• Notpunch - I'm making a forum system
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Literally why not just use VB or Xenforo?
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Because they're absolute trash and cost money.
They're not trash. Sounds like you just want to cut down costs. Don't really see the point in trying to get a rudamentary forum going when you can get something much better.
Both are venerable players in the forum space and while they're mature, they're not very easy to extend or customize, as well as being paid-for. Free, open-source and modern alternatives exist though, like nodeBB and discourse!
I'm sorry but vB is a bloated mess of a forum package with a templating system that sucks absolute dogs ass and Xenforo doesn't know what it wants to be, and it is also a pain in the ass to modify hence why nearly every Xenforo forum looks the exact god damn same other than for some minor layout changes. Don't touch anything with a 20 mile long pole written by the current and ex-vB development team unless you want something that is as customisable as a cinder block. Also they're full of security exploits, especially vB even in its current state.
Yeah I mentioned VB because of oldpunch. The new VB is a garbage dump. I've been using xenforo for years and it's wonderful though. Just because people are retarded and buy one of the few decent "base" themes and don't spend the time making it look unique doesn't mean Xenforo is a mess to modify. If you wanted to be unoriginal you can look a xenforo install look exactly like newpunch does and it woudln't even be difficult.
Have a button that scrubs for our FP post count and gold member status so I can feel important please.
If there's one suggestion I'd have, it's to add a sidebar on the frontpage that highlights recent creative things posted in the forums, be it art, a cool program prototype, or someone's DIY project
i just want oldpunch back
I vote for FisticuffFacial.com
Wasn't the fake movie in the Twilight series Facesmash?
I would happily move to a replacement if Garry murders Facepunch, but I don't know how you'd get a fraction of the original userbase without a concentrated effort days or weeks in advance letting as many people in as many subforums know about it. Most people would simply not bother, but at least it would have a chance.
Where is this rumor about garry shutting down fp from?
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If only anyone owned a device compatible with it
Lumia 735 is a god tier phone.
I may be able to help.
what's your skill set fam
What skill sets do you need?
https://streamable.com/790ny it's in the OP, mostly back-end Node
thanks
oh wow turns out garry even broke my banhammer, IM DONE
Put the code on github and I might contribute
Opensource Facepunch? Openpunch?
It's highly unlikely this will even be finished before the supposed shutdown happens. It's better to use existing software that has a proven track record, even it it's commercial. Hosting a forum even of this scale shouldn't cost much as it's mostly just text, assuming you don't enable things like file/image uploading. Even attack protection is easy to get these days. I assume the most expensive part would be guaranteed uptime/data integrity, although a daily backup should just be fine to be honest and then you can get a normal dedicated server to run the whole thing. Not that I'd trust a random person or closed source NodeJS project with this kind of thing though. Also damn @foszor, I haven't seen you for a long time. This situation really brings some old legends out of the woodwork.
I was hiding in the previous implementation of the developers forum ¬_¬
make it nearly plaintext html like this: https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/109874/93cc484e-2a9b-4def-ba29-cb5f037c60a5/image.png Can't bitch about design when there is none. Also, I just grabbed this off the net so idk what its about.
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/798/e6a7d2f6-2304-4d25-b5f4-32d62a4104ea/NotPunch-01.jpg
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