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I first setup A Snitz forum back around 2003. I still have the same forum running, only real change is I upgraded to a MySQL database.
The forum gets hacked from time to time. I have tried numerous times to change the site over to SMF or phpBB or WP but after a couple of days attempt at each script I soon give up. The closest I've come is getting the members table up and running was in SMF - but the rest? I gave up after about 3 days. Waste of time!
Has anyone here had any success in moving Snitz to a Linux/PHP forum?
The forum gets hacked from time to time. I have tried numerous times to change the site over to SMF or phpBB or WP but after a couple of days attempt at each script I soon give up. The closest I've come is getting the members table up and running was in SMF - but the rest? I gave up after about 3 days. Waste of time!
Has anyone here had any success in moving Snitz to a Linux/PHP forum?
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Hi,
I have also been running a snitz forum for over a decade. Lack of support, along with lack of anti spammer mod led me to change the platform to vbulletin.
It wasn't an easy task and I had to pay a programmer to convert the database from snitz to vbulletin, but in the end it was a success.
The only thing we were not able to transfer was the signature field for each user, and the forum passwords. So I had to make an anouncement in all forums to inform all active members that they had to change their password through the "forgot my password" link in vbulletin.
This was an initial issue, but after some time I got through it and the forum works fine today.
I have also been running a snitz forum for over a decade. Lack of support, along with lack of anti spammer mod led me to change the platform to vbulletin.
It wasn't an easy task and I had to pay a programmer to convert the database from snitz to vbulletin, but in the end it was a success.
The only thing we were not able to transfer was the signature field for each user, and the forum passwords. So I had to make an anouncement in all forums to inform all active members that they had to change their password through the "forgot my password" link in vbulletin.
This was an initial issue, but after some time I got through it and the forum works fine today.
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lack of support?
Posted
Been using Snitz since I switched over after my WWWBoard days. Never, ever had a lack of support, and trust me, I sure needed it often.
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Well, I read a web article (again, from a PHP user's perspective) some years ago that claimed Snitz had no features and no support. I'd be willing to bet that the modular forum has more features and better controls than 99%+ of any PHP forum on the web. Try it and see if you can prove me wrong. It was a lot of work, but I loved doing it. I'm always happy to improve it, but I will NOT add features with security holes to satisfy anyone's laziness,
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Well, maybe "lack of support" was not the best term to use.
What I wanted to say is lack of mods, addons and features found in almost every other php forum platform.
As I wrote, I used snitz for over a decade and was satisfied with the speed and the reliability of the platform.
But i never got able to stop spammers from spamming around (there was no good plugin at that time) while on the other hand I completely stopped spammers when i turned to vbulletin platform using the stopforumspam pluggin.
Same thing with hackers. I used to get hacked a lot and I lost content in some cases due to insufficient backup policy. (my fault). I never got hacked in vbulletin.
So the term support has to do with an active community building plugins and new better versions, and not with help from HuwR
What I wanted to say is lack of mods, addons and features found in almost every other php forum platform.
As I wrote, I used snitz for over a decade and was satisfied with the speed and the reliability of the platform.
But i never got able to stop spammers from spamming around (there was no good plugin at that time) while on the other hand I completely stopped spammers when i turned to vbulletin platform using the stopforumspam pluggin.
Same thing with hackers. I used to get hacked a lot and I lost content in some cases due to insufficient backup policy. (my fault). I never got hacked in vbulletin.
So the term support has to do with an active community building plugins and new better versions, and not with help from HuwR