zombie
Simon writes his own programming. It is a work in progress. Few programs can handle the load this forum needs hence the need to build from scratch. Each upgrade makes things better.
I know its programmed from scratch - my point is there is no point to doing this.
You said "Few programs can handle the load this forum needs" - this is completely false. In fact the opposite is true, this forum can't handle the load and frequently comes up with errors, prewritten solutions like PHPBB and IPS handle large loads much better, there are many forums out there literally 1000 times busier than this that run fine under prewritten forum software.
There are so many features lacking in this forum and bugs it would take years of development to sort them all out. Simon - can't you just switch to a standard forum?