# Forum usability issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Router\ **Created:** [August 30, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293 "2017-08-30T04:09:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bli](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@bli](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bli)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/1 "2017-08-30T04:09:51Z")
**- Where is the global forum search tool? (search all forums simultaneously)** **- How can the user list all his own posts?** **- Notification of replies feature?** **Suggestion:** get better web forum software, for example: [https://www.woltlab.com/](https://www.woltlab.com/) ---
**Author:** ![zimo](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@zimo](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/zimo)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/2 "2017-08-30T23:33:36Z")
[Discourse.org](https://www.discourse.org/) would be great for GLI forums ---
**Author:** ![glitch](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/0ea827/32.png) [@glitch](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/glitch)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2017, 12:52am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/3 "2017-08-31T00:52:37Z")
@ zimo - yeah, at a $100/month it looks an absolute bargain! ---
**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 11:14am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/4 "2017-09-01T11:14:53Z")
When you are browser in a forum you can find the search bar. Cannot list all his own posts without trick. Yes, there will always be notification for replied.   BTW: I really want a new forums more than everybody else. Discourse has a open source version so money is not the main problem. The main problem is how to transfer all the data from the old forums to the new forum. ---
**Author:** ![zimo](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@zimo](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/zimo)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/5 "2017-09-01T19:30:06Z")
@Glitch it’s only $100 if you use their hosting, $10/month w/ docker other hosting, and it’s open source software like Wordpress. So yeah, total bargain! ---
**Author:** ![eli5](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/e/e79b87/32.png) [@eli5](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/eli5)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2017, 2:43pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/6 "2017-09-02T14:43:49Z")
I appreciate this forum. ---
**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/7 "2017-09-04T16:28:02Z")
@zimo, I assume their hosting is not accessible from China, same as [wordpress.com](http://wordpress.com) ---
**Author:** ![zimo](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/z/4af34b/32.png) [@zimo](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/zimo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/8 "2017-09-04T16:38:14Z")
@alzhao I would assume their hosting would be unavailable, but it’s possible to self-host like the current site ---
**Author:** ![bli](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@bli](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bli)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/9 "2017-11-01T15:13:35Z")
> The main problem is how to transfer all the data from the old forums to the new forum. > > it’s possible to self-host like the current site In some cases the web forum software vendor will perform migration from old forum to new forum. If you tell me which forum software you are using now I can obtain a price quote ---
**Author:** ![alzhao](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@alzhao](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/alzhao)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/10 "2017-11-01T15:23:44Z")
@BLi bbpress → discourse ---
**Author:** ![rene](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@rene](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/rene)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/11 "2017-11-01T17:22:50Z")
it seems it is possible to import data from bbpress to discourse have a look here alfie > **[Migrate a bbPress WordPress plugin forum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-a-bbpress-wordpress-plugin-forum-to-discourse/48876/3)** > > Just wanted to thank you for providing this step-by-step guide. We migrated our site from bbpress to Discourse with minimal headache thanks to you. Since we’re running multisite wordpress there were a few tweaks to make to the importer, but other...   ---
**Author:** ![bruce](https://forum-assets.gl-inet.com/user_avatar/forum.gl-inet.com/bruce/32/35649_2.png) [@bruce](https://forum.gl-inet.com/u/bruce)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.gl-inet.com/t/forum-usability-issues/2293/12 "2025-10-29T02:36:47Z")