Currently on my forums I am using IPB (invision powerboard 4) I was considering switching to mybb, but I wanted to know more so what are the pros / cons into going into mybb (exempting that mybb is more so for advanced users).

Along that question, what is your current favorite software for forums?

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.

(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.

(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, 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.

(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.

(06-08-2016, 10:51 AM)Paradigm Wrote:

(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.

come dev for my forum I'll show you a whole new world of shitty JS and ajax :^)

(06-08-2016, 10:55 AM)Virtus Wrote:

(06-08-2016, 10:51 AM)Paradigm Wrote:

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

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

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

come dev for my forum I'll show you a whole new world of shitty JS and ajax :^)

I have enough hate for JS and Ajax thank you.

IPB and MyBB are dead, the best forum software today is Discourse.

(06-08-2016, 12:13 PM)Oxyrus Wrote: IPB and MyBB are dead, the best forum software today is Discourse.

I've just taken a look over and it looks a lot more modern than most other BB software. MyBB 2.0 looks like it's being modernized and it will be using the Laravel framework with the twig templating engine if I remember correctly.