October 29th, 2014 at 3:50 PM
I'm looking into maybe developing a simple theme or something of some sort for phpBB. I looked at some of the official extensions that are being developed, and they look interesting, but the code for them is in a number of different folders and it's more confusing than MyBB's way of doing things.
At this point, considering the fact that phpBB uses twig for the templates and various smfony components, I almost wonder if phpBB's approach will end up being more powerful long term, however. Unfortunately, as a forum software for the front end user, it's still a pain to work with. Hopefully 3.2 fixes some of that. If it's more user friendly and they beef up some of the user CP, header, and profile sections of the software, I'll definitely consider migrating a lot of stuff over long term.
I suppose I really just don't feel MyBB is on the best track at this point, but it is arguably still more complete than its alternatives for the time being.
At this point, considering the fact that phpBB uses twig for the templates and various smfony components, I almost wonder if phpBB's approach will end up being more powerful long term, however. Unfortunately, as a forum software for the front end user, it's still a pain to work with. Hopefully 3.2 fixes some of that. If it's more user friendly and they beef up some of the user CP, header, and profile sections of the software, I'll definitely consider migrating a lot of stuff over long term.
I suppose I really just don't feel MyBB is on the best track at this point, but it is arguably still more complete than its alternatives for the time being.
