WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
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Hey,
Looking for a few ideas well more along the lines of help infact  I run a local site and looking to change a good few things,
First will be the forum as i'm getting pissed off with phpbb i was thinking along the lines of what corsasport use's or maybe going with VB
2nd i dont have anytime to change layout/look of the site as very busy just now with new house plus trying to get car ready for pug ecosse open day  SO anyhelp would be gr8.
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Shane
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Registered: 10th Jan 04
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i think corsasport is basically phpbb or simular but heavily modded by ian and tim(i think this is correct but not 2 sure)
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WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
Location: Fife, Scotland
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Corsasport is based on xmb 
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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DO NOT GO WITH VB  I'll let Steve pop in here and tell you how much hatred he has and why Lee 
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WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
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VB seam to be good tho 
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Eck
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Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
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VBulletin is apparently very slow compared to here. Ask Ian what he runs. As this is the fastest site I go on, and I am very impressed and never have complaints
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WATSON
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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Yeah XMB but we did a lot of database work to ensure that queries are all indexed properly and not doing anything too intensive.
The speed is really a factor of programming which we hacked out a lot of crap, databases which we redesigned a bit and a fast dedicated server on a good connection. You need all of those bits really.
What exactly is the problem with the site? If its speed then you need to know where the problem is.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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vb is gay, and you have to pay, (hey that rhymes)
if you want a quick overhaul to how it looks download a theme from http://www.phpbb-design.com
i would advise learning php yourself though, im a big fan of starting out with something as basic as possible then making the features you want yourself, that way you can make it just how you want and not bloat it out with unnecessary code and queries.
Here is a good example of what can be done, also have a look at mine if you want more ideas.
phpbb3 is also out, im not keen, but check it out its very modern and slick
[Edited on 21-09-2007 by Steve]
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WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
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I dont have anytime to do anything or piss about with phpbb and i wouldnt know where to start
ur site does look well done and styled proper tho steve 
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WATSON
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Registered: 16th Jun 05
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Oh what is it you dont like about VB have you used VB?
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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iv installed a downloaded copy, didnt pay for it, theres loads of queries going on that if you dont want or need just serves to slow things down, also any vb forums iv used tend to be slow and clunky, i dont think its software worth its price tag
installing a new style takes about 5 minutes from that site mate
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