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Radiantix.4581:
Hello. May i ask is " Guild Wars " coded this forum ? or is that an edit version of prepared one ?
Lawton Campbell.8517:
The forum software for these forums is proprietary and maintained in-house. AFAIK it is totally bespoke and isn’t based off an existing forum software.
Gaile Gray.6029:
Ahh, actually… this forum software was built for us by a company called Fangamer, back in 2012. It was customized for us, of course, and contains may singular features. However, the core was built on software that their company created and that one of our developers spotted in searching for a system for us to use.
Of course, our working with a smaller company did have its drawbacks, one of them the fact that we’re not able to make improvements to our current forums, for a variety of reasons including the code used to create it, the fact they no longer have team members working on forums, etc. Features that we’d like to have — even basics like a working search engine — are outside our reach. On the other hand, some features on this system are superior to systems used on other forums on which I’ve worked, so it’s sort of a “win some / lose some” situation. 
Darlgon.9273:
May I ask, has ANet discussed taking the program off their hands, or even buying them out, since they dont support it (or any forums for that matter) any more, or even have people to handle updates, so you can make any changes you need?
Rukia.9860:
Ahh, actually… this forum software was built for us by a company called Fangamer, back in 2012. It was customized for us, of course, and contains may singular features. However, the core was built on software that their company created and that one of our developers spotted in searching for a system for us to use.
Of course, our working with a smaller company did have its drawbacks, one of them the fact that we’re not able to make improvements to our current forums, for a variety of reasons including the code used to create it, the fact they no longer have team members working on forums, etc. Features that we’d like to have — even basics like a working search engine — are outside our reach. On the other hand, some features on this system are superior to systems used on other forums on which I’ve worked, so it’s sort of a “win some / lose some” situation.
It’s nice to finally see the reasoning behind why the search function doesn’t work… but then again, it basically means it never will lol?
cassius.5809:
Seeing some of the IIS errors this forum gets guessing it’s built in .NET? Professionally develop .NET web applications so would gladly rip it apart and put a working search in!!!
Lawton Campbell.8517:
Seeing some of the IIS errors this forum gets guessing it’s built in .NET? Professionally develop .NET web applications so would gladly rip it apart and put a working search in!!!
Ruby on Rails, actually. IIS is load balancing, I think.
Radiantix.4581:
Then woooooow.. Coz forums looking AMAZING.. The font. Looking. Background. Style. Usage. Everything perfect. I swear you guys are BEST in game sector
Radiantix.4581:
Seeing some of the IIS errors this forum gets guessing it’s built in .NET? Professionally develop .NET web applications so would gladly rip it apart and put a working search in!!!
Stop blaming theres no error. Noone can do better