MyBB in 2020 - Printable Version +- Makestation (https://makestation.net) +-- Forum: Technical Arts (https://makestation.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=45) +--- Forum: Web Design & Internet (https://makestation.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=62) +---- Forum: MyBB Related (https://makestation.net/forumdisplay.php?fid=120) +---- Thread: MyBB in 2020 (/showthread.php?tid=2833) |
MyBB in 2020 - Darth-Apple - March 29th, 2020 In the days of the past, it used to be compared to vbulliten 3 (one of the most respected forum software releases of all time). MyBB was once an incredibly popular choice for communities that needed highly customizable, relatively advanced software and that didn't want to go towards paid platforms (and still is). It extends far beyond just money. On a free platform such as MyBB, developers work together, and 95% of what gets releases is free. There aren't a lot of unecessary footer attributions for every plugin. There aren't $20 price tags on tiny features. It doesn't have an overall bloated, commercialized feel to it. Free software is great, EVEN if you have the money for paid software. This is a big part of why we've stayed on it over the years. MyBB especially. That said, should you use MyBB in 2020? Yes, but with some caveats. It's very outdated, unfortunately. MyBB 1.8 hit the scene a little bit late, and it lacked one thing that probably put the nail in the coffin for MyBB. It wasn't responsive. This means that every single theme developer has to do a complete rip and replace on a lot of MyBB's HTML and templates in order to get mobile friendly themes. There are not many themes that are responsive nowadays, and it's not acceptable to have a non responsive theme in 2020 (MS gets about 36% of its traffic on mobile alone). Why use MyBB?
The MyBB 1.8 check list I'm compiling a list of absolute must-do things if you use MyBB in 2020. This will address a number of long-standing issues with, and make it a good choice for your community (even over other softwares) due to its customizability, availability of addons, long-standing stability, and so forth. It won't work for everyone, but even in 2020, there are things that MyBB can do that give it a major advantage. One a fresh install:
Plugins made by members of the MS community:
MyBB is a little outdated in 2020 with regards to a number of things, but the sheer ability to customize it is very difficult to find anywhere else. Developers especially will appreciate its ease of use modifying the HTML and CSS attributes of the forum. With a little work modernizing things, it's still an excellent choice for forums. We can all hope that MyBB is able to get the boost that it needs before too long, but only MyBB 1.9 will really be able to answer this one for us. RE: MyBB in 2020 - Plushy - March 30th, 2020 Yeah... I saw that discussion... Just when I though those class of complaintments were a thing just in the spanish community... So... since non of my friends are developers or at least people how understands basic concepts around mybb coding... this is the part when finally I can rant like in home (?) First of all >VBulletin >VBulletin 3..... 3!!!!! My... god.... Does that people even know below Vb5 is not supported anymore? About the TONS of security issues? About how goddamn awful and useless is without 3827328387238 addons? I've need to say it... must users stills prefer vb jus cause nostalgia googles: the firts forum they join for sure was a VB one and they remember it ton better I was... or better say... that was pretty good in 2005 but lacks for almost everything for a 2020 web navigation standars. But... but MUH REPUTATION SYSTEM.... MUH PRETTY COLORS Not just Mybb... even phpbb>>>>VB since you have to pay to a very similar result + extra premi plugins. Sorry but I needed to rant about that xD Yeah, not been responsive by default is a really big issue and tbh I feel the main developers disdain about that. I mean... yeah, I know it not only a pure html + css thing and involves a hard work coding other things but... well... maybe making a convocatory for the community to join and work together for a basic responsive mybb default theme converting all <tables> to <div> and using css flexboxes or grid. For expert users maybe still not sufficient for their project but for regular people wo just wants a board for his friends could be the main reason to stay on mybb. I feel is not only a random user decide to make a team... but being the same core community to make the project go on. And that implies testing and supervision to debug the most possible. RE: MyBB in 2020 - Darth-Apple - March 30th, 2020 I agree wholeheartedly. VB3 was great for its time. When it was released, it was the golden standard. Now, vB has gone badly downhill in recent versions. I'm told that VB5 has finally become semi-usable and relatively stable (after years), but it still looks a little weird to me when I browse their support forum. I don't think I would ever consider using it (at least personally). The problem with MyBB is that it's awesome software, but it lacks certain things out of the box that unfairly turn new users away before they give it a true chance. If someone sees that phpBB has alerts and a responsive theme out of the box, they'll turn to MyBB and wonder why it doesn't. MyBB is still a fantastic option when you turn to plugins and third party premium themes to resolve this, but a lot of new users don't necessarily know where to look. My opinion is that MyBB was like vBulletin back when vBulliten was good, but MyBB had the huge advantage of being free. And the plugins were free. And it ended up surviving a hell of a lot better in the long run (as you mentioned). There are just certain things where MyBB is at a serious disadvantage out of the box, even though there are good plugins and themes that can make up the difference. With a little extra work, it's a great choice. It's still very much sufficient and an awesome solution for a large number of communities. To anyone still using VB3 today... as you say... LOL. They're asking to get hacked. RE: MyBB in 2020 - Darth-Apple - April 2nd, 2020 Hey guys, MyBB Boost has a number of very robust and awesome plugins for MyBB. They're paid, but it's relatively inexpensive for a subscription and it gets you lifetime access. We've installed a few of them here and they're great. (Hover over a username, for example. Also, check out the new private messaging system, and check out the new post editor. It lets you drag/drop files into attachments. ) The only downside is that you need PHP 7.1 for most of them. If your server is still on an older PHP, they won't work. Other than that, they are probably some of the best premium plugins for MyBB that I've seen yet. Shade used to be a MyBB developer and does plugins on the side to pay for his university, so he's pretty well versed with MyBB in general. RE: MyBB in 2020 - Guardian - April 3rd, 2020 Excellent plugins. I'm really loving the new PM system! RE: MyBB in 2020 - campingrhino - June 1st, 2020 Is MyAlerts the one used on here for when someone mentions you? RE: MyBB in 2020 - Darth-Apple - June 1st, 2020 (June 1st, 2020 at 1:09 AM)campingrhino Wrote: Is MyAlerts the one used on here for when someone mentions you? Yep! We're also using DVZ automention for the user tagging functionality. MentionMe works too and is essentially an equivalent plugin, but the DVZ plugin has always worked very well for us. RE: MyBB in 2020 - campingrhino - June 2nd, 2020 Perfect, thanks. I installed it on WebDevZone but the theme hides the alert menu in the dropdown menu so I'm going to make some changes when I get time. I didn't realise you'd made BAM+ Announcements @Darth-Apple ! I installed it a couple of weeks ago and obviously after being here I recognised the name. Great plugin. Does anyone know of a decent SEO one? Mainly one that supports meta tags and sitemaps. I've tried both of the ones I could find on the MyBB store and neither seems to be doing anything. RE: MyBB in 2020 - tc4me - June 2nd, 2020 Look here https://sitebee.co.uk/improved-seo-for-mybb-forum/ |