OK everyone, this is a bit of a test. If the conversion has gone well I'll probably stick with it otherwise we'll go back to IPB.
A couple of reasons I wanted to go this way. One is that IPB have abandonded their portal system in favour of their ip.content. Which is a good service if your a programmer, it sucks if your not. The other is that I think IPB has become too bloated and we were having legacy issues. Other bonuses are you can create pages instead of forum posts and there is a very good portal mod & blog system. Most of the mods for Xenforo are free whilst for IPB almost everything is commercial.
Xenforo is pretty new and based on a different architecture, so have a play and see how we go!
A couple of reasons I wanted to go this way. One is that IPB have abandonded their portal system in favour of their ip.content. Which is a good service if your a programmer, it sucks if your not. The other is that I think IPB has become too bloated and we were having legacy issues. Other bonuses are you can create pages instead of forum posts and there is a very good portal mod & blog system. Most of the mods for Xenforo are free whilst for IPB almost everything is commercial.
Xenforo is pretty new and based on a different architecture, so have a play and see how we go!