[COMPLETE] My Forum

[klange]

Bump for new release and future updates.



Just pushed out version 1.8.3, which is a bug fix and the last of the 1.8 series. It doesn't really add all that much, and overall there haven't been many changes since the version I originally posted this topic for.

The real news is that I'll be releasing a development preview (version 1.9) this weekend (it's already up for the desperate) which includes a WYSIWYG editor (much like vBulletin, etc. have had for years; powered by TinyMCE). Overall, the new release is significantly more secure and better structured, but it's just a preview as I'm working on what is nearly a complete rewrite for "2.0" (which will have a template-based theme system and contain no HTML in the functional code).

Also, I finally got myself on Wikipedia. Though the article was pretty much written by me and I coaxed someone else who has always been highly critical of my forum to review it and copy it over.

I've updated my blog and the official site to the new development release to make use of the WYSIWYG editor.

[SnaFuBAR]

congrats, and i hope it gains popularity

[MetKiller Joe]

This looks great. Simple and solid, too. I checked O-G's website for a preview.

[Rob Oplawar]

Let me know what that template engine does to your execution time. If it's efficient enough I might steal it for Greeble.

e: Nevermind. I'm just gonna stick with pure PHP and pass around my data structures to template functions.
Looking forward to 2.0! Gimme a link to your alpha, will ya?

[Advancebo]

lol
Greeble vs PHPwnage

Who wins?

[klange]

lol
Greeble vs PHPwnage

Who wins?

Greeble is a framework for developing rich web applications.
PHPwnage is a forum and in-place CMS.

They're not in the same race.

Also, Rob has said many times that Greeble is targeted at developers and people who will know what they're doing - it's not made for easy, in-place editing. Right now, Greeble's built-in forum system is non-functioning and most everything you would want to do takes manual edits to the MySQL tables. PHPwnage, on the other hand, was designed from the beginning (Back in 2007) to be functional first, secure second, and well-written and expandable third, so far I've accomplished the first two, so I'm working on the third. Greeble was designed in the opposite direction: Make really good code with really good methodologies, then make it secure, then make it into something that works. Rob has also pretty much completed his first two, and is now working on his third. The difference here? While PHPwnage started out as a horrible, but working product, Greeble is starting out as a non-functioning secure prototype that no one could use. When we both get all three pieces done, we'll see where things go.

tl;dr version:
I followed a brute-force coding method with PHPwnage, creating a working product and then patching it and making it more useful; Rob followed a more methodical approach with Greeble, creating an expandable and secure product, and is now making it work.

Quite seriously tl;dr version of entire post:
Both.