ATTN: New forum software

it varies dramatically with how many times RII goes skydiving, or any other unexpected events

just assume that it will be done in a little over two weeks and i think you'll vary from delighted surprise to only the most mild of disappointment

No. phpBB is more primitive than IPB with its blog modules. It would also be a pretty major mod to try and write. We have added some things to the profile though and I'd like to see the page redesigned to be a little more presentable.

redesigning the page is easy because of phpBB's template system

... basically it just calls an HTML file and passes fields to it like MediaWiki.

You can edit that file like standard HTML and re-order everything

I'm well aware of the templating system - after all I basically changed the templates to look like IPB 1.3 rather than the atrocious phpBB design.

However the problem is actually creating a pleasing design, not coding it.

...except that last time I checked, it used its own weird language

Like

<!-- IF something -->
<!-- ENDIF -->
<!-- BEGIN loop -->
<!-- END loop -->

Or something. Point is, THAT was the reason I hate the phpBB templates. I happen to be rather fond of HTML templates, but not that.

You realise that those are HTML comments, right?

Er... phpBB comes with two default styles. The second one has to be "installed" and looks much closer to Invision than the default. Did you look at that before working so hard on the other one (which is indeed atrocious)?

This is a good point. : (

This is parsed by the board when you load the template. It also still uses regular HTML. Understanding the "weird language", which is very simple, is not overly difficult.

It's fully documented, if I recall. If not, you can copy-paste without much going wrong.

Normally they are. However, this isn't true for phpBB, because the HTML files are parsed and modified before being sent to the client.

phpBB parses the comments as commands to determine how to modify the HTML files, then sends the result.

This post has been edited by Baroque on Aug 25 2009, 06:17 PM

Normally they are. However, this isn't true for phpBB, because the HTML files are parsed and modified before being sent to the client.

phpBB parses the comments as commands to determine how to modify the HTML files, then sends the result.

Fair enough; can't say I've ever taken a look at the phpBB code before.

He actually was modifying that template to even closer resemble IPB because any sane person wouldn't dare try modifying the prosilver templates.

Well, that was more awhile ago when I wasn't too good of a programmer. They still bug me, now, because I know that it would be easier if they just had more template files/parsed in PHP beforehand.

I was referring to subsilver, which is still gross.

And Retro, I already explained in detail why I like the phpBB template system, and why I don't like raw PHP templates and why I feel some PHP template implementations (specifically, MyBB's, but possibly other board software as well) create a security threat.

Fortunately, phpBB templates are parsed down to PHP templates and cached, so there's no CPU overhead to them.

I wasn't saying I didn't think you should use them. I just said that I don't like them, personally.

As for caching PHP templates, what.

Caching phpBB templates, not PHP templates. PHP templates require no additional parsing above what is already required by the PHP engine. phpBB templates would require additional parsing, hence the caching.

...which is part of the reason why I still dislike them, but if they're cached, then I suppose they're okay. How exactly does it go about doing this?

I once made a little MOD to make a text about himself in the profile. I could modify it a bit to make comments or a blog, if you want.

posts should have a second report button to a member(s) of your choosing..

so you can discuss stupid **** folks post with your buddies or spread news too I guess.

You can do that off the forum or by PM's

Looks like I have to god down with the site, nah I kid.
But seriously, I can't wait for the new change, it's like Obama being elected president.

don't know if this was answered yet but is the url staying http://archive.mfgg.net when we change to the new forum?

still figuring that out

that sounds like it'd be a good idea to do that