Off topic: support forum does not allow to see our postsSolved

Hey Arie,

We're actually ditching phpBB (the current forum software) early 2017. phpBB is terrible in so many ways. We just never had the resources to ditch it completely (and alternative forum software paid & open source had their own problems -- many of them duplicating the problems of phpBB).

We've invested a lot of time making forum software that is fast, secure, responsive (meaning it looks good and is usable on mobile devices), and open source. We'll be rolling it out here first, and then releasing the source code with an announcement and all that jazz.

Long story short: we're aware of the many limitations of phpBB.

Thanks for the update Wyatt. So, shall I just search for my username in the mean time? Also do you mind if I ask which forum you've decided to move forward with? I'm using NodeBB and it seems to be uber modern. Checkout forums.dataclay.com to see.

I have another question, but will start a new thread.

Thanks,Arie

>> " So, shall I just search for my username in the mean time?"

If it works. So many things are broken in phpBB with modern php (7.0.x and above) and modern databases (e.g. MySQL 5.7 and above).

>> " Also do you mind if I ask which forum you've decided to move forward with?"

We considered NodeBB and a couple other modern alternatives, but we've actually developed the forum in PHP that is fast, works with modern databases, is secure by-design, and is "just the forum" (no unnecessary garbage that open source forums inevitably mutate into).

We'll make an announcement that will go further in-depth about the work we've done, our philosophy on software design (and forum design in particular), and the full source code.