How long until you had to get a VPS?

[Shawn Gossman]

How long did it take until you had to upgrade your forum hosting to VPS?

 

[Dilip]

Not before a year. I had to restrict the image upload though.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I have an issue with making too many websites so it didn't take long for me to have to upgrade.

Luckily my AdSense projects are paying those bills.

 

[Dilip]

These days, I prefer to use modern forum software over PHP ones. So, that makes it from day 1.

There are software like Discourse that is far beyond the capabilities of XF.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

These days, I prefer to use modern forum software over PHP ones. So, that makes it from day 1.

There are software like Discourse that is far beyond the capabilities of XF.

I've seen a few "modern" ones that I kind of enjoy the features of but not really for these types of forums.

I'd rather use those for community-based websites for established sites. I do a marketing blog for example, I'd use a modern community type to launch a paid membership site.

 

[Dilip]

They are hard to handle when we get used to PHP based forums.

I did ask about this to the software authors across NodeBB, Discourse and other forums. They say that they can do a lot more than in PHP. That is the developer side though.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

They are hard to handle when we get used to PHP based forums.

I want to play around with some, myself.

I still like that old feeling of forums that XF provides, though.

It's kind of Retro in a way haha

 

[Dilip]

I like the conventional forum layout. But people are busy and have no time for a second click. Thinking that way, a content listing is helpful to get the forums going. Most of these modern layout forums offer category listing too, as an option.

 

[Shawn Gossman]

I like the conventional forum layout. But people are busy and have no time for a second click. Thinking that way, a content listing is helpful to get the forums going. Most of these modern layout forums offer category listing too, as an option.

I don't dislike the newer modern layouts.

I just see them as a different kind of community.

I get what you're saying though, totally. People are in a hurry.

 

[Dilip]

I agree. Both have their own space in the forum world.