But it's not like if PHPbb needs an update the mods won't need to be updated, which demands more effort in PHPbb.lost in thought wrote:While it's true that installing modifications with SMF is relatively painless (when they work), recent events have made relying on them to be an untenable situation. Not long ago SMF went from the 1.0.x branch up to the modern 2.x branch, rendering previously available modifications unusable, including many of those designed for the beta and release candidate versions, and while there are certainly mods still out there, they haven't all caught up yet, and ideally, if you're going to go about a project like this, one would prefer making use of the best available means of doing so, as opposed to settling for whatever happens to be available.
I will agree on you on this, it probably suits your needs more than SMF.lost in thought wrote:And that does no more than discuss what is needed for the sake of argument, in actuality the only official Wordpress mod is several versions out of date, and there is currently no wiki mod available. The fact that in so far, these things have proven to be available for phpBB makes it a better choice for their needs. Especially with this in mind, it really doesn't make much sense to go to all the effort it would take to convert the forum to a new platform that cannot, currently, support these minimum requirements.
That was just an example. I didn't meant specifically for Kanzenshuu.lost in thought wrote:As for your argument against phpBB, that's a pretty stickling point. While text-laden image buttons may no longer be in vogue, you've ostensibly invalidated your own argument by digressing that no translation is necessary. If no translation is needed, we begin to lose sight of the point of changing platforms at all, and what it becomes is you saying that they should change for no better reason than you like SMF better. Of course, there's nothing wrong with having a preference, but I think it's a bit much to expect anyone to go to that effort for no better reason than that.
I knew from the beggining that it was "too late" to ask for a software change, but since you guys provided a response about the software issue, I replied back. I am not begging you to change the software. =Plost in thought wrote:Finally, I am not really sure why you're linking the converters, there was no dispute to their availability. The problem that I think we're failing to reach a consensus on is that you're effectively demanding a large scale change, that even with the software in use will still be an enormous job no matter what, and are either failing to or intentionally ignoring that point, perhaps because it doesn't suit your purposes.