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pm | | What technology is used for this board? (1st Feb 08 at 11:34pm UTC) | | Ross,
Is it still CGI like proboards.
Or is it php or something else?
The url does not show.
Thank you.
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pmvForum | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (1st Feb 08 at 11:46pm UTC) | | It's PHP  | |
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pm | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 12:14am UTC) | | 
I can work with PHP!! | |
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pmvForum | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 12:32am UTC) | | Well done,
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pm | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 12:35am UTC) | | | But the images and basic structure of this forum still resembles proboards. I know Ross is a mod there. Did he purchase a license from patrick? | |
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pmvForum | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 12:38am UTC) | | Not at all.
They are all (PB, CF & SL) based on a version of a free forum software called YABB ... Ross simply used that.
They all have the same ROOT, but are in no way connected!
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pm | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 12:42am UTC) | | cool Wrighty.
Is switching to a more generic gTLD like.com,.net,.org part of the plan? | |
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pmvForum | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 12:43am UTC) | | I doubt it.
This is a UK based company. Ross is from the UK, so chances are .co.uk will remain.
Is there any advantage of a .com or other over a .co.uk? | |
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pm | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 12:44am UTC) | | There's no technical advantage.
Just some marketing advantage Wrighty. | |
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pmvForum | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 1:18am UTC) | | | Well then chances are that we will remain with .co.uk only. | |
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pmwwwgtalkvForum | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 10:21am UTC) | | Not at all.
They are all (PB, CF & SL) based on a version of a free forum software called YABB ... Ross simply used that.
I've never even used YaBB. The entire system was hand coded from scratch. The only reason there is a resemblance is because that's the layout I'm familiar with.
We're a .co.uk for 2 reasons. Firstly because we are a UK based company and as such are targeting more UK based users. And secondly by being a .co.uk we can offer a shorter domain name due to the lack of .com domains available thanks to the number of domain squatters who use them. | |
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pm | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 4:52pm UTC) | | | Wow, Ross you the man | |
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pmmsnyahooaim | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 10:38pm UTC) | | Hm, I thought these were XML... lol
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pmwww | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (2nd Feb 08 at 11:58pm UTC) | | Ross,
Is it still CGI like proboards.
Or is it php or something else?
The url does not show.
Thank you.
CGI is not a language; it stands for Common Gateway Interface, and is a file extension used by a wide variety of languages. The Proboards system is coded in PERL.  | |
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pm | | Re: What technology is used for this board? (3rd Feb 08 at 7:53pm UTC) | | Ross,
Is it still CGI like proboards.
Or is it php or something else?
The url does not show.
Thank you.
CGI is not a language; it stands for Common Gateway Interface, and is a file extension used by a wide variety of languages. The Proboards system is coded in PERL.
That explains it. The source of some of its features are incredibly grotesque.
CGI makes me gag. I have a book on my shelf just sitting there gawking at me: "CGI & Perl - Explained".
I'll stick to PHP I think. | |
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