How many Mods, hacks, and tweaks do you have?
 

On your community, how many things have you added to your community?

I'm currently using 18 themes (19 if counting the system default). 101 modifications and tweaks from here. Maybe another 6 from else where. And I currently have another 20 modifications pending. Added 661 avatars and 200 smilies.

Just bear in mind running a massive amount of modifications can slow your board down and cause issues, it really depends on the mods and how they work in conjunction with vBulletin and each other. I'm assuming your not having any issues since your posting which is fantastic OldSchoolDSL! The rest of you be careful and don't go to overboard, never forget it's functionality and presentation not one or the other ;).

I test everything before it even makes it to my community.

1st I test on a default (un-edited and un-mod) setup of vBulletin (good to see how it really affect things)

2nd I test on mod copy of my home site (good to see how it will play out on the home site)

3rd I backup the database

4th I backup the database AGAIN (always nice to have more then 1 copy)

5th I finally apply it to my home site.

6th wait before adding anything new, so I'm 100% sure the 1st change did not do anything wrong

I have 88 modifications listed in my products overview, but that doesnt include the template edits and other addons. I keep file and template edits to a minimum.

I run a very busy board and when I install an addon that functions badly, it mostly becomes apparent quickly. The server will slow down. Members will file bug reports (often within minutes).

Always backup. Check what effect an addon has on performance & page load.

I thought I would update this thread with saying.... 153 customizations / modifications

too many to count LOL

how can I add more smilies for my site? It is my first vB board as I came from phpbb3.

also, waht on earth do you have that you have 88 mods? Lollll !! some helpful or popular ones would be awesome!!

First you'll need to upload your smilies via ftp to your smilies folder or sub-folder within smilies folder -- then go to your AdminCP ---- AdminCP ==> Smilies ==> Add New Smilie ;)

HTH

A lot. Oh my.... 48 products. A couple I could probably delete now, but they were needed at the time. But honestly, most of these are needed and most of small (just one or two plugins). Several are ones I wrote myself to help the mods moderate the site easier (so very site specific mods).

http://img695.imageshack.us/img695/9...emizedlist.gif

LOL - Interesting post though Lynne - I'd be most interested in seeing a comprehensive list of your installed products! Also - the ones you wrote for easier moderation... Have you shared them here at the (dot)org?

Oh wow! lol That could cause some slow down ;)

70 products, 54 of things that are something I have done, 350 edited default templates, 2-300 edited phrases, 1 theme
Page generated in 0.02912 seconds with 17 queries

Working on optimizing things ;)

40 products and some tweaks here and there, mostly site specific to my site, like Lynne's. Too many mods can cause more headaches than they are worth.

My current list of installed mods...

Add Navbar To Registration Page 1.1.0
Admin Log In As User 3
Admin Max-Min Character and Image Override 1.1
Advanced BBCode Permissions 3
Advanced [YOU] BB Code by BOP5 0.92
All Albums 2.5
AME - The Automatic Media Embeder 2.5.6
April Fools Banning 1
Archive Adsense 1
Article IFRAMES by BOP5 1
AWCoding-Pirate Poker System LITE 4.0.8
Bad Deeds 1
Ban Thread User 1.5
Banned Members Log 3.8.004
Block Censored Words by BOP5 1.1
Change Threads Prefix Inline 2.1.0
Cyb - Advanced Permissions Based on Post Count 4.4
Cyb - Tic-Tac-Toe 1.3
Daily Game 2
Disable Member Homepage URLs by BOP5 1
Display only one signature per member per thread 1
Driving Revenue RSS Pruner 1
Extended reputation display 3.8.001
FaceBook gmail youtube twitter and MySpace Fields 1.2
Favorite Smilies 1.0.6
Forum Goals by BOP5 1
Forum Runner 1.6.1
FractalizeR: IP Tools 1
Gameroom 1.1.2
Global Threads VB3 2
Guest Tracking 3.8.003
Ignore List Denies Reply 1
Image Resizer 1.0.2
iQuote vB3 1.0.0
KX - Debug Mode 1.0.0
Limited Guest Viewing 2.0.1
Live Topic 1.07b
Logician's WebTemplates 3.7.00
Member Profile Reputation Display 3.8.001
Miserable Users 3.8.001
Mobile Style Options 1.0.0
Multiple Login Detector 1.03
New Members Page 2.0.0
New Thread on Banning by BOP5 1
No Logout for Banned Users 1.1.0
Old Thread Notice by BOP5 1.5
Photo Popup 3.5
PHPKD - Advanced Quick Reply 'Ultimate' 4.0.110
Post Number BB Code by BOP5 1
Public Ignore Lists by BOP5 1
Quick Account Switch 1.1.0
Real ip detection 3.8.001
Replace BBCode in quotes 1.0.0
Roman Numeral Post Counts by BOP5 1
RSS items as posts 0.5.3
Separate Sticky Threads\Non Sticky Threads 2
Smilie Popup+ 1.0.1
Social Groups on Forumhome 1.5.2
Stock Trader 0.9.8
Subscription Notification System 1.2.3
Tapatalk Sig Remover by BOP5 1
THS Wiki 1.3
Title Replace 1.5c
Top Banner for VB3.x by BOP5 1
Troll Control 1
Un-Activated User Management 3
v3 Arcade 2.0.3
vBadvanced CMPS 3.2.2
vBadvanced Links Directory 3.3.0
vBCode table 0.1.7.1
vBIspy WOL 1
vbNetwork 0.9.5
vBulletinBot 1
Websites who have referred today 1.62
Welcome Thread Redirect by BOP5 0.9
Yet Another Mass Private Message System 1.0.1
Zoints Anonymous Posting 1.11
[me]BB Code in posts 1.1jd