I did sign up on her service, but I was getting blank pages on any pages that required access to the database. I tried putting in my backup, upgrading the backup and a fresh install. It wouldn't show up on any of the main site's pages and would go blank on the third step of both the upgrade and install screens. :/ On Google Chrome, I was getting an error that the server connection wasn't working.

Oh finding a new host, that does seem to be a problem. I know that Iris is able to get her PHP 5.3 host, and she successfully set up the site. Not sure if you can get any advices from her?

It might take a little longer then expected, I'm having trouble with trying to find a new host for rftw. I want to upgrade and get working on it, since I've got 2/4 of my new templates done, but 99webs is just too hard to work with and still no sign of nemesis.

Alright if you want to. XD I still havent been able to set it up yet, lol. Guess I am still not good enough.

Sure thing, take your time then. If you find something interesting and helpful, please lemme know.

Sweet, I'll have to have a look later at them.

I'll see what I can look at over the next few days, I may be able to find something.

Well actually Ruinily has been trying to help me lately, she created a facebook account for Mysidia Adoptables. I am not able to get the facebook button to work on the main site though, the html wont show. The twitter button does work though, weird.

Umm I dont think vbulletin is the problem, its by far the best forum software at this moment. Going from Vbulletin to something like MyBB and PHPBB is like a downgrade, wont help anything. I do believe its possible get the main site to work with the forum, perhaps just need some theme/template integration.

Oh I see what you mean, yeah its not possible to play around with vbulletin as it costs money. It shouldnt be a big problem though, if you figure something out with other platforms I should be able to find a way for it to work with vbulletin.

I can have a look into some advertising methods if you'd like. It'd perhaps be best to find someone willing to dedicate their full attention to that once its set up, but otherwise something could be set up so its easy and quick for the staff to use.

Sticking permanently to vbulletin may make things difficult, but I can have some look into integration with a CMS perhaps... There are things out there that allow you to port info if you want to keep everything and thats the issue.

The only issue I have with working with vbulletin is that it costs money to use and download and I don't have a copy, so I can't experiment with it at all. I can put up demos for other platforms or suggest plugins to allow integration between two types of sites, but can't do too much beyond that. I'll have a look into it though.

Yeah MA does allow easy installation, which is key to its success so far. BMR does seem to promote his sites better than what I can do though, thats another plus for him. You do have a point, what we currently have are mostly users interested in actually creating their sites than doing it for fun/test. But ya know, as a script grows popular, you always get users who just play around, just like how big boards always have more trolls than small forums lol.

Well thats not possible, this forum is running with Vbulletin and always will be. I am sure there are other ways of doing it, how about manopulating something with the site so its compatible with the forum rather than the other way around?

Oh sure, Id like to see what you can come out with. Good luck with that, and keep me updated.

Most are, but you still get dedicated small communities coming to something like that. The key to getting tons of members is something along the lines of MA, where the installation is taken care of. If we could offer preinstalled scripts or something, I imagine that we'd see a huge increase in sites, even if they aren't the best. But with the load of amaturs comes word of mouth and better yet - users who might be interested in creating their own sites.

If we were to integrate the whole mys system and site and so on, we'd probably have to do a platform switch from vbulltin or whatever we're running now. We'd probably lose some stuff, but most of it is outdated by several years, so perhaps a good clean would be worth it.

I can certainly throw a test site together and see if I can do a showcase of what we could do mys like.

Well most scripts are like that. You install your forum script such as Vbulletin, IPB, Phpbb and MyBB on your own, unless your host has something like fantastico to provide a quick installation service. Actually by the time Mys v1.4.0 comes out I may consider host up to 50-100 sites, cant do as many as BMR's MA though.

I understand what you are saying, buddypress does look like a good example here. It does feel like that the forum and the main site are somewhat detached from each other. The fact is that the main site was designed by Nyxi, which is somewhat personalized. The forum uses vbulletin, it has a more professional look. I honestly dont quite know how to 'integrate' the main site and the forum though. If you wanna set up a test site for me to get some inspiration from, that would be nice. XD