Title: Thinking of shutting this site down and updating the software Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Aug 7, 2019 Author:A K A Stone Post Date:2019-08-07 09:14:24 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:1969 Comments:23
I am considering shutting this place down and updating the place to some modern software.
It would be nice to have something more modern that might attract more users over time.
Pinguinite is capable of producing just about any style of pages you want using CSS styling and the built-in page templates.
Sometimes it isn't just modern features. Look at AceOfSpades, running Movable Type 2.4 which is like 15 years old. Has a rather terrible commenting system but they have plenty of posts on every thread but their site hosts post a half-dozen articles a day, no articles are posted by users. Unfortunately, you can't really follow discussions over there the way you can here at LF. It's not a forum, just comments on a thread. And they beg for money there (and get it).
Have you seen a site that you like the looks and features of? Maybe you want comments here to look like they do on some other forum site. Maybe you want a pop-over sidebar that only appears when you hover your mouse over it. Or a pop-up main menu that shrinks itself when you scroll down the page so it stays out of the way mostly. Try to get an idea for what you want your site to look like, to feel like, what features you think are essential, what features you most want to upgrade or give a facelift to.
updating the [forum] software [to] attract more users over time.
While reading your post, Stone, I was instantly reminded of Johnny Lee singing about looking for love in all the wrong places and thought about you looking to attract more users to your forum in the wrong way.
I then recalled a quote by Martin Luther King, Jr. which I shall paraphrase:
You have a dream that one day your forum will be judged by upgraded software and that it will attract more users. When in reality your forum is not judged by that at all Your forum will always be judged by its content and character."
You reap what you sow is a proverb that says future consequences are inevitably shaped by present actions.
You Reap What You Sow Content and Character.
One of the two things I really like about the place I spend most of my time at lately, is the hilarious emojis that the place provides. Also, posting pictures there is the easiest of any site Ive ever seen.
I dunno, you may wanna check the place out and get some ideas, and see what Im talking about?