What it is I've done is struggled with getting cache to rebuild properly for YEARS. It's happening again for the 20th time probably.
It is a little frustrating. I get that any time someone suggests that there are opportunities for improvements a few folks will come rushing in to white knight.
That doesn't change my mind though. Something isn't right about this. I've used LOTS of other forum software and never had issues like this.
Does it mean, that I am saying IPB is horrible NO, I love IPB so please relax. I am simply pointing out that once a template/theme cache is botched it's VERY hard to fix. nothing is working, and there aren't any clues in the ACP (which is hard to read without CSS anyway)
It's like searching for a needle in a haystack trying to figure it out. There are no clues in the support log either.
I get your point though, that it's hard to help someone without detailed explanation of steps that created an issue. I get it. Thank you