Open Source forum software that works with IBrowse?

midwan · 17 December 2023, 17:43

Hi all,
I maintain a (now aging) vBulletin 4 installation, which I am considering upgrading to something newer/better.

There are plenty of open source options these days, but does anyone know if some of them work with Amiga browsers (e.g. IBrowse 3)? That would be a bonus point.

I can start setting some up as a test and check manually of course, but I thought maybe someone has already done that, and perhaps there's some knowledge that can be shared.

DisasterIncarna · 17 December 2023, 17:52

hasnt been updated in quite some time, but you could try.

https://github.com/Kroc/NoNonsenseForum

example: https://forum.camendesign.com/

see if thats useable/working?

walkero · 17 December 2023, 18:58

@midwan
The IBrowse support is not about the framework that you are going to use but a matter of the theme it uses. If the framework is something that support themes, you can make one that works on IBrowse, without CSS and heavy JS.

Please avoid any framework that heavily uses JS, like React, VueJS etc. Those are not going to work no matter what.

midwan · 17 December 2023, 19:22

Amigaworld.net seems to work quite well on IBrowse, do we know what they are using?

DisasterIncarna · 17 December 2023, 19:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by midwan

Amigaworld.net seems to work quite well on IBrowse, do we know what they are using?

https://github.com/XoopsModules25x/newbb

walkero · 18 December 2023, 22:49

They are using xoops, like amigans.net, with custom theme. Have in mind that xoops as a platform is not bug free, slowly updated and most of the plugins quite old.
I wouldn't recommend using it to build a forum.

17 December 2023, 17:43	#1
midwan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 114	Open Source forum software that works with IBrowse? Hi all, I maintain a (now aging) vBulletin 4 installation, which I am considering upgrading to something newer/better. There are plenty of open source options these days, but does anyone know if some of them work with Amiga browsers (e.g. IBrowse 3)? That would be a bonus point. I can start setting some up as a test and check manually of course, but I thought maybe someone has already done that, and perhaps there's some knowledge that can be shared.

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17 December 2023, 17:52	#2
DisasterIncarna Registered User Join Date: Oct 2021 Location: England Posts: 1,180	hasnt been updated in quite some time, but you could try. https://github.com/Kroc/NoNonsenseForum example: https://forum.camendesign.com/ see if thats useable/working?

17 December 2023, 18:58	#3
walkero Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Dublin/Ireland Posts: 358	@midwan The IBrowse support is not about the framework that you are going to use but a matter of the theme it uses. If the framework is something that support themes, you can make one that works on IBrowse, without CSS and heavy JS. Please avoid any framework that heavily uses JS, like React, VueJS etc. Those are not going to work no matter what.

17 December 2023, 19:22	#4
midwan Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden Posts: 114	Amigaworld.net seems to work quite well on IBrowse, do we know what they are using?

18 December 2023, 22:49	#6
walkero Registered User Join Date: May 2012 Location: Dublin/Ireland Posts: 358	They are using xoops, like amigans.net, with custom theme. Have in mind that xoops as a platform is not bug free, slowly updated and most of the plugins quite old. I wouldn't recommend using it to build a forum.

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