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New Style needed

Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 12:25 pm
by whasf
With the major update to the forums, it made our long-standing eTech style obsolete, and it is no longer maintained. So we need a new one! Suggestions are highly welcome, as this SoftBlue suckssssss.

Re: New Style needed

Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 1:22 pm
by Avatarati
I'm a big fan of WPForo...but highly doubt this is built on a WP framework.

https://wpforo.com/

Sure is clean, but wouldn't be that simple to port over to though. I imagine you'll be opting for a phpBB style to avoid all the queries and migrations needed.

Re: New Style needed

Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 5:04 pm
by whasf
Not looking to do extra work :D

Re: New Style needed

Posted: Sun May 27, 2018 11:52 pm
by Avatarati
Actually, it would probably save you a lot of work in the long run. WP Foro is really easy to maintain and customize and Wordpress itself has a lot better tools to block spammers, which is one of the things this forum is deals with occasionally.

phpBB had it's run, but it's pretty dated imo.

Re: New Style needed

Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2018 6:15 pm
by TeoTwawki
He's not looking to abandon the software, or I'd beg him to switch to Simple machines Forum. Got a nice converter tool and themes set up to look like what he already had and better antispam and I don't hate it and ..and.. >.> cough anyways..

Whasf do you have any logs from our IRC days? I think I remember linking you some themes that looked similar to what you had except they worked on newer phpbb.

Re: New Style needed

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 4:21 am
by Delaide
So, when is our non-bleh forums coming?
Wait, does anyone use these anymore?

Re: New Style needed

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:42 am
by whasf
I do have the logs (thank you XChat), i'll have to do a search.