el canadiano

There was a downloads mod on IPB 2.3 which was independent from the IP.Downloads mod, and I used to use that. Did the same thing, really.

I'm finally using my IPB. I converted it from Zetaboards through phpBB 2, then phpBB 3. I've been with IPB for a while though (since 2007).

Matthew, really looking towards IPB 3.1, pretty impressive you've been posting here.

I don't think there are other than the two made by IPS themselves to model the defaults. Either way though, IPB's going to move on, that's what's important.

Well unless you want to change an image like an icon (the logo is changeable in the ACP though).

Thanks for the welcome.

I sort of agree. My forum's pagerank was hovering between 1 and 2, and although it basically brought it to 1, SERPs went up and more pages were indexed because of Minerva.

Ubuntu's great, I converted for similar reasons. To be honest with you, IPB 2.3's biggest problem was mod installation. All those file edits and such often conflicted and took too much time to do. The one workaround was a mod called the Universal Mod installer, which only required one file uploaded through the ACP. With IPB 3.0, many basic mods just require the hooks installation, which is just one XML file uploaded through the ACP. More extensive mods are now applications, which I think is great, since for me it's a lot easier to differentiate between an extensive mod and a basic one. Bottomline is that IPB does things differently, and different doesn't usually mean worse.

Anyways, I'm el canadiano, a proud IPB owner since 2007. I've also been around some great IPB forums since I've been in the forum software business. Anyways, congrats to Brandon, you will love IPB, I've always liked it from the start. I hope you can teach guys like me some stuff while I'm here.

Well you can't always expect a perfect conversion. The fact IPB can convert passwords is great.