SMF 1.0 Beta 6 Released to Charter Members

[CartDestr]

I need help:
I translate my old phpBB forum to a SMF; but the quotes of phpBB are

How I can make that the SM Forum recognice this whitout editng all post with a quote?

[Peter Duggan]

FYI, this is already being discussed here:

http://www.simplemachines.org/community/index.php?topic=13466.0

Although this would take out every set of empty quote tags (perhaps not a bad thing!), I think you could cure it by running a query to change all instances of opening and closing quote tags in immediate juxtaposition (ie no content) to closing tags only, but there might be some side effect there I haven't thought of.

[Grudge]

Cleaned up this thread.

[Cerberus]

I think this is the wrong place to ask for a truly unbiased opinion. Folks here obviously prefer SMF for one reason or another, otherwise we'd all be on the IBP forums!

Why? Many of us have really tried other forum software and can make a comparison

[Mike Bobbitt]

Good point. I've converted several forums from other software to SMF, so I guess I've made my decision...

[David]

Well not ONLY is the SMF Support the best in the computer industry! I have also, started to Learn PHP from this forum!

You know I tought myself PHP with YaBB SE 1.1.

[Grudge]

Well not ONLY is the SMF Support the best in the computer industry! I have also, started to Learn PHP from this forum!

You know I tought myself PHP with YaBB SE 1.1.

As did I with modding YaBBSE 1.5.1 and SMF

[Peter Duggan]

Well not ONLY is the SMF Support the best in the computer industry! I have also, started to Learn PHP from this forum!

You know I tought myself PHP with YaBB SE 1.1.

As did I with modding YaBBSE 1.5.1 and SMF

And I've been doing (slowly!) over two-and-a-half years of involvement with YaBB SE and SMF...

[compa]

programmin' php for a while now, but if the software im currently letting my boardmembers testing out (Beta5) is for them what is it for me, what's the whole deal with wanting Beta6 or RC1 that badly, upgrademadness???

seriously, i just (other thread, had a few) upgraded flawlessly from ipb to smf, with only two (very minor) issues. We use the calendar function alot, but since we have not many events planned for next year (yet) the 'do-it-manually' approach will do (else i would have to use the ipb-event->smf-holiday script or write my own one)

the other is i used to have link-'forums' (ipb) or clickable->follow link->boards as you will, a feature from ipb which lets you create a 'forum' (or board) when clicked sends you off to another url, nice feature, but could do without it (only used it because it was in IPB and liked to count the clicks :-) )

soooo .... im glad with what SMF offers, and the whole reason to upgrade consists out of two things, since IPB changed their license there is no way to use it 'other-than-30-day-trial'  when upgrading (or even downloading current) version ... the other is i liked the functionality and looks of ipb highly above   phpbb2 which 'isn't my kind of thing' so to say ... and with a fully functional ipb2smf convertor it's in my users hands right now, but knowing the 'heavy' users among them i don't think they want to stay with a (perhaps) insecure not-updated IPB anymore ....

only thing is i didn't know smf existed untill i recently was working with Mambo which i found to be very pleasing (and discovered that due to the gallery (menalto) docs saying you could embed gallery into mambo) ... and from that discovered howto embed SMF into mambo and .... as far as i decide, it's gonna be SMF and beta5  will be just fine ... just depends on the releases and functionality of rc1 or others when to upgrade, but whats the rush???

Happy user from holland!

[Overseer]

^ there is no rush...

the next version (RC1 for all) will have bug fixes AND new features.

i'm not sure if CM's are gonna get RC1 a lil early or not.. b6 could be seen as that in some ways.

[Grudge]

the other is i used to have link-'forums' (ipb) or clickable->follow link->boards as you will, a feature from ipb which lets you create a 'forum' (or board) when clicked sends you off to another url, nice feature, but could do without it (only used it because it was in IPB and liked to count the clicks :-) )

You may want to look at my package server for my "redirect boards" mod. I do believe that is what you are after...

[Vinoth]

SMF IS best, i won;t change my mind/

[Grudge]

Nor apparantly your love of ending every line with a slash...

[Vinoth]

Habits Are hard to die, not used it here.

[Joshua Dickerson]

I learned PHP from YSE and BN and some other projects I was working on

[Fizzy]

Has this been spun in to a "How did you learn PHP?" thread ? 

[Peter Duggan]

Suppose it's just a sort of 'stream of consciousness' thing!

[Fizzy]

But it's fascinating to see how many self-taught PHP'ers there are - That's so good to see. 

[compa]

Euhm, it's the only way to learn PHP in my opinion and if you know some basic programmin' skills its a fairly simple way to program webapplications

[† ÐëepÇuT¹ †]

Strange lol but true, I learned php scripts and a bit on coding just from editing my forums template! (www.icyrealm.com/smf)

btw I LOVE all the  small comments or descriptions, they help ALOT!