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Well firstly, I must say as a web host Dreamhost seems brilliant and will be the host I choose.

They offer some great packages and because of an affiliate I will get another free domain name which always makes me a happy buyer.

The only problem I have with dreamhost is its "forum" discussion board. Not only is it a bit difficult to use, it also does not look very nice. But then again, its just the forum =)

Welcome to DreamHost!

Using Search is best for finding info with this board.

Make sure to play with the date range if you don't get many hits first try

Like the panel, this forum takes some getting used to. At this point, they feel completely normal to me. I think I could still find my way around cPanel again if I had to, though.

-Scott

Today I used RSS
(via gnus' nnrss). The forum is now a breeze and I will read it every day.


Edited by jidanni on 10/31/08 01:10 AM (server time).

If you manage to keep up with the forums on a regular basis, it does make sense. If you're looking for stuff that was already posted once upon a time long, long ago - well, that's not so easy.

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I think they should still change the forum...

Something nicer would be good ;)

Well, there could be something said about eating one's own dogfood, so they could go with phpbb.

At any rate, I suspect that the big problems are:
1. It's actually acceptable, so why pay the bucks to change it.
2. At this point, it's feature-poor enough to be relatively exploit-free.
3. They probably wouldn't be able to migrate content.
4. All the old-time posters might be reset to zero.

On the plus side, they'd be able to implement better search - or maybe just embed google search. And maybe implement a karma system.

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I must say it isnt very practical or easy to use.

If they were to get a free phpbb board or something, which is free, its more accessable, practical and easier to use and did I forgot to mention it being FREE!

I've found WWWThreads very practical and extremely simple to use.

If you're having problems, look here: http://discussion.dreamhost.com/faq_english.pl

phpBB3 (which I prefer myself) is far from being more accessible.

Well I prefer phpBB or other forums to be honest.

I would put a poll up but it doesnt work for meEdited by Grantmitch1 on 11/01/08 05:42 AM (server time).