I wanted to take a community pulse and see what folks think we should have as next-gen platforms.
STH Forums
The big decision for me seems to be: continue with XF - or switch to Discourse. I can see pros and cons of both, but I did want to see what people thought about this. I know, this seems like an old thread. I think the resources would need to get
STH Main Site
OK - Time to start testing some changes. There is now a LOT of data conversion that will need to happen but it is about time to start playing with potential next revisions. Have a WP theme that you really like? Let me know. Unless there is something ultra compelling, I think staying with WP will be the future.
Other bits
STH Forums
The big decision for me seems to be: continue with XF - or switch to Discourse. I can see pros and cons of both, but I did want to see what people thought about this. I know, this seems like an old thread. I think the resources would need to get
STH Main Site
OK - Time to start testing some changes. There is now a LOT of data conversion that will need to happen but it is about time to start playing with potential next revisions. Have a WP theme that you really like? Let me know. Unless there is something ultra compelling, I think staying with WP will be the future.
Other bits
- Another goal will be to remove most if not all of the SkimLinks/ Resources.
- I really do want user reviews as well. E.g. Formal review of a product and the opportunity for user reviews as well
- One part of the XF - WP world that I like a lot is that MariaDB + nginx can run both
- I think memcached / varnish will get replaced by redis
- If you are a guru at any of this stuff, let me know, I will likely be looking to hire folks to help as time is very constrained at the moment.
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