I FUCKING HATE FORUMOTION! (blowing off some steam)

They change settings without warning, add new features and turn them on by default, don't allow us to a lot of customization and AAAAAAAARGH! I want to make a new forum skin but guess what? You can only have one main theme and 2 temp themes which are even more limited than the original theme! Seriously foromotion, why do you apply those redundant limits while there is so much you can do with phpbb?!

Even more rage; screenshots from foromotion admin panel and my own server's phpbb admin panel:

RAAAAAGEEEE!:

MOAR RAGE! I CAN CREATE A NEW THEME ON MY OWN SERVER WITH EASE!
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Okay I'm done blowing off some steam. Back to creating a new forum skin...

Can you create a theme on your server and then upload it to forumotion to share with other people and then we can use it on ours?

Tried that but that requires FTP acces which we don't have. On a related notice I am making progress by using CSS instead of the bloody admin panel.

Okay I give up with this invisible solution. I'm going to update the main theme instead when there hardly any people on after backing the original theme up.

But I'm always on epps!

lol forumotion ftl. Also, why not use a different kind of forum? XD

Havik wrote:lol forumotion ftl. Also, why not use a different kind of forum? XD

Because that requires us having a better webhost which costs money which we don't have...

Epps wrote:

Havik wrote:lol forumotion ftl. Also, why not use a different kind of forum? XD

Because that requires us having a better webhost which costs money which we don't have...

ow yeah :/

Poor Epps... Here, this'll cheer you up!
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Epps, i have a host that i pay for where i can make phpBB forums. Shall we try and move our forum there?

I made this in 20 minutes and then stopped working on it (going to pick it up again though). But in the admin panel i can change everything, and we will have FTP access as well.

http://blackberrysuriname.com/forum/

Eraserhead wrote:Epps, i have a host that i pay for where i can make phpBB forums. Shall we try and move our forum there?

I made this in 20 minutes and then stopped working on it (going to pick it up again though). But in the admin panel i can change everything, and we will have FTP access as well.

http://blackberrysuriname.com/forum/

This would be legit, we can do so much more with phpBB forums, the possibilities are endless

only it would mean we have to halt this forum and backup + export + import which can be pain in the ass.

Motherfuckers. Read this:

http://help.forumotion.com/juridical-tutorials-f40/forumotion-s-forum-databases-t6668.htm#35481

http://help.forumotion.com/other-problems-f46/export-punbb-to-phpbb3-t34139.htm#502073

I say we work on creating it in the new location. And on our 1 year anniversary we change over to new forum. We can leave a link to see old topics here and have an all new forum over there where we have complete control. It may be a bitch at first but better to cut our losses sooner than later.

ok lets do that

That is bloody ridicules and makes me rage even more at this host! So okay, about this plan:
-We set up phpbb on a server. This can be either mine, erasers, someone else's depending on which one is better/person we trust more.
-We create a Pulp theme, all the sub-forums and rules along with some basic threads to ensure a quick revive.
-We redirect forum.pulpfortress.com to the new host.
-Members create new threads and within a few days it's back to normal.
-I do a newsletter to let every forum member know we have moved.
-I cast berserk on myself and DELETE FUCKING EVERYTHING on the forumotion forum. Afterwards I create a single locked thread about how we moved to our own server because forumotion sucks.
-After a week or two we delete the forumotion account for good.


Now as for the server, I don't mind if we use mine since I hardly use it to begin with. Seriously, right now it functions for easy filesharing and url shortening . The specs from my host are as following:
-€30 a year including .nl domain.
-3GB storage (120mb in use; Wordpress and some shared files).
-60GB bandwidth (<100mb used).
-Installatron for one click installations of various kinds of software.
-10 Databases (2 in use; Wordpress and my own url shortener).
-10 FTP accounts (1 in use, mine).
-Server is located in Enschede, Netherlands (near the German border) and allows high speed downloads.
Edit: Installed phpbb on my host: http://epps.nl/phpbb/

Here are the specs of my current host:

MySQL Databases: 4 Setup of 10 Available
Bandwidth Allotment: Unlimited
Disk Space Allotment: 10,000 MB
Data Center: US Regional Data Center
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: PHP 5.x
50 FTP accounts
1 click install of Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, phpBB and tons of others.
This is the same host where our domain name resides.

Eraserhead wrote:Here are the specs of my current host:

MySQL Databases: 4 Setup of 10 Available
Bandwidth Allotment: Unlimited
Disk Space Allotment: 10,000 MB
Data Center: US Regional Data Center
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: PHP 5.x
50 FTP accounts
1 click install of Wordpress, Joomla, Drupal, phpBB and tons of others.
This is the same host where our domain name resides.

I say lets use yours...
btw, how much do you pay for it?

$4 a month.

Right now i have already setup a forum on my domain. I need to figure out first how i can make a second forum. Let me get back to you on that, i have already made a ticket so i will know soon.

Installing a new phpbb in another directory with its own database would be enough.

I know it's not much but I can take care of remaking all the stickies for you if you'd like

It was that simple indeed! Pending setup now....

Young Greezy wrote:I know it's not much but I can take care of remaking all the stickies for you if you'd like

That would be cool, just copy paste them.

Yep okay. Just figured I'd take some busy work off you guys.