrats.com/ratchat. That fix would take 5 minutes and people wouldn't have to know the secret back entrance to the forum in order to join. The broken homepage is like the site has internet AIDS and the censorship issues on this site will be the pneumonia that finishes it off.

Have they made joomla any easier to upload with? That stuff was always so fussy!

I don't think anyone wants to go through another migration either. But when folks like Patler speak of leaving, it's time for something to happen here, even if it's not perfect.

You mean to install or for uploading files from users? From my experience both 1.x and 1.5 have given me little trouble.

Uploading content. It was always funky and creating odd formatting when I pasted text in.

I thought that only happened when Cleft Crusty gave you files from his Commodore 64.