I have only been here for short while, but the first thing I noticed when I came to the website is the request for money.
From the looks of it, you are running a custom made soluion or using a framework to build your website. Why not take your donation money and purchase professional software like XenForo to run the website? That software uses the xenframework, which is extremly fast and efficent. Also, that framework has been worked on, debugged, and tested by thousands of people.
Why reinvent the wheel when better, more secure, and more stable solutions exist? Being a programmer, I don't want to spend a lot of time reinventing things that don't need it. Every single feature you have on here exists as a plugin or included feature of that software. Also you could set up userupgrades for people. These could be cosmetic upgrades for username colors, ad removal, art promotions, etc. Honestly I could litterally have a compeiting website up in minutes.
If you do decide to switch over, I would be happy to donate my time to write you a database port script. No I dont need access to your database, just send me a "fake" account so I can see the structure.
Personally, I would be much more interested in donating for some cosmetic acount upgrades then just doing it, to do it.
Please know this post is made with respect and thank you for providing a resouce that helps out developers and artist around the world.
Bart,
I have only been here for short while, but the first thing I noticed when I came to the website is the request for money.
From the looks of it, you are running a custom made soluion or using a framework to build your website. Why not take your donation money and purchase professional software like XenForo to run the website? That software uses the xenframework, which is extremly fast and efficent. Also, that framework has been worked on, debugged, and tested by thousands of people.
Why reinvent the wheel when better, more secure, and more stable solutions exist? Being a programmer, I don't want to spend a lot of time reinventing things that don't need it. Every single feature you have on here exists as a plugin or included feature of that software. Also you could set up userupgrades for people. These could be cosmetic upgrades for username colors, ad removal, art promotions, etc. Honestly I could litterally have a compeiting website up in minutes.
If you do decide to switch over, I would be happy to donate my time to write you a database port script. No I dont need access to your database, just send me a "fake" account so I can see the structure.
Personally, I would be much more interested in donating for some cosmetic acount upgrades then just doing it, to do it.
Please know this post is made with respect and thank you for providing a resouce that helps out developers and artist around the world.