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Pretty much...spot on.

[USER=1]@doemasters[/USER] had the "Flash" site up and running that was being used as the front page/landing page for the site and the CT message forum. He was adding videos and images (through our SmugMug site for a long time now, and now it's FreelancePictures .) The content on the landing page was coming from our WordPress site (also CrimsonTusks) which I was throwing out at the time...around my AL.com gig time. Geez, can't remember the year. ('09 was the last year for that media group.)

Ol' Porkchop. I miss Keith. He asked me over knowing I was in the same situation you guys were in...but in an administration role there as well: hell, since '99. What do I remember about Keith and the site, specifically?

IPB and the versions of the software he was running. Hell, it was free, so there's that. But it was clumsy as hell!!! I ran through two versions of that software here and then talked Keith and Kirk into moving to BBS. (Do I remember this correctly, [USER=11322]@Kirk Van de Graaff[/USER] ?) I remember playing with MyBB and phpBB. The last version we ran before Lance and I got together on the message boards was the last one; phpBB.

Now (or then) Lance and I are talking a lot because of content on the front page (Flash and Wordpress) and I'm talking with the two K's about the message forum ... and then the merge.

We scrapped BBS, went with vB1.X.X. ... the software packages we pay for now-a-day. (vB largely patterned after phpBB ...both based in php. The XF we're running today...largely based on php.)

I want to say two or three versions of IPB, then a few versions of BBS, myBB, then phpBB (several versions,) five different packages of vB ($) which included two dozen updates per version...the move to XF now and we're on our third package, likely 40th version of XF?

Today: I still love playing with the software. I just haven't had the time this past year and a half ...

One thing for sure:

When all of this started it was open source; free all around except for server space. Today? If you can't write it/make it you will pay for it. Any bell or whistle, basically.

FWIW, I keep telling myself 'if I get one more monitor' I'll get it done more quickly. The live chat is a great example. I paid for that one and still haven't had the time to make it do what I want it to do.

My Drunk History told sober.

<blockquote data-quote="TerryP" data-source="post: 1582000" data-attributes="member: 12209">Pretty much...spot on. [USER=1]@doemasters[/USER] had the &quot;Flash&quot; site up and running that was being used as the front page/landing page for the site and the CT message forum.&nbsp; He was adding videos and images (through our SmugMug site for a long time now, and now it&#039;s <a href="https://www.freelancepictures.com/" target="_blank">FreelancePictures</a> .)&nbsp; The content on the landing page was coming from our WordPress site (also CrimsonTusks) which I was throwing out at the time...around my AL.com gig time.&nbsp; Geez, can&#039;t remember the year.&nbsp; (&#039;09 was the last year for that media group.) Ol&#039; Porkchop.&nbsp; I miss Keith.&nbsp; He asked me over knowing I was in the same situation you guys were in...but in an administration role there as well: hell, since &#039;99.&nbsp; What do I remember about Keith and the site, specifically? IPB and the versions of the software he was running.&nbsp; Hell, it was free, so there&#039;s that.&nbsp; But it was clumsy as hell!!!&nbsp; I ran through two versions of that software here and then talked Keith and Kirk into moving to BBS.&nbsp; (Do I remember this correctly, [USER=11322]@Kirk Van de Graaff[/USER] ?)&nbsp; I remember playing with MyBB and phpBB.&nbsp; The last version we ran before Lance and I got together on the message boards was the last one; phpBB.&nbsp; Now (or then) Lance and I are talking a lot because of content on the front page (Flash and Wordpress) and I&#039;m talking with the two K&#039;s about the message forum ... and then the merge.We scrapped BBS, went with vB1.X.X. ... the software packages we pay for now-a-day. (vB largely patterned after phpBB ...both based in php.&nbsp; The XF we&#039;re running today...largely based on php.) I want to say two or three versions of IPB, then a few versions of BBS, myBB, then phpBB (several versions,) five different packages of vB ($) which included two dozen updates per version...the move to XF now and we&#039;re on our third package, likely 40th version of XF? Today:&nbsp; I still love playing with the software.&nbsp; I just haven&#039;t had the time this past year and a half ...One thing for sure:When all of this started it was open source; free all around except for server space.&nbsp; Today?&nbsp; If you can&#039;t write it/make it you will pay for it.&nbsp; Any bell or whistle, basically. FWIW, I keep telling myself &#039;if I get one more monitor&#039; I&#039;ll get it done more quickly. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🙃" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f643.png" title="Upside-down face&nbsp; &nbsp; :upside_down:" data-shortname=":upside_down:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />&nbsp; The live chat is a great example.&nbsp; I paid for that one and still haven&#039;t had the time to make it do what I want it to do.My Drunk History told sober. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🙃" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f643.png" title="Upside-down face&nbsp; &nbsp; :upside_down:" data-shortname=":upside_down:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="TerryP, post: 1582000, member: 12209"] Pretty much...spot on. [USER=1]@doemasters[/USER] had the "Flash" site up and running that was being used as the front page/landing page for the site and the CT message forum. He was adding videos and images (through our SmugMug site for a long time now, and now it's [URL='https://www.freelancepictures.com/']FreelancePictures[/URL] .) The content on the landing page was coming from our WordPress site (also CrimsonTusks) which I was throwing out at the time...around my AL.com gig time. Geez, can't remember the year. ('09 was the last year for that media group.) Ol' Porkchop. I miss Keith. He asked me over knowing I was in the same situation you guys were in...but in an administration role there as well: hell, since '99. What do I remember about Keith and the site, specifically? IPB and the versions of the software he was running. Hell, it was free, so there's that. But it was clumsy as hell!!! I ran through two versions of that software here and then talked Keith and Kirk into moving to BBS. (Do I remember this correctly, [USER=11322]@Kirk Van de Graaff[/USER] ?) I remember playing with MyBB and phpBB. The last version we ran before Lance and I got together on the message boards was the last one; phpBB. Now (or then) Lance and I are talking a lot because of content on the front page (Flash and Wordpress) and I'm talking with the two K's about the message forum ... and then the merge. We scrapped BBS, went with vB1.X.X. ... the software packages we pay for now-a-day. (vB largely patterned after phpBB ...both based in php. The XF we're running today...largely based on php.) I want to say two or three versions of IPB, then a few versions of BBS, myBB, then phpBB (several versions,) five different packages of vB ($) which included two dozen updates per version...the move to XF now and we're on our third package, likely 40th version of XF? Today: I still love playing with the software. I just haven't had the time this past year and a half ... One thing for sure: When all of this started it was open source; free all around except for server space. Today? If you can't write it/make it you will pay for it. Any bell or whistle, basically. FWIW, I keep telling myself '[I]if I get one more monitor'[/I] I'll get it done more quickly. 🙃 The live chat is a great example. I paid for that one and still haven't had the time to make it do what I want it to do. [I]My Drunk History[/I] told sober. 🙃 [/QUOTE]