Anyone familiar with Invision Board software here? - GoFuckYourself.com

robwod · 11-25-2012, 05:02 PM

Just curious if anyone is familiar with Invision Board's software enough to customize the default theme that comes with it?

Drop me a note if this person is you.

zapusto [at] gmail [dot] com

robwod · 11-26-2012, 05:45 AM

Up for anyone who can do a skin customization on Invision Board software.

Let me know.

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dappz-datton · 11-26-2012, 07:35 AM

um sounds interesting

robwod · 11-26-2012, 08:03 AM

Webmaster Advertising: I own licenses to several boards (IPB, vBulletin, Xenforo and others). I think each has their pros and cons, but when given the option of dealing with the arrogance of vBulletin or IPB's customer service departments, it's certainly a bit of a tossup. In any case, we opted to go with IPB for this project. If we feel a need to migrate to another platform, that's relatively easy enough to do.

Webmaster Advertising · 11-26-2012, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by robwod

but when given the option of dealing with the arrogance of vBulletin or IPB's customer service departments, it's certainly a bit of a tossup.

I definitely agree with you there.

My own thoughts on the matter, having customized and owned several message boards over the years though is to take into account end-user experience and ultimately, our own experiences have been that forums running VB typically end up much more active and highly trafficked than others.

Of course, they're our experiences with managing message boards, yours may differ.

robwod · 11-26-2012, 09:30 AM

I think a large part of that is familiarity. vB has been around for a long time and many of the larger boards adopted it early, so it's kind of just the norm for many. I am not sure the platform would matter so much as the presentation. Interesting stat though. I wonder if presenting a vB board with a default IPB skin would have a positive or negative effect, or vice versa. Social experiment in the making?

From my own perspective, I personally like Xenforo more than either vB or IPB, and I think the one from SimpleMachines is a nice alternative for some applications.

Webmaster Advertising · 11-26-2012, 09:47 AM

Back in the day when phpbb was *the* popular program as well as the old-style flatboard, we tested our several programs, including some lesser known ones like NetBoard, like I say, for us, VB won hands down in terms of both user-base and traffic, both important aspects when selling ads on a message forum, which was our ultimate goal.

I wonder too about skinning VB with different forum layouts, definitely an interesting way to gleam some stats if nothing else.

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robwod Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,539	Webmaster Advertising: I own licenses to several boards (IPB, vBulletin, Xenforo and others). I think each has their pros and cons, but when given the option of dealing with the arrogance of vBulletin or IPB's customer service departments, it's certainly a bit of a tossup. In any case, we opted to go with IPB for this project. If we feel a need to migrate to another platform, that's relatively easy enough to do. __________________ NSFW

11-26-2012, 09:30 AM	#7
robwod Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,539	I think a large part of that is familiarity. vB has been around for a long time and many of the larger boards adopted it early, so it's kind of just the norm for many. I am not sure the platform would matter so much as the presentation. Interesting stat though. I wonder if presenting a vB board with a default IPB skin would have a positive or negative effect, or vice versa. Social experiment in the making? From my own perspective, I personally like Xenforo more than either vB or IPB, and I think the one from SimpleMachines is a nice alternative for some applications. __________________ NSFW

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dappz-datton Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 223	um sounds interesting

11-26-2012, 09:47 AM	#8
Webmaster Advertising So Fucking Banned Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,360	Back in the day when phpbb was the popular program as well as the old-style flatboard, we tested our several programs, including some lesser known ones like NetBoard, like I say, for us, VB won hands down in terms of both user-base and traffic, both important aspects when selling ads on a message forum, which was our ultimate goal. I wonder too about skinning VB with different forum layouts, definitely an interesting way to gleam some stats if nothing else.