POTN Members Are Developing a New Site

Stiga wrote in post #19576436
I am so pleased that there is good news on the horizon. I'm not sure I can stand the chaotic forum structure at Cameraderie much longer. The more one looks , the more one finds

OTOH, there is a lot of photographic talent there.

I tend to agree on the C, Martin. I feel like I'm giving it my best effort but it isn't the best layout or have the best features, IMO. I'm not sure I will last. As far as a new forum, I'll take a wait and see on that. POTN is one of a kind so...

Bill in Texas wrote in post #19576459
I tend to agree on the C, Martin. I feel like I'm giving it my best effort but it isn't the best layout or have the best features, IMO. I'm not sure I will last. As far as a new forum, I'll take a wait and see on that. POTN is one of a kind so...

You gave me my first like there.

I have 59 Trophy points, whatever that means.

BirdsofBC wrote in post #19576509
I have 59 Trophy points, whatever that means.

When you die and have the most trophy points you win

Bill in Texas wrote in post #19576459
POTN is one of a kind so...

Every forum is one of a kind. Its a community and it will take on the personality of those involved.

Stiga wrote in post #19576436
I am so pleased that there is good news on the horizon. I'm not sure I can stand the chaotic forum structure at Cameraderie much longer. The more one looks , the more one finds

I have logged many times into a couple of different (new for me as of the past month) forums suggested in recent threads on POTN, and find, in accessing them multiple times, that I have less and less reason to go back to visit them, primarily due to the shortage of current discussion traffic (this, in spite of other POTN members trying them out, too). I find not much there...like visiting the bakery and most of the things there are months old, not mucj fresh baked goods!
Meanwhile I recently find that forums from my past -- that I had abandoned participation in the past -- to be fresh in the variety of current discussions and the quanitity of recent posts by others...Fred Miranda is one of these photography sites.

BirdsofBC wrote in post #19576509
I have 59 Trophy points, whatever that means.

It means you took some really noice pictures!

so i must have read a post or two in this thread when it started but then, it just got to be overwhelming...

just checking in to see how everyone is. i havent read the 13-14 pages between my previous (last) post and this one...

please dont forget me when its time to move...

BirdsofBC wrote in post #19576509
I have 59 Trophy points, whatever that means.

Yeah, that's pretty silly stuff.

Ltdave wrote in post #19576540
so i must have read a post or two in this thread when it started but then, it just got to be overwhelming...

just checking in to see how everyone is. i havent read the 13-14 pages between my previous (last) post and this one...

please dont forget me when its time to move...

LOL
That is so sweet.
No, Dave, we won't forget you.

convergent wrote in post #19576523
Every forum is one of a kind. Its a community and it will take on the personality of those involved.

True but I meant this in a positive, can't be replaced way. JMO

digital paradise wrote in post #19576466
You gave me my first like there.

And glad to do it!

joedlh wrote in post #19576448
If I were starting from scratch, it would be PHP, MariaDB, and javascript (particularly jQuery) and NO FRAMEWORKS.

Well said.

That is how I did it with AMASS:

PHP (procedural)
jQuery (was very new when I started)
MariaDB
Redis (was very new when I started)

All was coded natively in what I call a "RISC principle", i.e. I avoided using any high-level functions (easier upgrades), I avoided using relational dbs (no lock issues or messed-up relations). I used 7 Redis instances. Most of the time (6 years work to version 1) went to data structure design, but I never had to correct those later.

Most fun to code is UI with jQuery. I takes time to get it right and optimize it, though. I recall I spent days to make sticky avatars work smoothly with all kinds of browsers, F12 is your friend there.

Pekka wrote in post #19576982
Well said.

That is how I did it with AMASS:

PHP (procedural)
jQuery (was very new when I started)
MariaDB
Redis (was very new when I started)

All was coded natively in what I call a "RISC principle", i.e. I avoided using any high-level functions (easier upgrades), I avoided using relational dbs (no lock issues or messed-up relations). I used 7 Redis instances. Most of the time (6 years work to version 1) went to data structure design, but I never had to correct those later.

Most fun to code is UI with jQuery. I takes time to get it right and optimize it, though. I recall I spent days to make sticky avatars work smoothly with all kinds of browsers, F12 is your friend there.

Pekka,

Many have said something similar to this, but you did a splendid job building AMASS!

What you said to us just here is all GREEK to me! I did not understand one word you told us here!!

You invited me to join in on your AMASS Beta coverage which I enjoyed immensely, but I did not understand anything there either. I thank you for that!!