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[Justin S.]

Nick said:

If anyone has a test site up and live, it'd be great to check out. :)

I'll set one up as soon as the files have finished uploading. :)

Peggy said:

I plan to set one up next week.  

Since any of my future projects will use MyBB, I'd like to get started learning it.

If you're going to set up a copy to start learning it, I would recommend starting with MyBB 1.4.x right now, as 1.6 is still in development ;)

[Justin S.]

Please remember that MyBB 1.6 is still in development, in a pre-beta stage.

The forum I set up is for novelty purposes only. Do not look for bugs at this point (as there is no way to report them); instead, explore some of the new features. :) I'll try my best to keep it up to date with the latest revisions, but I can't guarantee anything. Also, I have disabled a few things in the Admin CP (database backups, PHP info, etc.) for security purposes. Finally, I have used a script to load in some fake users, threads, and posts to fill up the forum a bit - you are free to post your own threads and posts.

There are three accounts:
demouser, demomod, and demoadmin

The password for all three of these accounts is:
demodemoDEMO

Enjoy!

http://bellomandesign.com/mybb/

Edited by Justin S., 28 November 2009 - 08:24 AM.

[ArnyVee]

Just tried it for a minute or two and seems pretty good :)

I haven't tried to use MyBB in the past, but I'm going to have to look at it a little closer now ;)

Thanks for setting up the demo site Justin! :D

[MjrNuT]

Justin,

Thanks for setting this up.  I've used MyBB as non-admin and it's quite appealing.  I have to reiterate what Peggy said above.  :D

[Abomination]

Thanks Justin!

Looks nice to me.

[MjrNuT]

Justin S. said:

Please remember that MyBB 1.6 is still in development, in a pre-beta stage.

The forum I set up is for novelty purposes only. Do not look for bugs at this point (as there is no way to report them); instead, explore some of the new features. :) I'll try my best to keep it up to date with the latest revisions, but I can't guarantee anything. Also, I have disabled a few things in the Admin CP (database backups, PHP info, etc.) for security purposes. Finally, I have used a script to load in some fake users, threads, and posts to fill up the forum a bit - you are free to post your own threads and posts.

There are three accounts:
demouser, demomod, and demoadmin

The password for all three of these accounts is:
demodemoDEMO

Enjoy!

Forums

Justin,

I logged into the ACP, how comes it says v1.4?

[Justin S.]

MjrNuT said:

Justin,

I logged into the ACP, how comes it says v1.4?

The version number is always the last thing changed before release. If you look around the ACP, though, you'll find a number of things (thread prefixes, updated forum permissions management, multi-user actions, statistic graphs, etc.) that aren't present in MyBB 1.4.x. :)

[Webmist]

Very nice. I'll have to check it out.

[Webmist]

I'm setting up and play this weekend. Will let you know how it goes. The new things look good.

[Sunsettommy]

I am definitely glad to have switched to myBB from SMF.Gosh It is for me so much nicer to work with.

:D

I would think that 1.6 would be available by late next year.Since there would be a lot of bugs and such to fix first.I assume myBB group already has a beta tester group ready to tackle the early stages of beta testing.Will there be any running report on it?

Cheers for myBB!

[Justin S.]

I've reinstalled the test forum located at http://bellomandesign.com/mybb/ to use the latest 1.6 revision. The three accounts remain (demouser, demomod, demoadmin) with the same password (demodemoDEMO).

I did not import fake users and posts this time; however, I have imported some fake statistics (actually, RCTgo's statistics) so the new Statistics page in the ACP can be properly demonstrated. I won't say much, but log into the Admin CP, navigate to Tools & Maintenance, and click on Statistics. It's a very nice new page.

Enjoy. :)

[Nick]

Justin S. said:

I've reinstalled the test forum located at Forums to use the latest 1.6 revision. The three accounts remain (demouser, demomod, demoadmin) with the same password (demodemoDEMO).

I did not import fake users and posts this time; however, I have imported some fake statistics (actually, RCTgo's statistics) so the new Statistics page in the ACP can be properly demonstrated. I won't say much, but log into the Admin CP, navigate to Tools & Maintenance, and click on Statistics. It's a very nice new page.

Enjoy. :)

Whoa, that's great! I LOVE statistics! This makes me want to use MyBB again. :P

[combus]

ohh I love the browse themes tab :O (yei! I'm there! I think I'm gonna update that theme so it gives something better for beign the first page). Ohh drag+click :D I like the idea!  I'll suggest something on the tracker (even though it's probably not gonna be made on this version :P).

Thanks Justin!

[Justin S.]

Now that MyBB 1.6 is feature-complete, I've reinstalled the forum again. :)

It has the same users (demouser, demomod, demoadmin with password demodemoDEMO) and I have also imported RCTgo's statistics. As before, you can access it here: http://www.bellomandesign.com/mybb/

Edited by Justin S., 30 December 2009 - 03:20 PM.
(Statistics page now working)

[Peggy]

I just took a look-thru the adminCP, especially the Styles area. Could you please refresh my memory as to why this script is still free?  

I really like MyBB. Styling looks like it would be very easy. The .css' are grouped exactly the way I had thought (hoped) vB's would be.

Very good job Justin.

[FullMetalBabe]

I seriously love MyBB's styling way. LOVE it.

[Nick]

Peggy said:

I just took a look-thru the adminCP, especially the Styles area. Could you please refresh my memory as to why this script is still free?  

I really like MyBB. Styling looks like it would be very easy. The .css' are grouped exactly the way I had thought (hoped) vB's would be.

Very good job Justin.

Perhaps MyBB is where your styling future lies? ;)

[Peggy]

Nick said:

Perhaps MyBB is where your styling future lies? ;)

Could be. I also have another script that I'll be looking at in a few months.

[Webmist]

I know I love the styling of it. It's one of the easiest I've seen.

[Justin S.]

Peggy said:

I just took a look-thru the adminCP, especially the Styles area. Could you please refresh my memory as to why this script is still free?  

I really like MyBB. Styling looks like it would be very easy. The .css' are grouped exactly the way I had thought (hoped) vB's would be.

Very good job Justin.

Thank Ryan Gordon for the theme system in 1.4, as he wrote it. And it is really, really nice... I certainly love it. :D