pyragony54 wrote on Oct 14
th, 2023 at 4:48am:
You can squeeze a lot into a SQL database; there is no limit. That is not the problem. The problem is recovery.
I'm glad it was just a misunderstanding on my part. Thank you for the clarification.
Ah yes, the recovery. That's one of the things that concerns me about having a SQL database. I already had one go bad on me. I'm not sure what happened, but it was likely caused by something that I had done incorrectly. Luckily, though, it was only for a test forum that had nothing in it, but test posts from me. So I simply deleted it, and had the auto-installer create a new forum.
Quote: Thank you for providing the link to that website. The option to translate it into English worked well.
Quote:Now you know why I prefer YaBB. Flat file is easier to restore when all data is there.
That's also one of the reasons that I prefer YaBB. Over the years I've restored a good number of files when they got corrupted.
Another reason that I prefer YaBB is because it's much easier for me to customize thanks to HTML templates.
Quote:What still pisses me off, however, is the way YaBB has said goodbye to the market. I did a lot of work translating everything in YaBB 2.7 into German and all for nothing.
I wish that hadn't happened to you. It was very unfortunate, and so unnecessary.
The development of YaBB could have continued had there not been infighting pretty much from its start. But even if development had stopped, the sofware itself was wonderfully dependable. Had YaBB's linked support forum remained online, the number of YaBB users would have likely continued to grow exponentially.
On the other hand, YaBB's support forum wasn't particularly friendly to its users. A handful of moderators alienated a lot of members to the point that they left in droves. But even then, YaBB could have weeded out the bad moderators had there been a cohesive plan of action to transform it into a truly public endeavor rather than continue as a private entity.
In a perfect world for YaBB, which at one point was the leading free forum software package before eventually porting to SMF, contingency plans would have been in place to move its official support forum to another server when that need became evident.
As I understand it, a handful of people tried to contact the owner of the
http://www.yabbforum.com/ domain without any success. Ideally, under the circumstances, ownership of that domain would have transfered to Dandello. Or at the very least, a simple forwarding of that domain could have been done.
That's the bad news. The good news is that
"YaBB forum help" in Google brings up Dandello's forum here.
On a related note, all of us who still operate a YaBB forum may want to think about having contingency plans. The same goes for websites that we operate. Generally speaking, though, websites simply cease to exist at some point.