After looking at several different software packages, the Nerd Herd is recommending that we go with XenForo.
https://xenforo.com/
We feel that it's clean and user friendly, it has the features we want, and it comes with a script to migrate our content from the original SMF. As previously mentioned, our geeks have written a custom script to take us back to SMF from the unfortunate Nitro software we are using now.
This won't happen immediately; I'm guessing for now that we're looking at at least a couple of weeks. There is considerable preparation work to be done under the hood before we even start. There might be some forum down time when we start the migration, but we will give you some heads up for that.
The Nerd Heard thinks everything will transfer, except possibly the avatars. So if you need to save your avatar, please go ahead and download it to a computer so you can re-upload it after the change.
I think this will be an exciting upgrade for The Hwy.
We'll keep you posted.
https://xenforo.com/
We feel that it's clean and user friendly, it has the features we want, and it comes with a script to migrate our content from the original SMF. As previously mentioned, our geeks have written a custom script to take us back to SMF from the unfortunate Nitro software we are using now.
This won't happen immediately; I'm guessing for now that we're looking at at least a couple of weeks. There is considerable preparation work to be done under the hood before we even start. There might be some forum down time when we start the migration, but we will give you some heads up for that.
The Nerd Heard thinks everything will transfer, except possibly the avatars. So if you need to save your avatar, please go ahead and download it to a computer so you can re-upload it after the change.
I think this will be an exciting upgrade for The Hwy.
We'll keep you posted.