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This site was borne of the discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17068138 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17068138 (Specifically this part

by dchuk 8y ago

This site was borne of the discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17068138 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17068138 (Specifically this part of the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17071224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17071224) I spun up an instance of phpBB (trying to keep costs down) and customized a ThemeForest theme to make it not ugly. I'll post a thread today that lists all of my notes from the setup process of the site for anyone interested. I'm a huge fan of the bulletin board/flat forum model of communication, so I'm hoping this site can blossom into a community of high quality folks having high quality conversations. EDIT: Also, this is my first foray into setting up and using phpBB, so please let me know if I need to adjust anything. I tried to keep most settings at the default because I assumed that made more sense than me tickering, but I'm all ears if things are weird.

mongol 8y ago
I am thinking of starting a forum myself. How did you go about selecting phpBB of all options? I have mostly looked at nodeBB but have not taken any practical steps yet.
- dchuk 8y ago
  It's dead simple to setup, and very cheap to host. Plus I found some decent themes for it that were easy to tweak. Overall though, nodeBB looks really nice, so go for it!
  - Can_Not 8y ago
    Note on NodeBB's QA process: https://github.com/nodebb/nodebb/issues/4600 https://github.com/nodebb/nodebb/issues/4600 I would love to be corrected in this, (and in fact I'm prototyping a NodeJS+NuxtJS+VueJS forum on the weekends, but don't expect a release this year) but I think you're better off sticking with the PHP variety of forums. I think that's where maturity, stability, and extensions ecosystem shine.
chatmasta 8y ago
Nice man, reminds me of a forum we used to visit ;-)
- dchuk 8y ago
  ;)
- Jake232 8y ago
  I miss those days ;)
lgregg 8y ago
that is a throwback, starting a phpBB forum was one of my first forays into the web back in 2001.
- dchuk 8y ago
  Nice!
ValleyOfTheMtns 8y ago
Nice, I'm in.
- dchuk 8y ago
  Welcome!

by dchuk 8y ago

mongol 8y ago

I am thinking of starting a forum myself. How did you go about selecting phpBB of all options? I have mostly looked at nodeBB but have not taken any practical steps yet.

dchuk 8y ago
It's dead simple to setup, and very cheap to host. Plus I found some decent themes for it that were easy to tweak. Overall though, nodeBB looks really nice, so go for it!
- Can_Not 8y ago
  Note on NodeBB's QA process: https://github.com/nodebb/nodebb/issues/4600 https://github.com/nodebb/nodebb/issues/4600 I would love to be corrected in this, (and in fact I'm prototyping a NodeJS+NuxtJS+VueJS forum on the weekends, but don't expect a release this year) but I think you're better off sticking with the PHP variety of forums. I think that's where maturity, stability, and extensions ecosystem shine.

chatmasta 8y ago

Nice man, reminds me of a forum we used to visit ;-)

dchuk 8y ago
;)
Jake232 8y ago
I miss those days ;)

lgregg 8y ago

that is a throwback, starting a phpBB forum was one of my first forays into the web back in 2001.

dchuk 8y ago
Nice!

ValleyOfTheMtns 8y ago

Nice, I'm in.

dchuk 8y ago
Welcome!