12-12-2020, 07:30 PM
@fitkoh My main experience has been with phpBB and for the last few years primarily myBB. I wouldn't recommend it for the specs you gave, i.e. you want it to be light, and easy to the touch. myBB is not easy to upgrade, and it has plenty of conflicts when one tries to add extensions, particularly if the theme is not myBB main theme friendly. And I agree with you, phpBB has a messy Board, and it's even messier to upgrade from one version to another. With both you have to be willing to spend plenty of time admin wise.
I agree with you about BBPress. The one for the new forum from Binil looks a bit messy, and one has to know where to click as it's easy to miss a link.
Have you thought of going for something like Discord instead? I never thought I would recommend them as I hate it that I have to verify my e-mail address every time I log in and they are killing forums. But that's where people seem to be moving to these days. KuJoe's a veteran free hoster who has a free hosting service attached to his paid hosting has recently changed from Forum to Discord. So did the guys of freevps.us when they closed in 2018.
I agree with you about BBPress. The one for the new forum from Binil looks a bit messy, and one has to know where to click as it's easy to miss a link.
Have you thought of going for something like Discord instead? I never thought I would recommend them as I hate it that I have to verify my e-mail address every time I log in and they are killing forums. But that's where people seem to be moving to these days. KuJoe's a veteran free hoster who has a free hosting service attached to his paid hosting has recently changed from Forum to Discord. So did the guys of freevps.us when they closed in 2018.