Hey all,
I've been doing tons, and tons, and TONS of research as
to the "best" online forum solution, and quite honestly,
there seems to be nothing better than UBB v6.7.3 -- to
the point where I'm a few days away from buying access
to the members area to snag a legacy copy of the software
before it vanishes off the face of the planet forever.
But before I do something stupid, I genuinely want to get
some feedback from others who have resisted moving to a
PHP/MySQL based version of the forum.
Actually, let me take something back... the "best" solution
that I discovered was BestBBS, a custom board used by Brett
over at WebmasterWorld. But that's not for sale.
To me, the second best would be UBB.classic v6.7.3, for the
following key reasons:
1) In lieu of having to fiddle with mod_rewrite commands,
the output generated by UBB/673 is already a flat html file
that search engines can digest.
2) I don't have to struggle with MySQL concurrent connection
issues, not to mention, having to install MySQL on my dedicated
server in the first place. (I plan to co-locate locally).
3) I'm significantly more comfortable with Perl coding than I
am with PHP... so I can theoretically upgrade and support the
legacy code far easier than I could a PHP version of the forum.
I don't know, what am I missing? Am I being crazy?! This is
an oddly emotional decision for me... and the thing is, there
already appear to be a lot of people who have no interest in
upgrading to a PHP/MySQL solution for one reason or another...
I could see us banding together and helping each other out, so
that we can continue making the most out of our forum software.
Alright, I'll open this to thoughts/comments/suggestions...
Nathan
