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Migrating the forum to Discourse

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Karel:

--- Quote from: ddavidebor on March 29, 2020, 02:59:35 pm ---Hello,
I have had this thought for a few years. Wouldn't it make sense to migrate the forum to the Discourse platform?

Yes, it's not easy. This is a big forum.

There are pretty much only advantages in switching platform, it's pretty much time, but there are risks in the migration also.


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Please no.
Discourse looks terrible. Too much white space. Default fonts too big. Graphics too big. Everything is too big. Terrible teletubbies look.

KE5FX:

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: ddavidebor on March 29, 2020, 02:59:35 pm ---I have had this thought for a few years. Wouldn't it make sense to migrate the forum to the Discourse platform?

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I hate discourse, it's garbage, and doesn't seem at all suited to long term community forum type discussion. It's more of a chat platform from what I gather.
So it's not going to happen, not point even discussing it, it would destroy this forum community.
If this forum is going to move to something it will be a better and more familiar bbs style forum, like Zenforo

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: ataradov on March 29, 2020, 05:17:47 pm ---NO, NO and NO.
All that new age stuff if unusable garbage for people that can't formulate a thought longer than a twit.

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From my limited experience that's what I've seen, it's just quick zero-thought chat type content.
On bbs style forum's like this people put a lot more thought and effort into a good post. Some posts are so good and technically detailed they become direct go-to pages in the internet.
Discourse is such a terrible idea it's not funny.

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: Ranayna on March 29, 2020, 06:38:21 pm ---But on a sidenote: Yes, the forum software shows it's age, and migration to some more modern software should be considered. Modern software like Xenforo can introduce a lot of new useful features without loosing it's spirit of what a forum actually represents.
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Yes, SMF is showing its age, and I am a member on another forum that moved over the Xenforo (from I think phpBB) and I really like it. There were hardly any complaints from users too.
So I would be certainly open to moving to that, but it's got to be done right and professionally, not something that can be half arsed. I'd have to pay a professional to manage the move.

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