“Dreaded Upgrades” in Online Software

[Ghost]

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[Katrina]

I love your articles. I don't know how you do it but you're always posting about a topic that's on my mind 😀

 

[Ghost]

I love your articles. I don't know how you do it but you're always posting about a topic that's on my mind 😀

I am reading your mind! I'm glad you enjoyed them 🙂
There will be more to come!

I am not quite sure what I will do for the next one yet, but I might write an article that provides an example of how to market forum content around the web to increase traffic & sign ups.

 

[Cam]

This is a great article. Given that FP just went through this long drawn out process of upgrading XenForo versions, this definitely hits close to home.

 

[Ghost]

This is a great article. Given that FP just went through this long drawn out process of upgrading XenForo versions, this definitely hits close to home.

That was the main motivation for this article, so im glad you had a chance to read it 🙂

In hindsight, what was the biggest challenge that could've been easier if you had known everything you do now?

 

[Cam]

That was the main motivation for this article, so im glad you had a chance to read it 🙂

In hindsight, what was the biggest challenge that could've been easier if you had known everything you do now?

I'd say most issues were on the developer side of things. We had agreed on a goal of having everything completed on March 1st, and we reached that agreement in mid-January. You'd think a month and a half would be plenty of time to get things where they need to be. When it was all said and done, the conversion didn't even occur until mid-May, over two months behind schedule. I'd have issues where I wasn't even getting responses to the support ticket we had open during this process.

I definitely know what company to avoid in the future. That's for sure.

 

[Jason76]

Honestly, upgrades aren't really that tough. I haven't seen any that are. In fact, the only snag I can see coming up - is if the php level is wrong.