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The gallery software we currently use is very, very old. I haven't yet decided what I want to do in regards to replacing it. There is a newer version of the gallery software which works with the new forum software we are migrating to - but I've been unhappy with how the gallery operates in...

You mean the amount of storage space it takes up? According to phpMyAdmin, the tables currently use over 1.8GB There's a bit of scope for optimisation though - the users table contains a lot of spam-bot registrations that I need to clean up. Search indexes are also pretty inefficient...

Actually - now that I look at the stats, it seems we've just set a new record for highest number of posts in a month! July 2013, we made 12,902 posts, beating our previous high of 12,881 in September 2008. Previous 2nd highest post count (and only other time we've passed 12,000 posts in a...

Personally, I've never seen the point of that. What does it matter if someone posts using a mobile device? 35% of traffic to the site already comes from mobile or tablet devices ... in the past 30 days: 20% mobile + 15% tablet.

Ha ... not quite ... I have some new forums which were built using earlier versions XenForo, so were a simple upgrade rather than a more complex migration. None of my vBulletin-based sites have been migrated yet, I've been waiting for this release which fixes some of the limitations around...

Yup - the software is out now and I've begun some initial testing. The main challenge I face now is time - there's a lot of work required to get the forum migrated across and replicate the custom functionality we had built into the existing site. I'm keen to get this going - I'm really...

The developers have now confirmed that there will be a responsive theme included in the next release - giving us built-in-tools to help make the forum restructure itself based on the screen size (resolution) of the device used to view it. They have indicated a beta release next month with a...

Indeed, I posted about this not long ago - http://somersoft.com/forums/showthread.php?t=85406 I was shocked to find that in January 2013, over 30% of the visits to the site had been on a mobile device (or tablet), up from 17% in January 2012 and 7% in January 2011!! That really drove home...

Difficult to tell ... there's a heap of admin related stuff missing from the current version of the software we will be migrating to - much of which is being addressed for an upcoming release. Given the backwards step migrating now would be, I've decided to wait until the new version will be...

Kind of, yes. An example is attached.

8 years, 4 months (100 months) :p That's at an average of 10,000 posts per month, which we are slightly below right now - so I'm counting on an upswing in traffic to reach that level. I'm hoping the new version of Somersoft will encourage more posting from more posters, which should help...

Source: http://xkcd.com/386/ :D Also ... don't feed the trolls, we have them on a special diet.

Nope ... provided you aren't posting spuriously (a bit like geoffw with his jokes in early days - he has toned it down a bit recently :p ) ... I think the contribution is valuable to the community. I say: keep up the good work :D

Yes, the chart show quite clearly a plateau in post traffic starting around the time of the GFC. Of course, this only tells part of the story. Another telling factor is the site traffic - since the vast majority of the traffic on the site is from "guests" (ie people who are not signed in to...

Finally, since people who have been members for longer (and have made more posts) are more likely to have attracted more kudos, I've done another chart showing those members who have received the most kudos per post they've made. This chart only includes people who have received kudos at least...

As geoffw mentioned, kudos doesn't necessarily indicate "guruism" - it is merely a way of people showing their appreciation for the posts being made. In some cases, people give kudos because they agree with what was said, some times they give kudos because they found it helpful. It isn't only...

Okay, one last chart - this one shows recently prolific posters. I looked at who has made the most posts over the past 12 months (ignoring anyone already in the top 20) and then charted their overall average posts-per month since they joined. Featured on this chart are: Terry_w...

I'm down to #17 now ... see final chart with Aceyducey, Sim, redwing, RumpledElf, and WinstonWolfe

Chart for the 3rd group of top posters, Propertunity, Ausprop, Rixter, Dazz and skater:

Here is the chart for the next top 5 posters, The Y-man, wylie, Sunfish, Aaron_C, and Bayview.