MyBB 1.8

[pandaa]

Have any of you lovely people played around with it yet? It's still in an alpha stage and not to be used on a live board, but it's a huge step up from the 1.6 series. I honestly think that when 2.0 comes around, MyBB will SERIOUSLY become a competitor for even paid software like Xenforo and IPB. :O

You can download the most updated version here: https://github.com/mybb/mybb/archive/feature.zip

 

[J Greig]

I was going to test this on localhost tonight. Is there anything that stands out in 1.8 that they don't have in 1.6?

 

[pandaa]

Off the top of my head.

• New theme (Apart)
• MUCH faster.
• jQuery is integrated by default.
• CSS postbit buttons by default.
• Overhauled Report Center (not quite finished yet)
• New MyBB announcements portion of the ACP.
• Gravatar support.

I'm hoping that we'll see more features as it gets closer to being released, but that's a few months away at the least.

 

[The Elite]

It's a great development in the right direction, except the theme is absolutely aggravating.

 

[pandaa]

I think it's a lot better than the previous default theme, don't you? Besides, who uses the default theme on a live board anyway? 😉

 

[R44]

I played with it in my localhost here, and I didn't see all that much difference to MyBB 1.6.X.

Naturally; After a minute or 2, I gave up and went to work on my own sites.

 

[The Reverend]

It's a great development in the right direction, except the theme is absolutely aggravating.

I agree that default theme is very annoying 😛

 

[Venom]

Will 1.6 plugins work with it?.

 

[Austin01]

Will 1.6 plugins work with it?.

They should, however it's not advised to use it on a working site.

I played with it in my localhost here, and I didn't see all that much difference to MyBB 1.6.X.

Naturally; After a minute or 2, I gave up and went to work on my own sites.

I don't think the goal was to introduce tons of new features and make it much different from 1.6. They are planning that for 2.0 as its a rewrite of the software.

 

[R44]

the goal was[n't] to introduce tons of new features and make it much different from 1.6. They are planning that for 2.0 as its a rewrite of the software.

I'm aware of this. But I have my own software(s) I use on my sites.

 

[pandaa]

Will 1.6 plugins work with it?.

Nothing has been changed as far as plugins, so I'll let you answer that. 🙂

I don't think the goal was to introduce tons of new features and make it much different from 1.6. They are planning that for 2.0 as its a rewrite of the software.

Well put, Austin. It's just a simple overhaul with performance improvements. 2.0 is a long way off, keep that in mind guys.

 

[el canadiano]

Off the top of my head.

• New theme (Apart)
• MUCH faster.
• jQuery is integrated by default.
• CSS postbit buttons by default.
• Overhauled Report Center (not quite finished yet)
• New MyBB announcements portion of the ACP.
• Gravatar support.

I'm hoping that we'll see more features as it gets closer to being released, but that's a few months away at the least.

I don't think jQuery's been implemented yet based on what I've seen, though I do know Tomm Moore (MyBB Lead Dev) has been working heavily with the big board guys (such as labrocca) to make MyBB run a lot faster, and that's been happening since Tomm took over. He's been doing a ridiculously good job speeding up MyBB.

 

[etc]

hope the version 2 will be release this year. my forums uses mybb and I like it.

 

[Austin01]

hope the version 2 will be release this year. my forums uses mybb and I like it.

You'll be waiting a while. It is a few years away from being released.

 

[pandaa]

I've made a test forum for you guys if you wanted to play around with it. 🙂

http://pandaa.empirehostings.net

 

[J Greig]

hope the version 2 will be release this year. my forums uses mybb and I like it.

You'll be waiting a while. It is a few years away from being released.

I think it might be a bit sooner than a few years.

I've made a test forum for you guys if you wanted to play around with it. 🙂

http://pandaa.empirehostings.net

Thank you for the test forum.

 

[Patrick W.]

It still looks like crap! The logo even looks like it was made a Kindergartner. They really need help in the visual aspect.

 

[J Greig]

I think it's one of the best default forum themes on a software. I quite like it. I also think the logo looks quite professional.

They really need help in the visual aspect.

They don't really concentrate on the visual aspect. They want to build an excellent and secure forum software. not build a good looking one. That's why there are a ton of designers.

 

[Jack~Rouse]

hope the version 2 will be release this year. my forums uses mybb and I like it.

Latest estimate is 4 yrs.
The word is they want 2.0 to be an innovation, theres a rumour they will do away with their form of BBcode and use mark down, which I think is the wrong step to take, not many know how to use mark down, and converting to use as buttons could be a nightmare.

 

[Patrick W.]

I think it's one of the best default forum themes on a software. I quite like it. I also think the logo looks quite professional.

They really need help in the visual aspect.

They don't really concentrate on the visual aspect. They want to build an excellent and secure forum software. not build a good looking one. That's why there are a ton of designers.

While this is true, I have only seen 1 or 2 visually appealing MyBB styles. That should say something about the themeing aspect of MyBB.