Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:41 am
A little info... First off, two years ago we set out to write Kiss Portal, a replacement for IM Portal... The aim was to upgrade to phpBB3 when it became available...
Although I got an early start (two years now) I did not have the option of porting mods, i.e. it is not possible to port a mod to a beta system as someone keeps moving the goalposts. However we now have a complete portal and all that is left is updates and mod additions... All of the major mods will be available soon after the release of phpBB3 RC1 of that I am certain... Upgrading integrmod to the next stage is not so easy but can be accomplished in two or three steps. But will take time. The basic forums, sub-forums, posts, attachments and several other bits can be done quite quickly... Other sections, especially those that use some of the larger mods will either take time or not be possible...
phpBB3 is 2 ot 5 time faster than phpBB2, most of what we call mods are already install in the core so even a heavily modded forum with phpBB3 will blast any other back-end out of the water... (IMHO)
Templateing is so much easier... firstly you don't need the admin section (phpBB3 uses it's own) and secondly the creation of a theme based on the default requires much less time. The new structure and layout is initially complex but after time you will find it much easier... On the point of everyone creating themes... this has always been the case at least since I got involved with php so the future is probably not going to be different and even if there are more template builders who's to say they are going to be any good...
From my point of view the future is looking good even if it does look a little busy <img>
Mike
Although I got an early start (two years now) I did not have the option of porting mods, i.e. it is not possible to port a mod to a beta system as someone keeps moving the goalposts. However we now have a complete portal and all that is left is updates and mod additions... All of the major mods will be available soon after the release of phpBB3 RC1 of that I am certain... Upgrading integrmod to the next stage is not so easy but can be accomplished in two or three steps. But will take time. The basic forums, sub-forums, posts, attachments and several other bits can be done quite quickly... Other sections, especially those that use some of the larger mods will either take time or not be possible...
phpBB3 is 2 ot 5 time faster than phpBB2, most of what we call mods are already install in the core so even a heavily modded forum with phpBB3 will blast any other back-end out of the water... (IMHO)
Templateing is so much easier... firstly you don't need the admin section (phpBB3 uses it's own) and secondly the creation of a theme based on the default requires much less time. The new structure and layout is initially complex but after time you will find it much easier... On the point of everyone creating themes... this has always been the case at least since I got involved with php so the future is probably not going to be different and even if there are more template builders who's to say they are going to be any good...
From my point of view the future is looking good even if it does look a little busy <img>
Mike