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phpbb 3.1 alpha released - Darth-Apple - October 15th, 2013
Phpbb 3.1's alpha has been released, surprisingly ahead of MyBB 1.8's beta.
https://blog.phpbb.com/2013/10/15/phpbb-3-1-alpha1-preview-release/
The most exciting improvement that I see is the actual mod system that has been introduced. This alone will make phpbb much better as a viable option for forum software, although I still think it needs a lot of work.
Thoughts so far?
RE: phpbb 3.1 alpha released - spork985 - October 16th, 2013
They may be beating MyBB and may have a new shinny interface, but their code is still poop...
RE: phpbb 3.1 alpha released - Darth-Apple - October 16th, 2013
MyBB has never exactly been ahead in terms of its frontend interface. Its default theme looks like vbulliten with a slightly different shade of blue and a different header.
I'd take the flexibility of MyBB over a shiny default theme any day though. PhpBB has always been difficult to customize, and I don't see that changing overnight for them. However, that said, their new mod system is a HUGE step forward, hands down.
RE: phpbb 3.1 alpha released - simlink - October 16th, 2013
I don't use phpBB so I'm not that excited, and I don't intend to switch soon. However it i good to see it advancing.
And I find a number of similarities from the old phpBB2 default theme and MyBB's...
RE: phpbb 3.1 alpha released - Darth-Apple - October 16th, 2013
(October 16th, 2013 at 3:17 PM)simlink Wrote: I don't use phpBB so I'm not that excited, and I don't intend to switch soon. However it i good to see it advancing.
And I find a number of similarities from the old phpBB2 default theme and MyBB's...
I actually prefer the default phpBB2 theme over the MyBB default. I feel like the only one who actually liked subsilver.
RE: phpbb 3.1 alpha released - simlink - October 16th, 2013
Yea. I mean they are by no means exact, they definitely share similarities though.
![[Image: PhpBB_2.0.png]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/PhpBB_2.0.png)
![[Image: screen_45_1.png]](http://www.forummatrix.org/screenshots/screen_45_1.png)
RE: phpbb 3.1 alpha released - Darth-Apple - October 16th, 2013
(October 16th, 2013 at 3:20 PM)simlink Wrote: Yea. I mean they are by no means exact, they definitely share similarities though.
Yup, they have almost exactly the same page layout, and similar colors.
I took the images out of the quote. They're big and who wants to look at them twice, anyways?
-sl