When SG Bride upgrade to vBulletin 3.5?
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Hi KJ Tin,
Not to worry, your posting is not considered an advertisement.
We are aware of the software vBulletin and we understand that it is a more commonly used platform. However, we've evaluated both softwares before we decided to use the current forum software as we felt that it was more suitable for our users' purpose. Maybe you would like to give this forum software a bit more time and you may grow to appreciate it as much as we did. As you've pointed out, vBulletin is a more popular choice and you may be more familiar with it and that may be why you find our forum less user-friendly at the moment.
Give this forum software a chance, you may even grow to prefer it.
However, please feel free to share with me the features that are available in vBulletin which you would like to see it in this forum too.
Regards,
Chin Leng.
Not to worry, your posting is not considered an advertisement.
We are aware of the software vBulletin and we understand that it is a more commonly used platform. However, we've evaluated both softwares before we decided to use the current forum software as we felt that it was more suitable for our users' purpose. Maybe you would like to give this forum software a bit more time and you may grow to appreciate it as much as we did. As you've pointed out, vBulletin is a more popular choice and you may be more familiar with it and that may be why you find our forum less user-friendly at the moment.
Give this forum software a chance, you may even grow to prefer it.
However, please feel free to share with me the features that are available in vBulletin which you would like to see it in this forum too.
Regards,
Chin Leng.
i think useful features such as ability to sort by any columns (date, thread starter, etc), avatar, the way threads are categorised, fonts, embed large photos, smileys, reply with quotes, ranking, rating, signature, better look and feel.
i also understand that data migration is always an issue and thus, i can empathise with you
i also understand that data migration is always an issue and thus, i can empathise with you
Hi KJ Tin,
1. Ability to sort by any columns: Ok, we don't have that but we don't think it is necessary.
2. Avatars: We do have but we've disabled the function to improve the loading time of the message pages.
3. The way threads are categorised: We've categorised the threads in a way we thought it would best serve the community. No fault of the forum software.
4. Fonts: Different fonts and colours can be used too. You may like to refer to the text formatting help page at, Help: Formatting: Text Formatting.
5. Embed large photos: We've limited the size of images to 50KB of 600x600 pixels which is sufficient for most purposes.
6. Smileys: Please check out our own unique and copyrighted kao-ani emoticons at Emoticons.
7. Reply with quotes: We didn't like the function as we felt that it only adds clutter to the message. However, quotes could still be made but just not as easily.
8. Ranking (of members?): We've that too but we don't place too much emphasis on it.
9. Signature: We don't encourage "signature" as it adds clutter and the feature can be abused by service providers who are non-advertisers.
10. Better look and feel: Hey! We like the way our forum looks!
Anyway, what we liked best about the forum software is that we can arrange the topics in "Marketplace and Exchange Corner" by chronological order and other topics by alphabetical order coupled with a one click search function of "Last 1272 hours".
Please feel free to share any suggestions.
Regards,
Chin Leng.
1. Ability to sort by any columns: Ok, we don't have that but we don't think it is necessary.
2. Avatars: We do have but we've disabled the function to improve the loading time of the message pages.
3. The way threads are categorised: We've categorised the threads in a way we thought it would best serve the community. No fault of the forum software.
4. Fonts: Different fonts and colours can be used too. You may like to refer to the text formatting help page at, Help: Formatting: Text Formatting.
5. Embed large photos: We've limited the size of images to 50KB of 600x600 pixels which is sufficient for most purposes.
6. Smileys: Please check out our own unique and copyrighted kao-ani emoticons at Emoticons.
7. Reply with quotes: We didn't like the function as we felt that it only adds clutter to the message. However, quotes could still be made but just not as easily.
8. Ranking (of members?): We've that too but we don't place too much emphasis on it.
9. Signature: We don't encourage "signature" as it adds clutter and the feature can be abused by service providers who are non-advertisers.
10. Better look and feel: Hey! We like the way our forum looks!
Anyway, what we liked best about the forum software is that we can arrange the topics in "Marketplace and Exchange Corner" by chronological order and other topics by alphabetical order coupled with a one click search function of "Last 1272 hours".
Please feel free to share any suggestions.
Regards,
Chin Leng.