PhotoPost takes over vba Gallery

[JoergZ]

I doubt, that they will develop the product in the future in such a good way, as it Brian did it.

I used PP before, and switched to vBa. And now...

I can understand Brian, at least it is business. And if it was a good deal, why Brian should not have sold it. But why they pay a lot of money for this code ? Probably not, because they like Brian so much.. I doubt, that the price for vBa will be the same in the futre...

So, probably it is time in future, to have a closer look on good hacks.

Jörg

[Protoman]

Originally Posted by ConqSoft

There's no way I'm using anything from PhotoPost.

x2

I will never buy from reviewpost again due to the poor support. They've messed over a lot of people (including myself) forcing them to turn to vbadvanced for quality products and quality support.

edit:

anybody else notice the price increase??

Photopost PHP used to be on sale for $99.. now: $129
Reviewpost PHP used to be on sale for $70.. now :$99
Photopost Classifieds used to be on sale for $70.. now $99

[MPDev]

Originally Posted by PBC

The only reason PhotoPost is around is because they orginally stole the code from vBulletin.

This is the stupidest thing I've ever sene someone post about PhotoPost; did you know the first few versions of PhotoPost were written in PERL? Yep. A Perl product that was integrated with vBulletin, a PHP product, from the start

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[ScottW23]

Lots of mean-spirited trash talk in here and speculation.

First, everything you love about vbAdvanced Gallery will be preserved. At this point, the name is changing to PhotoPost vBGallery and that's it. Our company will be adding support people with vbAdvanced Gallery-specific knowledge to ensure that quality support can be provided.

To address some specific quotes above:

The only reason PhotoPost is around is because they orginally stole the code from vBulletin.

This is wholly false. I personally wrote PhotoPost PHP Pro in Perl in 2001. It was later converted to PHP a few years later. No part of PhotoPost PHP Pro came from vBulletin.

hmm, so now there is no 60$ options ? just the 130$ photopost ?

We have not yet set pricing for PhotoPost vbGallery. However, I don't understand why it's reasonable to pay $160 for a quality forum (vBulletin), but it isn't reasonable to pay $129 for a quality gallery application. As for our past prices, we have offered limited-time sales, but our regular price has averaged $129-$149 for several years.

And, they only bought vBa Gallery for the code, nothing more. They aren't going to sell it, they're just going use the code in Photopost and all of their other software, which is essentially all the same, just different language files.

This is false. vbAdvanced Gallery, now PhotoPost vbGallery, will be sold as its own, unique product. New features will be added going forward, and updates will be made to correct any bugs etc. It will be developed as its own product, just as PhotoPost PHP Pro will continue to be developed as its own product. They serve different markets. PhotoPost PHP Pro is jam-packed with features, and works by itself or with a variety of forums. PhotoPost vbGallery is streamlined, containing only essential features, and integrates very well with vBulletin but can't work by itself or with other forums.

[Vtec44]

Originally Posted by ScottW23

However, I don't understand why it's reasonable to pay $160 for a quality forum (vBulletin), but it isn't reasonable to pay $129 for a quality gallery application.

The price I paid for vBulletin is relatively small compare to the great support they provide. Quality and price of a product is one thing, great customer service is another. Plus, a forum software is more popular as a stand-alone product, where a gallery software can run by itself but often is part of a forum as a "bonus" for members. So you can't compare the two. I'm also paying more than a lot of people for web hosting, but that's the price I'm willing to pay for quality service and great customer support.

[JoergZ]

Originally Posted by ScottW23

However, I don't understand why it's reasonable to pay $160 for a quality forum (vBulletin), but it isn't reasonable to pay $129 for a quality gallery application.

Sorry, but please don't compare PhotoPost with vB. I used PP before, and the code is light-years behind the vB-Code. And there is much more functionality in vB than in PP.

But anyway... I am curious what you are going to do out of vBa. Maybe your work will convince me, so I will pay maintenance-fee to you.

J?rg

[tnguy3n]

fact remain, support is as poor as ever. I guess what all the members who own vBa gallery & Photopost product license wanna see is a better support.

[.Tim]

I'm not familiar with photopost software or it's support staff but it's not very encouraging that nobody has anything good to say about this.

[ScottW23]

Saying that our support is poor isn't very constructive. If you can provide specific examples as to how we can improve, based on your own personal experiences, your recommendations will be used to improve our policies and to help us make decisions on quantity and type of support personnel to employ. For instance, what, exactly, makes you think our support is poor? Have you experienced delays getting support? Have our answers to your support questions been inaccurate or not helpful? etc.

Something like "support" is not fixed and rigid for years. It changes dynamically as support people come and go, and as demand/volume for support increases and decreases over time. While we may have had some growing pains in years past, the quality of our support over the past year or more has been quite good and we have received quite a lot of positive feedback.

[Vtec44]

Maybe there should be a rating system included with all your support emails and on your forum.