I've concluded that while the Beehive forum software has interesting aspects, I'm finding it difficult to use and am equally surprised as other users by some of its behavior. It appealed to me because the threads panel was always visible, so there is no need to constantly navigate back to a main threads window when one is finished reading a thread to move on to the next thread of interest. I consider such navigation reduction important enough to lose some screen real estate. (The better Usenet readers worked this way and it has a lot to commend it in my humble opinion. Certainly the Beehive authors thought so too.)
I haven't ruled anything in or out, but I'm currently considering porting the forum to UBB.Threads (http://www.ubbcentral.com/).
It has the advantage of longevity, widespread usage, and commercial support while not costing very much.
A password reset will need to be done for all existing users regardless of which system this forum gets ported to, so there is that (hopefully minor) annoyance to reckon with.
Anyone with objections, recommendations, or suggestions one way or another please let me know as soon as possible. I'd like to start the migration process within a week or two.
I haven't ruled anything in or out, but I'm currently considering porting the forum to UBB.Threads (http://www.ubbcentral.com/).
It has the advantage of longevity, widespread usage, and commercial support while not costing very much.
A password reset will need to be done for all existing users regardless of which system this forum gets ported to, so there is that (hopefully minor) annoyance to reckon with.
Anyone with objections, recommendations, or suggestions one way or another please let me know as soon as possible. I'd like to start the migration process within a week or two.