Is it necessary for us to have custom code? What advantages would it give us? What would be the cost? There is really no return on investment monetarily speaking. This Forum has to b looked at from a different perspective at this point.
No it's not necessary to have custom code. But in the future, what if you wanted to add something, and didn't want to pay another $$$ for it, or if you wanted 8 pics up top instead of 4, etc., When I speak of ROI in this context, I'm speaking about is it worth it to you, or me, or all the other users of the forum? If you are receiving something from this forum, how much is it worth to you to have certain features, or reliability, or ads removed, etc., If the investment is 100 a year, are you getting what you want or need, or would 200 a year give you more of what you want, but then is that affordable?