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You can fire up a docker container on an Linux distro. To install Discourse, follow these general steps: [HEADING=2]Prerequisites[/HEADING] Server Requirements: A server with Ubuntu 20.04 or later. At least 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended). A domain name. [*]Install Docker:Discourse runs in a Docker container, so you'll need to have Docker installed. [HEADING=2]Installation Steps[/HEADING] Access Your Server: Log into your server via SSH: ssh username@your_server_ip Install Docker:If Docker isn't already installed, run: sudo apt update sudo apt install -y docker.io sudo systemctl start docker sudo systemctl enable docker Install Git:If you don't h…

These are some tips for coding an addon for your favorite forum software: Understand the Forum Software: Familiarize yourself with the specific forum software you're targeting (e.g., phpBB, vBulletin, Discourse). Read the documentation to understand its architecture and plugin system. Set Up a Development Environment: Create a local development environment to test your addon without affecting a live forum. Use tools like XAMPP or Docker for PHP-based forums. Follow Best Practices: Adhere to coding standards and best practices for the language used (PHP, JavaScript, etc.). This ensures your code is clean, maintainable, and compatible with future updates. Use Hooks and…

What's everyone think about SMF? Simple Machines Forum has been around for a long time. Recently, within the past few years at least, they released an update that made their forum responsive. That's more than what MyBB has done. Aside from the looks (to me SMF looks old), it's fairly modern.

Have you ever wanted to create your own forum software? If I had the know-how, I'd love to create software. It would most likely be free software because I don't want to hassle making it into a business. How about everyone else?

Admins use this forum to talk amongst yourselves.

I posted this on my blog so I thought I'd also post it here:

I got the email that the site was open again. Good to know. I guess I never introduced myself. I'm Pacman. Good to meet you.

Yea I know it just got back. Can't be helped. I will be updating the xenforo from 1.5.14 to 2.3.3. Backups will be made first. When I start the backup I'll close the site. If everything goes well It should only be done a couple hours. See you all on the other side.

Site is upgraded to xenforo 2.3.3 along with a new style. If you find any bugs please post them in the Feedback forum.

Discourse 3.3.2 Stable Release Discourse strongly recommends that all sites follow the default tests-passed branch of Discourse. The “stable” branch is more focused on lack of change than lack of bugs - all releases, including those on tests-passed and beta are production ready. Security Updates This release includes fixes for these security issues reported by our community and HackerOne. DoS by the absence of restrictions on replies to posts (CVE-2024-43789) Bypass of email address validation via encoded email addresses (CVE-2024-45051) Prevent topic list filtering by hidden tags for unauthorized users (CVE-2024-45297) XSS via chat excerpts when CSP disabled (CVE-2024…

Discourse 3.3.2 Stable Release Discourse strongly recommends that all sites follow the default tests-passed branch of Discourse. The “stable” branch is more focused on lack of change than lack of bugs - all releases, including those on tests-passed and beta are production ready. Security Updates This release includes fixes for these security issues reported by our community and HackerOne. DoS by the absence of restrictions on replies to posts (CVE-2024-43789) Bypass of email address validation via encoded email addresses (CVE-2024-45051) Prevent topic list filtering by hidden tags for unauthorized users (CVE-2024-45297) XSS via chat excerpts when CSP disabled (CVE-2024…

New features in 3.4.0.beta2 Better pageview metrics with the new site traffic report We’ve added a new “site traffic” report on the admin dashboard that highlights pageviews from users and hides traffic from crawlers and other sources like bots by default. This now give you a far more accurate gauge of traffic to your site from logged in members anonymous visitors. Learn more… Ability to watch chat threads You can now choose to get notified of all replies to a chat thread by watching the thread. People who are watching a thread will see a green indicator on the chat icon when there are new unread messages, an item in their list of notifications, along with other helpfu…

New features in 3.4.0.beta2 Better pageview metrics with the new site traffic report We’ve added a new “site traffic” report on the admin dashboard that highlights pageviews from users and hides traffic from crawlers and other sources like bots by default. This now give you a far more accurate gauge of traffic to your site from logged in members to anonymous visitors. Learn more… Ability to watch chat threads You can now choose to get notified of all replies to a chat thread by watching the thread. People who are watching a thread will see a green indicator on the chat icon when there are new unread messages, an item in their list of notifications, along with other he…

You should reach out to the users. Send an email announcing the site is open. Couldn't hurt.

XenForo is a commercial forum software developed by XenForo Ltd. It is designed to create and manage online communities, offering a range of features that enhance user interaction and engagement. Here are some key aspects of XenForo: Key Features User-Friendly Interface: Intuitive design that makes it easy for users to navigate and interact with the forum. Responsive Design: Optimized for mobile devices, ensuring a seamless experience across different screen sizes. Customization Options: Extensive themes and add-ons available for users to customize their forums according to their needs. SEO Friendly: Built-in features to help improve search engine optimization, ma…

A great tip for your newer forum admins. Deal with forum drama quickly and privately if you can! Forum drama is the best way to make a community toxic. Once your community becomes toxic, it's hard to clean it up and make it non-toxic. Drama can hurt feelings and create enemies. Try to resolve it quickly and shut it down from the public as soon as you can.

[attach=full]18[/attach] MyBB’s ecosystem spans across several platforms connecting contributors, authors, and users. In this post, we’ll collect a number of recent highlights from around the Project. 10³ Stars on GitHub Software is often divided into closed- and open-style development. Back in 2009, MyBB switched from the former to the latter, enabling administrators and developers, who tweak their forums in the most random ways, to submit and see their fixes in official releases. The move also opened up the development process and allowed a crowd of enthusiasts to critique any upcoming changes and test them on their own servers, and with custom plugins. …

Forum moderation management used to be straightforward. It was commonplace to assign a moderator to a single forum. They would be responsible for enforcing the rules, removing spam and generally modelling the behaviour you wanted to see within your community. As community management has matured and moderators are tasked with roles based on knowledge, help and support, there is a need for more nuance in managing topics within your community. For example, you may have specialists or teams of specialists who help answer questions about development, sales, or support. Topics that require this help may be posted anywhere within your community. Indeed, this feature was inspired…

Invision Community 5 has a brand new editing experience powered by a lightweight, fast React text editor built for mobile and modern browsers. The venerable CKEditor v4 at the core of our current editor is starting to show its age, so we wanted a clean slate with Invision Community v5 with an editor that was optimized for mobile use, easily extensible and had a feature set that would take us into the next era of Invision Community and beyond. The obvious choice was to consider the latest version of CKEditor, but it didn't fit our needs as it wasn't easily extensible, external plug-ins would no longer be possible, and its large footprint would affect page speed scores and …

Invision Community v5 takes a fresh approach to tagging and content discovery. It overhauls the concept to bring content across different sections together with a beautiful new tag page. Tagging is a powerful concept but underused with Invision Community 4 due to overly complex interfaces in different areas of the suite, a confusing open tagging model option and no real benefit in content discovery beyond a simple list of content items. A driving force behind Invision Community 5 is the question of how we can help time-pressured community members find the content that most interests them. Invision Community has robust taxonomy through forum and category structures, but wh…