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This is your Daily Heights on Vanilla — Brooklynian

This is your Daily Heights on Vanilla

dailyheights
dailyheights
edited November -1 in Prospect Heights
Well... everyone's raving about this new message board system called Vanilla. So I installed a test board:

http://www.dailyheights.com/vanilla/

Somebody e-mailed DH a few days ago and encouraged us to ditch phpBB in favor of Vanilla. Any thoughts?

The only thing I don't like so far is that unregistered guests can't post (yes... controversial... I know.)

That, and the user icons are kinda small...

Comments

  • candicissima
    candicissima
    It's kinda twee looking...
  • emily
    emily
    What else does it offer? I like phpbb, and you did find a way to block anons if we decided to do that, didn't you? If we don't like the look, we could skin it.

    Edited for clarity.
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    twee: [Brit] affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute or quaint
    Well, presumably you could configure it to look more manly...
    What else does it offer
    Nothing that really makes me want to get rid of phpBB. Yet. It is being developed rapidly and people are adding extensions all the time.

    The ideal would be a BB system that doubles as a blog... so when you post a new topic, you could use a standard short title (such as "Restaurant recommendations?" or "Bruce Ratner's Love Child?"), or you could go with a full-on blog post (full HTML, maybe 1-2 paragraphs max with images). That way Rhodamine could get better exposure for his photo essays...
  • candicissima
    candicissima
    dailyheights wrote:
    twee: [Brit] affectedly or excessively dainty, delicate, cute or quaint
    Well, presumably you could configure it to look more manly...
    Haha. It kinda reminds me of a Craig's List forum also. What's wrong with the current board? Even the Anon. Guests seem to have stopped being trolls lately. *knock on wood*
  • daveb
    daveb
    My only real concern would be security/spam issues. I'll do some Googling later and see what comes up. The only other problem might be SQL strain. I hear some of these free boards are nightmares for hosts. Other than that, i really don't care except that PHPBB works great, has a wide user and support community, lotsa MODS and is one of the standards.
  • stacey
    stacey
    I guess I could get used to it. I like this format better though.

    Oh I just love your conversations with yourself
  • carnivore
    carnivore

    Subject: Re: This is your Daily Heights on Vanilla

    I fear change.
    Plus, I suspect that Ratner is behind it somehow. That or the Muddy Waters lady.
    :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea: :idea:

    :idea:

    Does Vanilla have the "idea" emoticon?

    :idea:

    Also, are you going to have to use eminent domain to wipe out some other websites to make room for the new DH?

    If so, may I suggest this site?

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/gwbbio.html
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    stacey wrote: Oh I just love your conversations with yourself
    Yeah, but he left out the obligatory "where the ladys at?"
  • stacey
    stacey
    Oh I though the obligatory phrase was "Pro Ho in the house"
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    The secret administrator password is "MADHOT"
  • cupcake
    cupcake

    Subject: emotional roller coaster

    Dude, you so got my hopes up with the "I love to knit" sample post.

    Don't phunk with my heart again like that.
  • isa
    isa
    More like pukenilla. PHPBB is better. I use http://www.punbb.org/ though, it's lighter weight. I like it a lot but you need to install a mod in order to be able to send PMs.
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