MyBB - vbulletin without money

Hi

i have discovered a new forums script . MyBB ( http://www.mybboard.com/ ) . it ca do what vbulletin can do .

and it's free

has anybody had any exprience with this forum script ?
comments pls

 

Doesn't seem to have plugin support. But seems very nice since it's free. But as always, you get what you pay for. What makes vB3 so great is the community behind it.

 

It does have plugin support (you can find some at http://mods.mybboard.com ). In fact, looking at those plugins it seems to use a 'sane' modification system (hooks and API instead of changing the original files here, there and everywhere like SMF, for one).

I've never used MyBB, BTW, but I would love to hear from anyone who has... having said that, my forum is fairly low traffic so I may just give it a try anyway.

 

Strange, I looked at their forums and mods forum on there, picked 3 random threads and all of them were file edits as well...

Either way, my bad, sorry.

 

That is bizarre... obviously the random ones you looked at were different to the random ones I looked at . I'm not doubting you, by the way: I really have no idea either way.

Suffice to say that the ones I looked at were just files that you upload and essentially tell the system to start using them. Really nice to see and trichnosis, I appreciate you bringing the thread up as it's made me really think about starting out again with my forum!

 

ive recently been trying out Mybb it definatly has some potenial to be a big player. It also looks nice and clean.

 

when i discover myBB , i was shocked . it can do what vbulletin do and it's free . i think buying vbulletin is not necessary after this

 

Yes I have it on my forum (sig). It looks amazingly like vBulletin like others said above. Thing I can't believe is that its getting so much bigger and better than the other free boards.

 

I find the SMF reference interesting. Could you please tell us which of the official mods in http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/ actually changes the original files of SMF?

 

Well definitely not even close to the same level as VB in terms of hacks but I use it on one of my sites and it works great if you just need a simple forum.

 

thats good thanks for sharing

 

It has been out for ages

 

Well, like I said, anything that wants to change the interface does it. I'm going to assume that you're not trying to just 'call me out', so I followed the link and decided to pick the current 'Featured Mod' ("Now Playing" by Oldiesmann).

Download the mod and extract it. You will note that the two largest files are called 'modification_1.0.xml' and 'modification_1.1.xml'. Just look at 'modification_1.0.xml' and you will see straight after the version tag the following XML:

	<file name="$sourcedir/Display.php">
		<operation>
			<search position="replace"><![CDATA[
				smileysEnabled, posterName, posterEmail,
]]></search>
			<add><![CDATA[
				smileysEnabled, posterName, posterEmail, nowPlaying,
]]></add>
		</operation>

		<operation>
			<search position="before"><![CDATA[
	censorText($message['subject']);
]]></search>
			<add><![CDATA[
	censorText($message['nowPlaying']);
]]></add>
		</operation>
		
		<operation>
			<search position="before"><![CDATA[
		'body' => $message['body'],
]]></search>
			<add><![CDATA[
		'nowplaying' => $message['nowPlaying'],
]]></add>
		</operation>
	</file>

Code (markup):

That section of the XML changes file "$sourcedir/Display.php". The first operation node searches for 'smileysEnabled, posterName, posterEmail,' and replaces it with 'smileysEnabled, posterName, posterEmail, nowPlaying,'. The second operation nodes adds the line 'censorText($message['nowPlaying']);' before the line 'censorText($message['subject']);'.

Note, too, that in the XML the whitespace within those operation nodes is important as otherwise you will not find a lot of things (especially when 'searching' for multiple lines of code).

The XML file then goes on to modify another 6 or so files.

Every mod (that changes the interface, including adding 'user preferences') I've looked at does that so I wonder why you asked me about it... was it just something you were curious about or have you never looked at the mods themselves?

 

Yes myBB is definatley one of the best forum software you can currently get, and the yes, the most similar to vB, the differance ofcourse is the fact that it is free. I once owned a myBB board, and it is definatley a great BB to use, and the community behind it is great, and very helpful, also I never MODDED mine out, as it has all the features you really need built in, unlike phpBB for example. i would recomend it to everyone.

Liam

 

It still might be worth spending the money on.
I'd buy it for the mods collection, growing continuously. That is just great.

 

I use MyBB on all of my sites with forums, I've been using it for years now and just like the way it does stuff. Especially the last year or so they seem to be taking things more seriously and have standardised their coding standards etc

 

i'm currently using mybb on a forum i have.. and as a former vbulletin user i must say i'm truly impressed

 

Plugin system is simple in mybb, the ones i've had to use were all just upload the file and click 'activate'

I'd probably go with it over vb, but I haven't used vb before, so, eh

 

I am currently building a vBulletin giant and must say it's amazing how far it can get. vbulletin.org is a fantastic resource, and customizing is fairly easy, too. I'll try MyBB eventyally, too. But not for the bigger projects.

 

MyBB is the best free forum software, hands down. Vbulletin is the best forum software, hands down. I've used both. Vbulletin is so much better. They don't compare. MyBB is similar and still usable, though.