mortendk 🤘

Now that the boomer-2010 web movement is growing with webrings

Whats the goto Forum software these days ?

Im a part of a 1400+ miniature painter community and i would luuuuuuve if we had a forum instead of a FB group, so something stable, maintainable and all that

one click install prefered (im really tired of learning new shit) ;)

Wonder if its a return to phpbb ?
#forum #discussionsboard

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Show threadKristian L. G. NielsenDec 20, 2022
@mortendk Discord is not an option?
Show threadmortendk 🤘Dec 20, 2022
@klgn well i kinda think it would be a barrier - we have a lot of newbees into the hobby also i have a thing for pure webstuff - ;)
Show threadJippi 🇩🇰Dec 20, 2022
@mortendk @klgn Discord is about as user friendly as it gets for real-time community building as an end-user if you ask me :) I've successfully used it for a lot of things with people who barely know how to use their iPhone
Show threadJippi 🇩🇰Dec 20, 2022

@mortendk @klgn otherwise, https://www.discourse.org/ is s pretty solid piece of non-real time forum if you ask me :)

You can pay them to manage all of it, or self-host it https://github.com/discourse/discourse

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Show threadnikkianaDec 20, 2022
@jippi @mortendk @klgn Discord isn't a forum implemention in my opinion though, it's a chat room implementation with some forum like design patterns. It's also not open source.
Show threadJippi 🇩🇰Dec 20, 2022

@nikkiana @mortendk @klgn Open Source wasn't a requirement, so sure, you're absolutely correct.

Also agree Discord isn't a forum - but it's very good at building and growing communities where you can benefit from the hybrid forum/real-time approach and rich ecosystem of bots and services to support the community. Also, free, which is nice.

Discord is also very "turn key", and since Morten said he was tired of learning new shit, it would fit that pretty well :)

Show threadmortendk 🤘Dec 20, 2022

@jippi @nikkiana @klgn whats interesting is that i did not see any reasons to mention that it needed to be web aka html based to be able to share it out and not in a closed eco system like ex discord is at the end of the day :)

but were so used to closed networks we dont even think about it anymore

Show threadJippi 🇩🇰Dec 20, 2022

@mortendk @nikkiana @klgn Discord apps are just repacked Electron app, so you can access all of Discord in your browser too with no apps or installations - and largely the same experience

https://discord.com/channels/@me :)

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Show threadLewis Dale Dec 20, 2022
@mortendk PhpBB is still going, and still looks exactly the same as it did in 2009, which was the last time I used it, if you fancy a hit of nostalgia
Show threadmortendk 🤘Dec 20, 2022

@lewisdaleuk hot damn its more a beatdown of nostalgia - but on the otherhand it might mean that its superstable (i remeber some issues back in 2004 ish)

Maybe its firing up a digital ocean setup and see where it goes

... i fell young again lol

Show threadLewis Dale Dec 20, 2022

@mortendk It's even getting pretty regular bugfix and runs on the latest versions of PHP, there are definitely worse options 😂

The UI hasn't changed even one bit

Show threadmortendk 🤘Dec 20, 2022

@lewisdaleuk im looking at it right now
Duuuuude i remember when everything had to have those pesky gradients with the white lines

oooh its a memory lane

Show threadRené Bakx |rawDec 20, 2022
@mortendk closed my phpBB forum many moons ago. But if I would start clean again I’m putting https://flarum.org first on the checkout list. Still have recurring sweats from styling and creating phpBB templates.
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Show threadmortendk 🤘Dec 20, 2022

@renebakx yeah i do remember a lot of wtf is this back in the days

i tried flarum but it was kinda not what i wanted. dont want to fiddle with things and theres probably gonna be a ton of images etc to host

Show threadreynirDec 20, 2022
@mortendk I personally like discourse a lot. A feature I especially like is that it works very well with email. You can subscribe and reply through email.
I don't have experience running it, but I imagine it's not too horrible since I see it a lot.
Show threadnikkianaDec 20, 2022
@mortendk Yesterweb is using phpBB for their forum implementation... It seems to work fine, and feels the same as it ever did. The mobile website experience could probably use some tweaking, but it's not terrible either.
Show threadMatt GlamanDec 20, 2022

@mortendk phpBB is still rocking 😆

I think most folks use Discourse

Show threadmortendk 🤘Dec 20, 2022

@mglaman but isnt phpbb on symphony and twig ?

then im gonna spin that sweeeet sweet 2010 rocker up

Show threadMatt GlamanDec 20, 2022
@mortendk just checked, sure is symfony and twig