Title: Thinking of shutting this site down and updating the software Source:
[None] URL Source:[None] Published:Aug 7, 2019 Author:A K A Stone Post Date:2019-08-07 09:14:24 by A K A Stone Keywords:None Views:2491 Comments:23
I am considering shutting this place down and updating the place to some modern software.
It would be nice to have something more modern that might attract more users over time.
Pinguinite is capable of producing just about any style of pages you want using CSS styling and the built-in page templates.
Sometimes it isn't just modern features. Look at AceOfSpades, running Movable Type 2.4 which is like 15 years old. Has a rather terrible commenting system but they have plenty of posts on every thread but their site hosts post a half-dozen articles a day, no articles are posted by users. Unfortunately, you can't really follow discussions over there the way you can here at LF. It's not a forum, just comments on a thread. And they beg for money there (and get it).
Have you seen a site that you like the looks and features of? Maybe you want comments here to look like they do on some other forum site. Maybe you want a pop-over sidebar that only appears when you hover your mouse over it. Or a pop-up main menu that shrinks itself when you scroll down the page so it stays out of the way mostly. Try to get an idea for what you want your site to look like, to feel like, what features you think are essential, what features you most want to upgrade or give a facelift to.
