Your impressions and wishes

No, this is the format we are using also in developing, we are "matrix" guys :)

wow, ok, I was guessing you used some sort of custom 'compiler'. :) In my WordPerfect 5.1 DOS days, I had some cool macro compilers. :) I saw it as if someone wanted to copy my code, they had to work hard to figure out what it was. :) With that, I don't see any reason for you to format your code.

OZtwo
The Master Job Hunter

I am just wondering, what to "clean up" more - maybe you can offer some practical example?..

sorry, i had not have time to get back an this yesterday. also i thought it is unfair to complain without beeing a registered user. now i have registered, and can continue on what are some of the main points of what i ment: again sorry for my harsh words, this wasn't really nice from me and it's not my intention to flame on you or minibb.

first of all: you should really think of formatting your source-code. i checked it with several editors, to be really sure that there's nothing going wrong at me - i could not believe that you did not do any indenting at all.

2.: DB_query(arg1,arg2) might be a timesafing function for you, who know what the source-code does. for any other, who wants to learn what's happening, it's very hard do overlook, what's going on - you should at least use constants for the first parameter instead of just numbers, especially as you're using tons of global variables inside this function.

3.: i've never seen true/false in the code (as i rembember at the moment) but always 0/1 - that might be a matter of taste of course.

4.: there are in my opinion some design-issues, for example: on the one hand you use logged_admin = true/false to identify an admin in minibb but on the other hand you set the user_id explicit to 1, when the admin is posting in the forum.

that might be no problem with minibb itself, cause there's only one admin allowed. i'm currently working to combine minibb with an other project at pixelquelle.de and in the image-database we have other user-levels with more than one admin allowed. i removed this user_id = 1 and it seems to work, but it isn't very well tested, yet.

please keep in mind: it's not on flaming, but on making live easier for other developers like me :-)

regards
<-harald

No, this is the format we are using also in developing, we are "matrix" guys :) No indenting done from the very beginning.

'Clean up' really only means putting the code back to readable format. I haven't done any code changes, other than little add-ons here and there. I'm only guessing here, but your published format isn't the same as your 'source code' format? :)

I think I have emailed you all changes I have made.

OZtwo
The Master Job Hunter.

I am just wondering, what to "clean up" more - maybe you can offer some practical example?..

sorry for my harsh words :-( - it was my first reaction when looking at the code and getting it integrated in another project. it's true that minibb is one of the better bbs' - otherwise i wouldn't try to use it ;-). though i still think the code should be cleaned up a bit it one of it's future versions.

Humor:

sorry, but you should consider rewriting miniBB. i've not seen many programs written such confusing code. i'm currently work to get this thing integrated in a portal and have to do workarounds for all the login stuff of minibb. minibb is nice, cause it's very lightweight.

When I was working with mmBB to integrate it into Job-O-Magic.com I as well thought the same, but at the same time understood why they coded it in such a way. Once you look at the code for many hours, it really isn't all that hard to work with. I picked mmBB for the power and easy in which I could custimize it to fit my needs. They have done a great job. I spent many days searching for a perfect Message Board and out of all I found, mmBB was my first choice.

OZtwo
The Master Job Hunter

sorry, but you should consider rewriting miniBB. i've not seen many programs written such confusing code. i'm currently work to get this thing integrated in a portal and have to do workarounds for all the login stuff of minibb. minibb is nice, cause it's very lightweight.

but the coding-style makes me crying. you should also use a code beautifier before releasing such a thing.

ProgrammingGuru
no way :) we won't overload it with features :) we only have necessary and most useful ones in our default installation. you can add lots of additonal features though to the default board installation by adding plugins

MiniBB is a basic and simple bulletin board system. I would recommend getting this if you want something plain, and nothing too fancy, however my gut feeling is MiniBB is only starting out and there will be WAY more stuff to come :)

Simple is good!

Hello everyone ! :)

I'm a new member and french. I was searching a small system because phpbb was too heavy and I found minibb. How great it is!
In fact, I'm also new in programming php and Html. It was indeed a bit more difficult to configure and use than phpbb because you have to go on php file to configure and change things like member rank or properties forums. But the results are perhaps better because I think we have finally more freedom than phpbb when you programs a little.

Well, nothing but compliments for the scripts and the way it handle's all the diff. query's. Personally i dont like the html table layout very much but its highly efficient none the less.

The thing i like most about it (the very same thing other one's dont like at all :) is that every query gets parsed via the index.php page, a most efficient way of programming i.m.h.o., extremely fast and reliable :-)

Further i'm glad its a free software package though i.m.o. it shouldnt be under the GNU license but a more eh...somewhat exclusive license, just to prevent potential 'thieve's' from running off with all of your hard work.

Best regards,

Ray

I just installed minibb and I love it. I've used larger boards that have many more features than I'd ever use, and I must say that MiniBB is exactly what I'm looking for. Also, the install was quick and easy. Also it's easy to modify.

after over 1 year using minibb i want to write a short review of my impressions about minibb.. my site is teamnra.com.. u find the board here

the most positive i want to say, is that minibb implements a board like it should be. its much better than the "big" boards like wortlab and so on. you get with the board a familiar (or homely) environment for the users. the possiblity to migrate the board into the site is very easy (ok. not in one day, but...) with minibb you can implement small features in a short time, which is very important for customizing. if i use minibb comercial for some day, i will buy the license to contribute money to the team, who do a great job.

greetings