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  1. Tracy

    Is free forum software dying?

    One big issue I have found with Discourse... it is a REAL pain in the ass if you want to run multiple instances of it (for different sites) on one VPS when compared to NodeBB. In some ways I do like Discourse better.. but they have a LONG way to go to make it friendly to anything other than...
  2. Tracy

    Do any of you not care about mobile users?

    Want an example of how BS some of these "tests" can be? On my Edge & Steel site, PageInsights gives me a 100. GTMetrix gives me a 66. Using Pingdom and an Australia based test, I got a 97 on the same site.
  3. Tracy

    Have you ever used Country Block feature of your hosting service?

    I don't do country blocking at all because you can get valid users from those areas. Known malicious IP's will get blocked. Generally what I do is control by ASN when it is a server farm but still use managed challenge via CloudFlare. As mentioned also, I do block a lot of email domains from...
  4. Tracy

    Edge & Steel

    This thread is for the general discussion of the link Edge & Steel. Please add to the discussion here.
  5. Edge & Steel

    Other Edge & Steel

    Sharpen your knowledge and connect with fellow blade enthusiasts! This forum is a place to discuss everything edged, from pocket knives and kitchen cutlery to swords and axes. Share your collections, ask questions, learn sharpening techniques, and explore the fascinating world of blades. We are...
  6. Tracy

    Do any of you not care about mobile users?

    Some of it will be due to XF coding. But generally, most of those testing sites are targeted towards a more static content and not a forum style format. And yes, it does have some to do with how the software itself is coded. XF has made some strides in trying to optimize the speed of the...
  7. Tracy

    Is free forum software dying?

    Pretty sure the big issue is that it pulls them from a GIT repository. But NodeBB does the same thing, it just uses NPM to do it and it is easy enough to run npm install put_plugin_name_here. It seems that you cannot add users from the ACP in discourse either. Kind of a weird deal in case you...
  8. Tracy

    Is free forum software dying?

    I'm currently evaluating Discourse on Edge & Steel (a new site I am working on). And honestly, when compared to NodeBB, it is a lot more problematic. That is even with setting up a dedicated VPS running Ubuntu 24.04LTS and docker for it. So far, I'm not honestly that impressed. Installing...
  9. Tracy

    Do any of you not care about mobile users?

    Maybe they need to actually spend more time in improving the end user benefits and not so much what occurs on the back end that is more admin related? I realize that is a "strange and disconcerting" thought to the XF developers as they are seem to be fixated on things that bring the end users of...
  10. Tracy

    Do any of you not care about mobile users?

    Honestly.. for my niche, most of my users are desktop/laptop followed by mobile and then tablet. When it comes down to it mobile (cell or tablet) is by far the minority of users that access the site. So I'm a firm believer in targeting what your primary audience partakes from. Granted...
  11. Tracy

    Not upgrading

    In some aspects, upgrading to 2.3 from 2.2.17 was a real PITA as they did change many aspects of the FA offerings, especially due to the variable theme style. The sad thing is, for me, the XenForo script itself has not brought forth any major improvements that made me want to upgrade. As I...
  12. Tracy

    Not upgrading

    The only reason I upgraded my XF install was the opposite of this. Several of the major add-ons that I use were updated and added some features I wanted access to. But you had to be running XenForo 2.3 to use them. Otherwise, I would probably be still on 2.2.17 like the site I help on is.
  13. Tracy

    Chrono Collectors

    This thread is for the general discussion of the link Chrono Collectors. Please add to the discussion here.
  14. Chrono Collectors

    Other Chrono Collectors

    A small site for those that are into watch and clock collecting, repairs and building to get together to discuss their love of timekeeping instrumentation. Topics of interest range from sundials, water clocks up to the latest smart watches.
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  15. Tracy

    Whois privacy

    With CF (and I think even NameSilo when I was with them) you have to specifically disable it as it was a default offering (no additional charge) except on a few specific domains where it is prohibited (the .US being one of them).
  16. Tracy

    Why run a BBS via the internet?

    I had a lot more fun running the BBS's than I do with websites. And generally the users were a different breed than users today,
  17. Tracy

    Why run a BBS via the internet?

    But there is still a significant number of users that would argue that point, especially when considering the niche. The question remains... are there enough of us old shits still playing on the internet that might want to "flash back" to our origins? Personally.. I would have no issues with...
  18. Tracy

    Why run a BBS via the internet?

    Cellular/mobile "gaming" will quickly argue that point. There are other offerings/ability beyond flash. Could it involve downloading bespoke code to use? Sure.. but where is the pursuit of that aspect? Remember... those pursuits back then were not that much different than the "needs" of today...
  19. Tracy

    Why run a BBS via the internet?

    But what was that reason? Was it because it was "too much trouble to implement" and providers stopped offering that ability or because users didn't want to use it. I would argue that it was the former. Hell, look at the current impact of gaming on phones. I'd argue once more it was more the...
  20. Tracy

    Why run a BBS via the internet?

    It's really not hard to evolve from 1980's tech. The sad thing is, several things offered via BBS sites cannot be easily duplicated on current sites. Hell, way back then we had a form of "federation" that allowed interaction on sites across the world from one site to another without logging...
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