We now have some time from the tech guys, and will be moving everything from this forum to a new software package .
This will not happen quickly, moving off the current phpBB software to a non-open source programe is not easy.
BUT, when it happens we will have far more options to offer you, for example the ability to upload photo’s directly to your post
What we would like to hear is what YOU want as a feature in the new setup. I cannot guarentee that everything you suggest will happen, but it will be looked at and see if it is possible…
Although I personaly like phpBB3 a lot (certainly its a huge step up from this platform). restrictions on what we can place on the new servers we will be moving to mean it is extremely doubtful we will be using any sort of open source software.
The most likely platform will be a modified Community server.asp application.
There is an awful lot of work to do though before we are sure that the current phpBB database can integrate fully with the asp. and also that the Community server gives us all the facilities and features you may want.
Rikki-UK:
The restrictions are more that the owners of the servers we wil be moving to do not allow any open source software on them.
That’s just bizzare - if it were me I’d choose a different host and save yourselves a lot of cash.
It’s a forum, not a banking or military system or something. Half the web runs on open source Apache servers just fine.
It is true that TruckNet UK is just a forum, but the Data Centre we will be hosted in also hosts all Reed Business websites (and there is a lot of them !! ) Reed Elsevier’s internal and External business aplications (including the corporate intranet) and some quite sensitive tools used by Reed Elsevier companies working with outside organisations.
)
