1) I totally agree... if you only knew how screwed up the last visit code is. The functionality doesn't exist in bbpress so I used a crappy plugin for it. I need to actually write a decent plugin instead.

2) This seems like it would be simple to fix, I'll look at it.

3) You can use bbcode, actually. I wasn't aware of the rel=nofollow problem, I'll have to look at that and the other bug. It's supposed to only show rel=nofollow on display, not on edit.

I often regret using bbpress instead of something more solid like vbulletin or phpbb.

The Geek writes: "I often regret using bbpress instead of something more solid like vbulletin or phpbb."

I would love to see this forum in vBulletin. And I'm sure it would be fairly easy to convert, there are conversion engines for most forums to vB.

Advantages of vBulletin:
Looks better
Easier searches
Better categorizing
User friendly
Private messaging
Most people are already familiar with VB
Easier for webmaster to admin - especially with mods
Just looking through the list of users here, I think you would have your pick of good mods

Disadvantages of vBulletin:
$85 a year.

But this could be recouped, if needed, through advertising (yuck) or a small user fee. Just 25 users at $3.99 would cover it. I for one would gladly pay $4 and I'm sure you could quickly find another 24. Especially if you offer something goofy like a gold border around their avatar and the ability to use the word "Geek" in their user title.

I second whs
But if you want to see a site this is a pain to work on
http://www.gadget-detective.moonfruit.com/
Although I do try and help out there when I can

In my opinon, phpBB beats vBulletin every time. I'm not trying to pick a fight, that's just what I prefer. =)

The Geek writes:
"We have two goals, the first one is to provide the friendliest help possible, but the second is to also have a fun place for geeks to hang out."

Goal one - Nail. Head. HIT!
Goal two - I guess I would be in the wanna-be geek category, but this is a fun place. Thanks for letting me hang out.

@whs, Lighthouse and taybay - I defer to your level of expertise, I've just spent too much time on vB forums and I'm much more comfortable with vB's structure.

@smash, Question: What do you mean by KB. Can you expand this for a poor European.
@Appletom, Stick around. You'll get used to "our ways". If there is something you don't find, you are invited to ask.

@whs - I'll bet smash meant DB instead of KB. And I plan on sticking around, I've learned a lot already, hope to be able to make small contributions.

Thanks jd, I first thought he was referring to a DB for the windows updates (that always start with KB) like here:
http://itsvista.com/topic/updates/

@Smashpmk712: It would probably be better to start a new topic to avoid confusion in this topic as this topic is mainly about HTG forum ideas. I would recommend putting the new topic in the "Geek Stuff" forum or a Windows forum if you are asking Windows software.
In the new topic it would be good to list the following:
What kind of knowledge base you are looking for? Something simple just some articles or one with builtin search, categories, tags, etc.
What tech support you do? Depending on that the type you do it may affect what KB software you use.
What web server do you have to serve out pages if you want to use a web based KB? Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), Apache, etc.

@whs: I could see how that would be confusing. I didn't really think about the KB prefix for updates before.
From what I can tell the updates are named like that to match the corresponding article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
Like update 937287 has an article at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937287 with more information on the update.
Oddly enough though it seems that article wasn't updated with the information on possible problems with the update.

it would be nice if we could some how put our pc spects in our profile or somewhere the experts could see what pc they are working on a lot of people dont always say when they ask a question.