Yes indeed, things sure look different around here!
This is the new Discussion Forum software I've chosen. YaBB SE (Yet another Bulletin Board) is an open source discussion forum written in PHP with a MySQL Server backend.
I have lots of customization and tweaking to do to get everything just right. However, I thought I'd put the new forum up right away (warts and all) so that everyone can get back to business.
Unfortunately all the posts from the old board are still MIA. When my web host provider upgraded their systems last week and moved the site to a new server, they neglected to move the discussion forum files. They've promised that they'll get them back to me -- they just won't give me a clue as to when. They're pretty much swamped with issues right now and I get the feeling that a little site about Disney Music is not at the top of their priority list.
While the board was down, I decided it was time to get a more comprehensive discussion board up and running. When the site first went online in 1997, the focus was the Album Index featuring my comprehensive collection of Disney CDs. I haven't updated the database of CDs for over two years now (since I sold the collection - has it really been that long?) but, thanks to you all, the Discussion Forum is goinging stronger than ever!
This new software will allow for more ways to communicate with each other (including private instant messages) and will allow me to expand in a few areas.
The only feature that this software is missing is a daily email digest feature. That is something I will definately miss. On the other hand, this will also encourage readers (including myself) to visit the site on a daily basis instead of just reading the posts via email. This, in turn, should lead to more posts.
I'll keep you all updated over the next few days and weeks as the board starts to come to life. Please feel free to offer suggestios.
Regards,
Trent
This is the new Discussion Forum software I've chosen. YaBB SE (Yet another Bulletin Board) is an open source discussion forum written in PHP with a MySQL Server backend.
I have lots of customization and tweaking to do to get everything just right. However, I thought I'd put the new forum up right away (warts and all) so that everyone can get back to business.
Unfortunately all the posts from the old board are still MIA. When my web host provider upgraded their systems last week and moved the site to a new server, they neglected to move the discussion forum files. They've promised that they'll get them back to me -- they just won't give me a clue as to when. They're pretty much swamped with issues right now and I get the feeling that a little site about Disney Music is not at the top of their priority list.
While the board was down, I decided it was time to get a more comprehensive discussion board up and running. When the site first went online in 1997, the focus was the Album Index featuring my comprehensive collection of Disney CDs. I haven't updated the database of CDs for over two years now (since I sold the collection - has it really been that long?) but, thanks to you all, the Discussion Forum is goinging stronger than ever!
This new software will allow for more ways to communicate with each other (including private instant messages) and will allow me to expand in a few areas.
The only feature that this software is missing is a daily email digest feature. That is something I will definately miss. On the other hand, this will also encourage readers (including myself) to visit the site on a daily basis instead of just reading the posts via email. This, in turn, should lead to more posts.
I'll keep you all updated over the next few days and weeks as the board starts to come to life. Please feel free to offer suggestios.
Regards,
Trent