Starting a technical forum - Near to landing on a Vanilla - Advice
Hi There,
I am in need of setting up a forum for technical, code and and hardware development forum. I have narrowed down between using vanilla and phpbb3. I personally much prefer the look, feel and features, ease of use of vanilla, though phpbb3 has a much great user base. For these reason alone I am prone to go with vanilla.
But, I wanted to see if I could get some feedback about more specific usage in the context of code and hardware development and how well vanilla will do in this context.
1) code tags. We will be needing to post large of amount of code in snippets. Are there specific code tag funcitons, is this an add-on? Are there any recommendations on setting up vanilla specifically for this use?
2) image uploads, pasting images, etc. We will be needing to easily post image snippets. What features are most used for this? Is there a simple copy past feature that would allow users to take a screenshot and paste it into thread? I see that this editor only has "image url" as an option to insert a picture. Are there more options?
3) attaching files. We will be needing to attach and upload project files.
4) Other? Do you have other suggestions for optimally setting up Vanilla for such usage as described?
Any further sell points that bring up relative to vanilla's strengths relative to phpbb?
Thanks for you guidance.
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if you know php and a bit about MVC. you will love vanilla. It is also a great tool for improving your css, php, jquery, skills, writing your own plugins, themes, applications, etc.
http://vanillaforums.org/addons
there is a wiki here: http://vanillawiki.homebrewforums.net/index.php/Main_Page
there are docs here: http://vanillaforums.org/docs
and tutorials here: http://vanillaforums.org/categories/tutorials
and a few other links:
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/23483/advice-for-all-those-just-starting-out-with-vanilla
when-asking-a-question
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/25115/how-to-how-can-a-new-user-better-help-the-community-
troubleshooting tips:
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/20231/how-to-become-somewhat-adept-at-modifying-vanilla-to-meet-your-needs-for-free
and this just in case....
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/25403/spam-attack-how-to-deal-with-spammers
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/19915/deploying-a-new-forum-and-adding-a-theme-for-everyone
http://vanillaforums.org/docs/themequickstart
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/24813/how-to-go-about-editing-the-default-theme
http://vanillaforums.org/addon/annotated_css-theme:
I may not provide the completed solution you might desire, but I do try to provide honest suggestions to help you solve your issue.
Hi @hgtonight @peregrine. Wanted to follow up with a big thanks for the thorough responses. Well on my way to having a sweet forum thanks to you guys!