I just hope the newer version of the forum software isn't too bloated or resource demanding. Part of the reason why I like coming here is because this board is run on lean software without any dumb social networking features or whatever.

Of course though, the newer software will probably be nice for keeping out all of those annoying spammers. 😁

Qbix wrote:

The new domainname will be www.vogons.org
and I am not changing servers or so, only the domainname. So it will be slightly more expensive than it is now. (as the current name is "free")

sweet! now i can tell people about the website with out having to speak another language!

mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:

I just hope the newer version of the forum software isn't too bloated or resource demanding. Part of the reason why I like coming here is because this board is run on lean software without any dumb social networking features or whatever.

Of course though, the newer software will probably be nice for keeping out all of those annoying spammers. 😁

You mean you like coming here on your retro machines. 😁

As long it as it doesn't run on flash we should be fine.

The oldest machine I still use on a semi-regular basis is a Pentium M laptop, and it can still handle most modern online content just fine if I keep things down to one or two browser tabs, though when I'm on here I'll often check the new posts and open a new tab for each one and check them all out.

But yeah, If I can get any of my actual retro machines out of storage some time, I'll definitely try one of them out on here.

for me pentium m laptops don't handle the youtube so well. my oldest that i sue on the internet is Pentium 3 mobile.

If you need any help making new icons in old and beloved vogons style, you can count on me. I've done this before on a different board and everyone liked it 😀

Bigger size (whatever you specify), same colors and similar font guarantee 😀

try not to burn me but, if did/do retouch some of the visual style it would be cool if it had a Pixle Art touch to it.

Qbix wrote:

In the not so far future, the vogons board will be upgraded and moved to a different domain.

What is the reason for the move? This is probably one of the last web forums which still works fine on my 486. It is hard to imagine any "upgrade" being able to run this lean with the existing feature set.

feipoa wrote:

Qbix wrote:

In the not so far future, the vogons board will be upgraded and moved to a different domain.

What is the reason for the move? This is probably one of the last web forums which still works fine on my 486. It is hard to imagine any "upgrade" being able to run this lean with the existing feature set.

The forum software of this board has not being updated (by the creators) for a very long time now and the amount of patching I can do to extend it, has reached the limited. Bugs are starting to show in the admin panel, blocking bots, takes more and more coding.

However, I understand your concerns. I could give you access to the current test forum, so you could try it on your 486.
Send me a PM if you are interested in trying it.

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feipoa wrote:

Qbix wrote:

In the not so far future, the vogons board will be upgraded and moved to a different domain.

What is the reason for the move? This is probably one of the last web forums which still works fine on my 486. It is hard to imagine any "upgrade" being able to run this lean with the existing feature set.

The forum software of this board has not being updated (by the creators) for a very long time now and the amount of patching I can do to extend it, has reached the limited. Bugs are starting to show in the admin panel, blocking bots, takes more and more coding.

However, I understand your concerns. I could give you access to the current test forum, so you could try it on your 486.
Send me a PM if you are interested in trying it.

I will really miss browsing the forums on my 266 mmx; and my other retro machines. The darn thing even worked under ie5 on a clean install.

Though, if the forum software has to be updated after so much time, well, I still have my arms opened to it anyway. However, I would like the forum to maintain its iconic style & functionality. This way we make no compromises on security, while also not losing the "identity" the forum has achieved during the years. It would also keep things light and fast for those as me who like visting it on their retro systems 😊

The actual small but handful smiley selection is something I will miss quite a bit too 🤣

I hope that all goes well and I always like how quickly this place loaded so quickly. I really dislike the bloat that the rest of the net has.

Will the new forum have better spam control?

Yeah, we won't have to read your posts anymore 😉

Seriously, wasn't this forum supposed to be running old games on new hardware? All this worrying about how the new forum is going to perform on old hardware has me worried 😉

From the test of feipoa,
I think it will run okay on older hardware, but the board needs to be assembled a bit more to be 100% sure.

As far spam control, It's easier to add things like recaptcha and custom questions when signing up and there is a possibility that a couple of posts of each new user will need moderator approval.

Two questions:

1. Will all previous posts and threads be carried over?
2. In posts there are often links to other threads/posts on the forum. Will all these be broken, or do you plan to fix the links (run a macro to change www.vogons.org to www.vogons.org on all posts) or make a redirect service?

1) yes
2) I will rewrite the database to fix the (internal) links, and (if the webserver allows it), put up a redirect (thread numbers stay the same) for stuff that comes from the outside.

Some suggestions regarding the thread sections :

A. Retro Sound Section

In addition to the MT-32 section,

1. Sound Canvas Thread

2. General MIDI Thread

3. FM/Adlib Thread

4. Yamaha/XG Thread

B. Separate Windows 3.1x Section

The names for the sections/threads as per the Moderators' discretion.

You could use the word censor to fix links too... though that would be a bit query heavy.

VileRancour wrote:

Good luck with the move. I just hope the new framework would still be lean and mean... most modern forum software seems to enjoy hammering the client side with 400kb of useless javascript for 20kb of content.

Seconded. Vogons is probably the leanest and fastest forum I'm in. Please keep it that way.

Malik wrote:

Some suggestions regarding the thread sections : […]
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Some suggestions regarding the thread sections :

A. Retro Sound Section

In addition to the MT-32 section,

1. Sound Canvas Thread

2. General MIDI Thread

3. FM/Adlib Thread

4. Yamaha/XG Thread

Quest Studios pretty much has all of the above. I don't think its really necessary to duplicate the effort.

The transfer has been completed.

I would like to that Snover and Collector for their help with the server and skinning and harekiet and p4r4dox for their constant reviewing of the skin.

There are bound to be some problems or issues.
Feel free to post them here.