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Better for beginner staff: proboards or jcink? written May 29, 2024 19:48:10 GMT
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Hi! Sorry if I’m a little crusty typing this! It’s been a little while.

I’m interested in setting up a public site (and have been checking out some of the tutorials here!), but I had a quick question to get myself started.

I haven’t done proper admin work for a site since the webs.com forum era (showing my age), and was curious as to, between proboards and jcink, which forum hosts might be easier to set up a beginner site on. I’m definitely not trying to code a masterpiece of a skin and add a ton of different toggles right away, but I’d like to try and create a nice base to log some basic stuff (rules, a couple bits of worldbuilding I’m still working on, etc.)!

I know it might not be a big difference/too complicated to pick just one, so I might be asking into the void, but I wanted to see if anyone had advice.
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Better for beginner staff: proboards or jcink? written May 29, 2024 22:59:11 GMT
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My suggestion is to create a test site on both hosts and see which one you vibe with the most. On the back end, they have drastically different admin panels. I personally find Jcink's easier to navigate, but it might be different for you. Regardless of which you choose, having a test site is super helpful for getting a feel for the controls without worrying about fucking up a "live" site.

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Better for beginner staff: proboards or jcink? written May 29, 2024 23:57:14 GMT
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Thank you so much! I'm currently playing around with a free skin on the jcink control panel, to try and get the hang of it. It's definitely a little overwhelming (and will probably be for both platforms!), but I already think I'm getting the hang of some of the panels/learning to edit some skin features!
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Better for beginner staff: proboards or jcink? written May 30, 2024 3:54:24 GMT via mobile
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Tbh I would prefer proboards just for being able to like 👍 posts and the layout of pms and the ability to catch up on posts with a recent post listing. But the tos scares me. Otherwise I would be building my site in proboards.

To answer though: from my obsessive research before building my site, I think your best bet will end up being Jcink.
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Better for beginner staff: proboards or jcink? written May 30, 2024 4:22:10 GMT
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May 30, 2024 3:54:24 GMT said:
Tbh I would prefer proboards just for being able to like 👍 posts and the layout of pms and the ability to catch up on posts with a recent post listing. But the tos scares me. Otherwise I would be building my site in proboards.

To answer though: from my obsessive research before building my site, I think your best bet will end up being Jcink.
I think there's recent posts/the active topics tab on Jcink, if you're curious about catching up on posts! But it's definitely not as extensive as Proboards' is...

I do agree about the TOS, though! I'm not planning on including R18 content on my site, but I think Jcink prem. might help with age-restricting it, since I'd like it to be 18+, and it'll definitely include some violent content down the line.

I think we might be on a really similar page, though, re: building brand new sites... if I ever encounter some tips and tricks, I'll shoot them your way, too! I've spent... so much time hanging out on the Jcink admin panel today. It's kinda fun lol
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Better for beginner staff: proboards or jcink? written Sept 21, 2024 23:26:23 GMT
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i like proboards for the comfort of understanding it, for me. even when v5 dropped, it was easy to navigate and edit skins and pick up the coding and such.

i will say a lot more people seem to be coding for jcink these days, so there's more content / plugins in that way.

and of course you'll run into the 'i either only use proboards' or 'i only use jcink' people ^^;
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