Comments on: Forum modifications – worth it?

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:48:49 +0000

@Lyndi: You are right, we need to keep on top of updates for security reasons. I have seen the affects of slacking in this area, and it’s not pretty.

@Rarst: Yeah, was burning the candle at both ends yesterday, just wrote that before I went to sleep.

The thing about modifications to a forum as opposed to a blog is Wordpress has a fantastic plugin system. You can instal a plugin, test it, remove it, all in 10 minutes, and mostly they survive updates. To put this into context, the install time for the flags is 49 minutes!

I fixed the flag issue this time, but if it breaks again I think they are gone!

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:35:28 +0000

“By the time I think about all the time” – I can feel people from close timezones by writing on Monday mornings.

I think just kill those flags, modern forums pack too much fluff anyway.

By: Lyndi

Lyndi — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:34:42 +0000

This is one of those things we all have to face. Even if an upgrade breaks nothing it is very frustrating to spend a lot of time on an upgrade just to find that it offers virtually no new features or benefits.

The thing that always bothers me about updates, is that if you ignore them you could be opening yourself up to all sorts of security issues.

I have found that when you make modifications to any application it is very useful to keep proper documentation of the changes. When it comes to updating you are normally very glad you went to this trouble.