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[anwiii]

for once huh? well, i am not going to argue that.....but i will say that you are somtimes just as subjective in your post as ash.

it's how people look at things and concentrating so much on one thing that they lose the meaning behind all the other things. ash is trying to make a point even though others....like myself feel he went overboard in what he said.....but let's not get distracted behind the meaning of ash's post

-Sky-, on Nov 27 2009, 08:38 AM, said:

I know I've been here longer then Ash, and some longer then me, but Ash has more posts here, because he started to post 100 posts in 2 days..aka spam. (in my point of view anyway) but I don't really care if I have less posts then him. But, yeah, for once anwii, I agree with you there. Our admins are not lazy, they have alot to do, thus making them very busy like rval stated above.

[webishqiptar]

Well I own a website, and use cms to maintain it. I use wordpress. The thing I hate most, and find it difficult and time consuming is to upgrade to further releases and to make current updates to plug-ins. That is pretty hard because you may never know how the upgrade could affect the overall scripts.
I also own a forum, and find it difficult to make constant upgrades, this is difficult and there are always new issues creating problems. It is hard and needs lots of work to create a stable thing.
So I can imagine what a messy thing would come from upgrading this forum to something more complex, it would be unconvenient for all of us.

[k_nitin_r]

Hi!

@webishqiptar

I run a website on WordPress too and I think the upgrade has been beautifully handled with notification of new updates and one-click upgrades. Most web hosts provide a one-click backup of your existing site (the database as well as the scripts and any HTML files) so the general process is to make a backup, perform the upgrade, and perform a basic test to ensure that everything is working the way it should be. You might also want to check for any new options that have been introduced as a result of the upgrade.

I'm not sure about how forum upgrades are handled, but I'm assuming that it involves creating a configuration file and overwriting the files of the old installation with that of the upgrade, after performing a backup.

I've noticed that as long as you have a good web hosting service, the upgrade process should be smooth. With anything less than your average web hosting firm, you might experience upgrades that stop mid-way, or FTP file transfers that experience frequent disconnects or errors.

@Ash-Bash

I can't imagine why people would be against the idea of upgrading to a new version of the software (I'm sorry, I've been away from the forum for a while so probably missed the discussion about an upgrade to Trap 17.com) because I think staying with an older version would mean not receiving security updates or bug fixes. Bug fixes are less of a concern because when users have been using a system for a long time and haven't experienced any problems, it's unlikely that the majority of the users would complain about a bug affecting their everyday operations on the system. Security issues, however, are more likely to affect legacy systems and since vendors do not support them, finding and patching security issues because a lot more expensive.

WordPress had a couple of security issues too and the security vulnerability was only present in older installations. Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS provide frequent updates to fix bugs and security vulnerabilities. Imagine still running on Windows 95 while trying to patch the system and keeping it running securely.