PYRO UNIVERSE

[Colin]

I'm happy to announce that the new Pyro Universe vBulletin forum is finally up and running! You can check it out here:

http://www.pyrouniverse.com/forum

Please be sure to completely read through the vBulletin FAQ (on the upper menu bar) to get a good understanding of how the forum works.

Also make sure to read the welcome thread in the "Announcements" section to learn about the new features of the forum.

Enjoy!

[china fireworks]

In new forum, it seems that we should register again,right? It will give some problems. For example, the same name in old forum and new forum, it may be two people!!!!!!
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[EP]

I guess that is kind of unavoidable, especially when changing between software systems.

What is the reason for the change? I assume there are software improvements, but anything specific that swayed you, or something annoying about this system? (it seems to work fairly well).

Will this forum remain online, just locked with a link to the new one? It would be a shame if this got deleted and all the great/useful posts were lost.

[Mindless2]

You could archive it. Or i could try to archive it for you.

[Mindless2]

is ti me or is tehre no edit button?

anyways, i found a simple way to archive the forum. I allready archived this subforum (Announcements). Where can i find some quick fre webhosting where i can toss this up real quick? It html format.

If you want me to archive this forum, just say the word



I like the new forum tho. Nice design.

[leeca]

Q..Can we convert phpbb to Vbulletin ?

A..There is an impoter avaible for phpbb 2.0.6 to vBulletin 3.0.1. you can import your posts threads members and forums from phpbb

http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=105561

You should be able to convert the whole thing right?
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[Colin]

While this forum has worked quite well, I wanted vBulletin for several reasons. First, it's more secure. There are a number of security holes in phpBB, one of which somebody used to hack the very first version of the PyroU board on my old host. It's much harder to do that with vbulletin.

The new forum also has a LOT more administrator options ("behind the scenes" things that users don't see), which I really like. It will help to keep things running smoothly around here, especially during the craziness of the fireworks season. Also, it can support attachments, which is a feature I think everyone will like.

This forum WILL stick around. As I mentioned on the new forum, this one will stay open for some time, and then eventually the individual boards will be locked. No new posts will be able to be made, but every old post will still be here. The search function can still be used as well, so it can be searched like an archive.

The edit button on the new forums SHOULD be visible in the lower right hand side of the post you made.

[Tommy F.]

Hey There Colin! Long time since we talked. I just recieved the notice of the new forum and was just wondering if we need to sign up again and also is there a new site address? Frank (Tommy F.) Thomas . Thanks My Friend.
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[PyroReview]

Yes, vBulletin has several converters avaialble and phpBB can be converted over.
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[animeguru]

Nice setup. Do I need to register for that forum as well, or can my username from here be transfered?

Thanks!
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[Colin]

I didn't learn about impex until after I had the new forums completely set up. Since the new forum had a new board arrangement and all of the permissions there were customized differently than they were on here, I didn't want to mess around with it afterwards.

I've been getting a lot of PMs and emails about the new board, asking me if you have to sign up again, if this board will be deleted, etc. Please be sure to read the welcome thread in the new forum, which I've linked to in the first post of this thread - I posted it there in advance, and it will address all of those questions.

[animeguru]

Sorry, probably would've helped had I read that.

Thanks!
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