(06-08-2016, 10:49 AM)Virtus Wrote:

(06-08-2016, 10:46 AM)Paradigm Wrote:

(06-08-2016, 10:44 AM)Virtus Wrote:

(06-08-2016, 10:43 AM)Paradigm Wrote: I've never really looked into IPB as I was using vBulletin so far so I can only advise you what I like dislike about MyBB from a developers perspective.

Pros:
The plugin system is nice.
As a base it's secure and expandable.
Easy to manage.

Cons:
Templating - Not sure why MyBB never used a templating framework such as twig.
A lot of unnecessary code causing increased loading time.

Yeah I haven't seen many nice templates (besides this theme and a select few others) it seems if you don't want to fork over a lot of cash you're stuck with building a theme by scratch.

When I say templating system I mean that MyBB currently stores all templates within a database by default which is inefficient and makes it a pain to modify.

The thing I like about IPB, is that it's all pure XML, there's no extra resources you have to add. along with from what i've seen, manually editing things is quite a pain in the ass with mybb.

MyBB has a lot of pros but a the biggest con for me is templating. I cant really comment on IPB vs MyBB as I don't have enough experience with IPB to comment.