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But how come when it comes to blogs, most people still respect WordPress?Nomad wrote: Mon Aug 11, 2025 6:44 am After using free software for many years, now I am using premium software. In my experience, it is really difficult to grow your community with free software. A lot of people frown upon free software.
You have to be careful with abandoned or in-development plugins, but sometimes they work.1stop wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:50 pm Free software most assuredly can be viable but it needs a lot of effort into customizing it. I did I little customisation on my forum and it's free. I still intend to do more to make it look very similar to the paid version .
I understand but that's the beauty of an open source software. You can tweak whichever way you want it. I'm still experimenting with the basic coding skill I have.Jason wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:55 pmYou have to be careful with abandoned or in-development plugins, but sometimes they work.1stop wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:50 pm Free software most assuredly can be viable but it needs a lot of effort into customizing it. I did I little customisation on my forum and it's free. I still intend to do more to make it look very similar to the paid version .
The reactions plugin on this forum is in development but works perfectly on this latest phpBB version.1stop wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 6:02 pmI understand but that's the beauty of an open source software. You can tweak whichever way you want it. I'm still experimenting with the basic coding skill I have.Jason wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:55 pmYou have to be careful with abandoned or in-development plugins, but sometimes they work.1stop wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:50 pm Free software most assuredly can be viable but it needs a lot of effort into customizing it. I did I little customisation on my forum and it's free. I still intend to do more to make it look very similar to the paid version .
I saw it and I have installed it on both my forums. It works perfectly but I'm still looking for a rating extension, that will let me rate threads.Jason wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 4:07 amThe reactions plugin on this forum is in development but works perfectly on this latest phpBB version.1stop wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 6:02 pmI understand but that's the beauty of an open source software. You can tweak whichever way you want it. I'm still experimenting with the basic coding skill I have.Jason wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 5:55 pm
You have to be careful with abandoned or in-development plugins, but sometimes they work.
But it's not the case on the version before.
Was it from Sebo?1stop wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 5:15 pmI saw it and I have installed it on both my forums. It works perfectly but I'm still looking for a rating extension, that will let me rate threads.Jason wrote: Sun Aug 17, 2025 4:07 amThe reactions plugin on this forum is in development but works perfectly on this latest phpBB version.1stop wrote: Sat Aug 16, 2025 6:02 pm
I understand but that's the beauty of an open source software. You can tweak whichever way you want it. I'm still experimenting with the basic coding skill I have.
But it's not the case on the version before.