General discussion about phpbb

[GanstaZ]

Well.. some work is done, but those PRs are not merged. And yes.. all current pages will be converted into controllers.

In my dev environment profile url is currently u/username, but i may switch it to /@username.
I'm rewriting many parts for my CMS so i could add new plugins/additions easier.

Even with version 4.. I will keep using my own controller as it is more advanced.

[Dimetrodon]

Yeah, I was thinking and hoping that would happen. It wouldn't make sense for the FAQ page to become a controller + extensions but nothing else. It seemed to have been a start to such an outcome.

Even keeping it as u/username in your dev environment would be a massive improvement for phpBB if it were to become integrated within the project.

[GanstaZ]

If i remember correctly, then based on PR from ruben (needs some updating).. it will be user or member or something similar.

Project that i work on is based on my view and is using phpBB as base.. To me.. forum itself has little value, but as a tool it has a huge value.

I'm not sure, if i will contribute more into phpBB itself because i don't like curernt situation, but i will continue to work on my own project.

[Dimetrodon]

Your project... you said you're not into forums/boards, so I am just curious, what is it? Is it a CMS like wordpress?

As for the controller for viewing profiles, I remember you linking this: https://github.com/phpbb/phpbb/pull/5396

Outdated but looks cool.

[GanstaZ]

Yes.. that is the PR & i don't like how he handles member param for that page, that's why i made my own controller for it.

Forum is for discussion part.. other than that it doesn't have more value.
No.. it is not similar to WP + currently my project is in development state.
I still need to decide a lot of things + thanks to phpBB "no info", i have a lot of issues to solve (composer components, style, addons and so on).
By CMS i mean that it has components that can be modified (add, edit, remove) inna easy way.

I'll give one example (i will post some screens at some point).. My profile system has tabs like on github. Coding & adding new tabs is easy. We can't say the same about vanilla phpBB as it doesn't have tabs nor adding those with extension + events make it good (i already had that at early development stage). In other words.. I made my life easier by rewriting profile.

I do not know much about WP, because i don't like the coding style, but WP can inspire to add new functionality that seems interesting.
WP may be a blog system, but is not focused just on blog itself.. phpBB is a forum system, but people don't want it to evolve or maybe right phrase would be.. people don't like changes.

[Dimetrodon]

Sounds like your project would be a cool stand alone product, even if it is only niche and overall gains limited interest.

[GanstaZ]

It's not standalone because core is phpBB. I may switch from full phpbb version to using only core part, but it would require a lot of rework.
Functionality is not limited. About niche & interest. Well.. i'm building that platform for myself, but at the same time it is an extension & can be used by anyone. Of course not all futures will be available for everyone.. Will depend on my mood i guess)

[Dimetrodon]

I probably should not have said "stand alone." I did not mean getting rid of most that is phpBB that is still in there or needlessly reworking it (unless you want to rework it).

I meant distributing it independently of phpBB Ltd. Without regard of what the "team" thinks.

[GanstaZ]

I see.. Well.. it is possible, but would require a lot of work, some rework & time.
I will consider it, but i need to finish some work.. before making that decision.
To be honest.. i don't care what team thinks. And most can be done by keeping it as an extension rather re-creating the structure.

[Dimetrodon]

Honestly, do whatever is easiest for you. It's your project after all.