(06-08-2016, 03:29 PM)Matigo Wrote: I have always thought vBulletin was the best, but I have not been a member/owned a vBulletin in quite some time.

(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.

(06-08-2016, 06:57 PM)Paradise 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.

I wonder if they're going to change that in MyBB 2.0.
Which hell, who knows is going to be released.

(06-08-2016, 08:17 PM)Paradigm Wrote:

(06-08-2016, 06:57 PM)Paradise 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.

I wonder if they're going to change that in MyBB 2.0.
Which hell, who knows is going to be released.

2.0 Will use the Twig template engine if I remember correctly and 2.0 looks mostly complete from images.

(06-08-2016, 08:22 PM)Kira Wrote: You're correct @4, MyBB 2.0 will use Twig as template engine.

(06-08-2016, 09:24 PM)Dox Wrote: I love Xenforo. I have been using it for years. In my opinion it looks the best, and is the easiest to use if your beginning. It is not free, but there are other ways to get it, although I wouldn't recommend due to security flaws with nulled software.

(06-08-2016, 09:24 PM)Dox Wrote: I love Xenforo. I have been using it for years. In my opinion it looks the best, and is the easiest to use if your beginning. It is not free, but there are other ways to get it, although I wouldn't recommend due to security flaws with nulled software.

(06-08-2016, 09:27 PM)Jebusfathead Wrote:

(06-08-2016, 09:24 PM)Dox Wrote: I love Xenforo. I have been using it for years. In my opinion it looks the best, and is the easiest to use if your beginning. It is not free, but there are other ways to get it, although I wouldn't recommend due to security flaws with nulled software.

Xenforo I've seen used before back in the minecraft days, and it's really user friendly as well.

(06-08-2016, 09:27 PM)Geek Wrote:

(06-08-2016, 09:24 PM)Dox Wrote: I love Xenforo. I have been using it for years. In my opinion it looks the best, and is the easiest to use if your beginning. It is not free, but there are other ways to get it, although I wouldn't recommend due to security flaws with nulled software.

I agree. Xenforo is the best compared to other free/paid alternatives. If you understand their template system then you can almost make a fully custom website using it.
I know this can be done using other softwares but Xenforo is much stable and better in my opinion.

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(06-08-2016, 09:27 PM)Jebusfathead Wrote:

(06-08-2016, 09:24 PM)Dox Wrote: I love Xenforo. I have been using it for years. In my opinion it looks the best, and is the easiest to use if your beginning. It is not free, but there are other ways to get it, although I wouldn't recommend due to security flaws with nulled software.

Xenforo I've seen used before back in the minecraft days, and it's really user friendly as well.

Almost all, including my Minecraft server used Xenforo and Spigot :3

(06-08-2016, 09:57 PM)Jebusfathead Wrote:

(06-08-2016, 09:27 PM)Geek Wrote:

(06-08-2016, 09:24 PM)Dox Wrote: I love Xenforo. I have been using it for years. In my opinion it looks the best, and is the easiest to use if your beginning. It is not free, but there are other ways to get it, although I wouldn't recommend due to security flaws with nulled software.

I agree. Xenforo is the best compared to other free/paid alternatives. If you understand their template system then you can almost make a fully custom website using it.
I know this can be done using other softwares but Xenforo is much stable and better in my opinion.

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(06-08-2016, 09:27 PM)Jebusfathead Wrote:

(06-08-2016, 09:24 PM)Dox Wrote: I love Xenforo. I have been using it for years. In my opinion it looks the best, and is the easiest to use if your beginning. It is not free, but there are other ways to get it, although I wouldn't recommend due to security flaws with nulled software.

Xenforo I've seen used before back in the minecraft days, and it's really user friendly as well.

Almost all, including my Minecraft server used Xenforo and Spigot :3

Either Xenforo or enjin xD