Lumpy Burgertushie wrote: ↑Tue Sep 27, 2022 3:04 pm
from the beginning phpBB was open source. that means that anyone can make any changes they want to it.
however, the staff has to draw the line at officially supporting the software if there are things they did not create in it.
therefore, MODs and now extensions. anyone can create an extension but in order for it to be available here it must be done
with valid, secure code as defined by the phpBB terms etc.
that does not mean that you can not do whatever you want with your board. It does not mean that you won't get support for your code/extensions.
that is what this support board is for. You can get support from your peers here.
And where you get the idea that phpBB is dying I don't know.
as far as I know it is still the number one used free bulletin board software on the planet.
and maybe even paid.
luck,
robert
Well, as others has mentioned here it takes 2-3 months for an extension to be certified, and when doing work for free to make phpBB better this is like begging for people not to join the gang. I have my sources in regards to the dev team, so please spare me the bs about the fact that most of you are up in the late 50 (early 60's).
I am still wondering why none of you are answering about the sudden drop of support for php when you can inject it with ajax instead in the template.
As far as free goes, maybe, maybe not. But for paid, no way. I can barely search up phpBB3.3 help on google these days, wake up, see the reality. As far as forks goes, they only work if they are supported by you by linking to them, so release it on github and see maybe we'll get someone to do more work when its semi supported by you.
phpBB is far away from what it used to be, and like I said the extension site confirms this with the lack of 3.3 support for almost every mod that can do something fancy, yes alot of 3.2 extensions works too, but they are all old, not updated in years most of them. If that doesnt tell you the interest is lacking, i'm not sure who can.
I am still with you, i just think you need another approach to get people into the dev-team by letting them proove their worth. Or go another way as taking advice, in my defence, i didnt even start this thread, so I guess im not the only one thinking something has to change.
Br,
Thomas