IV website update

[eeji]

Due to the silly number of modifications to the forum software IV runs on it has become pretty much impossible to upgrade to the latest version, and we are now running two versions out of date

Because of this for the past month I have been working on a totally fresh update to the latest version. There has also been a rewrite of the morph guides which should mean faster loading of those pages and they will will run inside of the forum instead of a 'different' looking site.

This update means less modification, therefore easier to keep up to date with security and bug fixes. It also means that some current features will be lost. The most obvious for our members is the automatic country flags, the 'thanks' feature and the chat box, all of which are quite buggy and cause some degree of slowness and upgrade difficulties.

If you, the IV members would like to see the chat and/or the flags to remain or if it wouldn't affect your experience on IV I would like to know your opinions. I have waiting in the wings slightly different versions of these which won't cause so many problems so can be added if thats what everyone wants - after all this site is all about you, and without you we wouldn't be here

[Corns.dk]

Hi Ian

I would be sorry to see the country flag go. Or rather - to lose the information of home country of the members. I really don't care whether it is in the form of a flag or of a text or something.

On the other hand, I have experienced looooong loading times (or not completed loads) when clicking on links in then forum. This has been a problem for several months. And if removing some of the non-core features could help this, it would be really nice.

[Donnie]

The members country flags is good to see but I would not mind if it was text rather than a flag. I have not used the chat yet but I am sure it would come in usefull if I wanted a quick answer but if it had to go I would not miss it. Any improvements to the site are always good even if it does mean change

[Lexcorn]

The Flags are a nice feature, but, not absolutely necessary.

The Chat Box is not what it used to be & hardly ever used, therefore, if anything should go then it would be this.

However, perhaps when the Hatching Season starts in earnest there will be more conversation.........who knows

Lex

[viraleye]

Flags aren't necessary but it would still be nice to see the country of origin in profiles?

Chat hardly gets used(apart from our little party last night). Maybe it could just be replaced with a "chat thread" instead?

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[jordan]

the 'thanks' feature and the chat box, all of which are quite buggy and cause some degree of slowness and upgrade difficulties.

Hey Ian, I wrote my own thanks feature for my forum, which should work on any phpbb3.0.x version. If its a must have feature, hit me up if your interested.

Sorry for the hitting up old threads