Considering Vanilla, feedback please!
Hey everyone, I recently went to a forum running on vanilla and liked what I saw. I am looking to make a website for my gaming clan. We have been using phpBB for several years now. I have an index page with a shoutbox, news articles that are actually posts from one of the forum categories (recent topics), who is online. This is a basic php page in the root of the phpBB install. I would need to be able to make this page on our new site, similar to like a CMS front page with blocks, but fairly simple with those elements I mentioned.
Secondly, I need to make a form page where questions are answered by someone wanting to join our clan, that creates a new discussion in a private section of the forums for current members to discuss the application.
Are these things that can be done fairly simply with Vanilla? I have a lot of experience with phpBB, some basic knowledge of php and js.
Also, avatars seem to look very low quality/resolution, is that a setting that can be changed to improve this? Thanks for your input!
Comments
Yes to all your questions...you should install a test forum and see if you like it...
❌ ✊ ♥. ¸. ••. ¸♥¸. ••. ¸♥ ✊ ❌
Yeah this is the best Idea and if you know phpBB, Vanilla is quite simple in comparison (but powerful in its way). Here we are all satan's disciples
.
Thanks. I have a test forum installed now, just need to figure all this out.
I only had basic knowledge of php when I started toying with Vanilla - and I'd say I have a better understanding now thanks to Vanilla. I'm still not a skilled programmer, but I can write plugins for Vanilla.
You'll be excited how easy (and clean) it is to extend Vanilla.