UPSB v3

The Vault / UPSB v4

  1. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Jun 7 2010 04:52:26

    This is VAULT material, do not post or discuss this outside of the Vault.

    We're considering working on a new forum, based on vBulletin (instead of our current IPB).

    The change would bring many improvements, including:

    - vB is more profession and better maintained than IPB. We wouldn't lose any features and in fact many of our current features would be improved. For example:

    Shoutbox: ability to create multiple channels instead having just one. Can also have private channels (for example, a private channel for vault users).

    Teams: Our current Teams feature is buggy. The vB group feature is much better.

    Reputation: Thanks feature would be replaced by reputation which works better. We can even have negative reputation and any post with too much bad rep would get auto-hidden (like in youtube).

    Ladder: ladder is currently buggy cuz we're using a beta made by xshadowfire. vB provides a Ladder and tournament feature which allows to set up any ladder with a rating system like chess PLUs ability to create tournaments which is great for PS.

    - In addition we can add way more features that don't exist in IPB. For example:

    Prefixes for threads. Imagine being able to prefix collab threads with [UPSB], [JEB] etc. Then you can also filter by prefix to get only collabs on certain community!

    Tags: Tag your threads, makes search easier.

    Naming users: If you post @username with someone's name in your post, that person is notified that you mentionned him/her, just like in twitter. Likewise if one of your post gets quoted.

    Event attendance: Create events on the calendar, RSVP people and they can then decide whether they join your attendance or not. Send notifications or messages for all people attending your event. This is great for gatherings or even collab signups.

    Albums: Upload your photos, browse others galleries straight on UPSB.

    Auctions: how about auction system where you post bids with a close time?

    etc.. cool features are being created everyday. Some will be relevant for us.

    Now here's the main bad thing:

    - Converting a board to vB is a pain. We most likely won't do it. That means UPSBv3 closes but remains read-only. Everything on UPSBv3 would still be accessible but most of it won't be ported over. However, things like premium status, trade feedback, will be carried over on demand. It's the same concept as when we lost that summer data. People who had trade feedback, post count requested for it and got it eventually. It's annoying for sure, but look at the pros, I think it's worth it. We'll also transfer over the stickies and the most important threads of course.

    - Premium member most likely will remain the same, but might get some benefits changed, might also get more features. Like I said, premium would probably get the ability to make their own shout channel. But at the moment, it's unknown what exactly premium will have.

    So, what do you think? Would you be able to start anew? Would you want to?

  2. Pen Ninja
    Date: Mon, Jun 7 2010 11:02:06

    i could start over, i dont really have much attachment to upsb that i cant lose

    good things to transfer over if possible :
    teams with members
    premium status
    trade feedback if requested
    mods
    will the wiki transfer? or will u just link to it?

    also? will this new board hate mozilla firefox as much as this one?

  3. JC
    Date: Mon, Jun 7 2010 11:32:01

    will team stuff still be readable? so like.. can i still log in and read all the team stuff, but just not be able to make new threads/posts?

  4. Pen Ninja
    Date: Mon, Jun 7 2010 11:38:38

    QUOTE (JC @ Jun 7 2010, 07:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    will team stuff still be readable? so like.. can i still log in and read all the team stuff, but just not be able to make new threads/posts?


    from what im reading i think the board will stay how it is, nothing changes but u cant post or anything

  5. JC
    Date: Mon, Jun 7 2010 12:06:46

    QUOTE (Pen Ninja @ Jun 7 2010, 07:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
    from what im reading i think the board will stay how it is, nothing changes but u cant post or anything

    hm..yea, i just want to make sure i can still log into this account, but i suppose i can then..

  6. Zombo
    Date: Mon, Jun 7 2010 14:57:19

    wiki will transfer no problem

    you can log in no problem in upsb3

    just not being able to post anywhere

  7. Zombo
    Date: Wed, Jun 23 2010 13:14:54

    is there any interest for premium members for early access?

  8. Awesome
    Date: Wed, Jun 23 2010 21:37:38

    I think it would be cool to get early access