Devil
Script Hacker
PunBB is a fast and lightweight PHP powered discussion board. It is released under the GNU Public License. Its primary goal is to be a faster, smaller and less graphic alternative to otherwise excellent discussion boards such as phpBB, Invision Power Board or vBulletin. PunBB has fewer features than many other discussion boards, but is generally faster and outputs smaller pages.
The idea of PunBB was first born when I wanted to install a discussion board on a website I was tinkering with. After an exhaustive search, all the boards I found were either over-featured or too graphic for my needs. I wanted a package that
was fast.
had a simple layout and design.
was easy to administrate and moderate.
didn't output huge, non-valid, HTML pages.
had source code you could read and understand.
I looked and I looked, but it was nowhere to be found. Thus, I started working on PunBB, or just Pun as it was called back then.
Developing software to "please the masses" isn't difficult. Just cram in every possible feature you can think of and most people will love it. Some people, however, will hate it and look for alternatives. The problem with developing for that other group of people is having to make decisions on whether to implement a feature or not. What is a "must-have" and what is not?
Some features that have so far not been implemented are: private messaging, file attachments in posts, polls, linking to off-site avatars, advanced text formatting controls, subforums etc etc. Some of these features might still get implemented, just not in the near future.
Home http://www.punbb.org
Download
http://tmtuan.org/download.php?id=3mge7b0ehefMa8OE1J7t
The idea of PunBB was first born when I wanted to install a discussion board on a website I was tinkering with. After an exhaustive search, all the boards I found were either over-featured or too graphic for my needs. I wanted a package that
was fast.
had a simple layout and design.
was easy to administrate and moderate.
didn't output huge, non-valid, HTML pages.
had source code you could read and understand.
I looked and I looked, but it was nowhere to be found. Thus, I started working on PunBB, or just Pun as it was called back then.
Developing software to "please the masses" isn't difficult. Just cram in every possible feature you can think of and most people will love it. Some people, however, will hate it and look for alternatives. The problem with developing for that other group of people is having to make decisions on whether to implement a feature or not. What is a "must-have" and what is not?
Some features that have so far not been implemented are: private messaging, file attachments in posts, polls, linking to off-site avatars, advanced text formatting controls, subforums etc etc. Some of these features might still get implemented, just not in the near future.
Home http://www.punbb.org
Download
http://tmtuan.org/download.php?id=3mge7b0ehefMa8OE1J7t