Post by shawnatdgk on May 16, 2021 16:23:05 GMT -8
I started using Proboards in about 2002, approximately. Proboards is what inspired me to learn code. Between that and w3schools.com, I have developed a great understanding in coding.
Proboards was my playground.
Back in them days, I used to "rap battle", which eventually became "text battle" so I made several fairly big forums dedicated to the cause.
I was always designing them. I would come to Proboards Support and back in them days, all of the codes were headers and footers codes. There were no plugins.
I honestly like them days better because forum owners were opportune to see all of the raw codes and learn from them, and customize them to fit their needs. And the creators would help you understand the coding. I believe one of the reasons plugins were introduced was because forum owners kept messing up their sites by mixing incompatible codes, or entering faulty code, or even locking themselves out, so admins and helpers had to constantly help out.
It got to be so much that even a global back up site was created for forum owners to log in to their headers and footers to delete whatever code blew up their forum lol. Something like that, I can't fully remember. It was called proboards recovery or something like that. Help me out if your remember.
But the best thing about header and footer codes was that we were given the chance to learn. And that, a lot of us have done, due to Proboards. Proboards is essentially a forum but it also is basically a school as well.
Believe it or not, I now today at 40 years old, nearly 20 years after my first forum, presently use a proboards forum for my company database for my self owned roofing business. I have never been to school for any coding. Something cool, short story: I was working for a local roofing company as a project manager who operated in our state and the closer regions of 2 of the surrounding states. They were having trouble scheduling project managers to visit all of the active projects for each day. A 100 mile radius and project managers were crossing each others paths while visiting projects, wasting much money to gas, and wasted window time. I created a code which I first, gathered all of the zip codes in our 100 mile radius service area, sorted them logistically and then assigned project managers to each assortment. I then entered them all into my code and created a simple input box which function calls for that zip codes assigned project manager when a zip code is entered. I then made a make shift phone app for it as well. They now use it nation wide in all 13 of their branches for all project manager scheduling.
If it wasn't for Proboards, I wouldn't be capable of all of that.
Anyhow, I'll admit, I'm just not a big fan of routinely managed change (scheduled upgrades), so I wasn't a fan of transitioning to plugins.
And here I am later in life, still feeling the same. And don't worry, I understand much of the necessary, required reasoning behind the upgrades, but what we did lose with "change" and "time" is the transparency. Now a plugin either fits your needs, or it doesn't. A code can no longer be used as a template for your needs if necessary. It is now hidden inside of the plugin. That's how I feel. I guess while I'm constantly customizing my company database, I'm finding myself missing the old days when I had more control
Proboards was my playground.
Back in them days, I used to "rap battle", which eventually became "text battle" so I made several fairly big forums dedicated to the cause.
I was always designing them. I would come to Proboards Support and back in them days, all of the codes were headers and footers codes. There were no plugins.
I honestly like them days better because forum owners were opportune to see all of the raw codes and learn from them, and customize them to fit their needs. And the creators would help you understand the coding. I believe one of the reasons plugins were introduced was because forum owners kept messing up their sites by mixing incompatible codes, or entering faulty code, or even locking themselves out, so admins and helpers had to constantly help out.
It got to be so much that even a global back up site was created for forum owners to log in to their headers and footers to delete whatever code blew up their forum lol. Something like that, I can't fully remember. It was called proboards recovery or something like that. Help me out if your remember.
But the best thing about header and footer codes was that we were given the chance to learn. And that, a lot of us have done, due to Proboards. Proboards is essentially a forum but it also is basically a school as well.
Believe it or not, I now today at 40 years old, nearly 20 years after my first forum, presently use a proboards forum for my company database for my self owned roofing business. I have never been to school for any coding. Something cool, short story: I was working for a local roofing company as a project manager who operated in our state and the closer regions of 2 of the surrounding states. They were having trouble scheduling project managers to visit all of the active projects for each day. A 100 mile radius and project managers were crossing each others paths while visiting projects, wasting much money to gas, and wasted window time. I created a code which I first, gathered all of the zip codes in our 100 mile radius service area, sorted them logistically and then assigned project managers to each assortment. I then entered them all into my code and created a simple input box which function calls for that zip codes assigned project manager when a zip code is entered. I then made a make shift phone app for it as well. They now use it nation wide in all 13 of their branches for all project manager scheduling.
If it wasn't for Proboards, I wouldn't be capable of all of that.
Anyhow, I'll admit, I'm just not a big fan of routinely managed change (scheduled upgrades), so I wasn't a fan of transitioning to plugins.
And here I am later in life, still feeling the same. And don't worry, I understand much of the necessary, required reasoning behind the upgrades, but what we did lose with "change" and "time" is the transparency. Now a plugin either fits your needs, or it doesn't. A code can no longer be used as a template for your needs if necessary. It is now hidden inside of the plugin. That's how I feel. I guess while I'm constantly customizing my company database, I'm finding myself missing the old days when I had more control
