Official IPB 2 Thread

[Storm]

Is anyone else looking forward to this? I am really looking forward to it, all the nice and cool features. Etc.

What are you mostly looking forward to in it?

[vol_freak]

I really have been happy with IPB. I can't really compare it to VB since I haven't ever used it from an Admin perspective. I do like how many sites have vbulletin built into their normal site navigation. Like it's in a frame (does that make sense?).

I think IPB2 will be great, but I am not sure if I will upgrade and have to redo all my mods.

[cpu killer]

IPB 2.0 is looking great, LOVE iIPB, only use phpBB on my BB cause friends requested, a bunch of ignorant losers, oh well..

Anyways, wat happened to Ikonboard? 0,o :huh:

[Rell]

Anyways, wat happened to Ikonboard? 0,o :huh:

Died after Matt left to develop IPB. ;)

[98XT]

2.0 should rock ... assuming it's as stable as all the previous builds of 1.x.

[Wannes]

IPB is going ot be nice, I am just worried about the mod I use called SSI+. I am going ot have to do some major recoding to the frontpage of my site (ipdynamic lite) to get it all working.

SSI+ is created by cowwebdesign right? I am sure he will upgrade it to work with 2. :)

Couch Potato?

[Veedems Veteran]

SSI+ is created by cowwebdesign right? I am sure he will upgrade it to work with 2:):)

Couch Potato?

He is already working on it. But the new system is going ot be a pain in the ass to work with compared ot the old.

[Kilroy-was-here]

He is already working on it. But the new system is going ot be a pain in the ass to work with compared ot the old.

Actually, he is not working on SSI+ anymore. He is, however, working on the IPBSDK :)

[Digitaholic]

Why cant they ever add a fricken backup/restore feature? Would it kill them to add one even for newbies? Not everyone is gonna know phpmyadmin ....

[NeoMayhem]

Why cant they ever add a fricken backup/restore feature? Would it kill them to add one even for newbies? Not everyone is gonna know phpmyadmin ....

Even phpMyAdmin wont even let you import large .sql files, you need to access the server with SSH to do it right.

Backup would be pretty easy to add though.

[Digitaholic]

theres this hack by dragoran you can find at ibplanet.com that allows you to restore database even if its more than 100mb & only modifies 2 files which are only 1 minute to do.

[Steven]

No, but vB doesn't have customizable settings, user permissions masks, multi-quote, in-line moderation, built-in database query caching, or a plugin API. Plus, vB (even vB3) is slower than IPB. When neowin switched to IPB (which I helped by writing a custom convertor from vB to IPB when there was none), the server loads dropped dramatically (IIRC they were hovering around 5 and went to 2-3 with IPB). IPB uses drastically less queries and has faster processing on the PHP side of things as well. It scales well to large boards with large threads, and is generally more "friendly" for new users than vB that I've found.

And a similar threads feature is your show-stopper reason for sticking with vB, just hack it in to IPB. It's not that complex of a feature...

You hack it for neowin. You're the PHP Masta. :yes:

I think its a nice thing to have, you don't always need to use search if you want to find something related. :)

[Wannes]

Actually, he is not working on SSI+ anymore. He is, however, working on the IPBSDK :)

He could be working at 2 projects on the same time, the SSI+ project is only an update. ;)

Couch Potato?

[NeoMayhem]

You hack it for neowin. You're the PHP Masta. :yes:

Yep, he is :D

[Veedems Veteran]

http://forums.ibplanet.com/index.php?showt...0entry1179255

he is working on SSI+ 3.

[KC]

I am waiting for it to come out. Looks very very nice.

[Wannes]

http://forums.ibplanet.com/index.php?showt...0entry1179255

he is working on SSI+ 3.

Oh thanks for that link. Looks very good indeed!

Couch Potato?

[Hawkeye]

Yep, he is :D

:laugh: Between timdorr, Redmak, and the god-like coding skills of IPS's Matt Mecham (no discredit to Redmak or timdorr here, but Matt did write the whole dang IPB by himself), I think absolutely anything is possible!

If you dare them to make pigs fly, they can do it! :woot:

[Wannes]

Redmark, Timdor & Matt I dare you all to make pigs fly!

Couch Potato?

Ps. Now we will get a picture of a pig with angel wigs and the sky as bg:):)

[Valkyre]

Looking forward to it.

[Wannes]

The flying pig or IPB 2.0? :p

Couch Potato?

[Coolme]

IPB 2 doesn't have "Similar Threads" does it?

If it doesn't, then I still prefer vB.

hmm... lets see now... :huh: in IPB we group threads about the same topic. Ex.Longhorn threads goes to LH section of neowin.net forums.

[Rell]

hmm... lets see now... :huh: in IPB we group threads about the same topic. Ex.Longhorn threads goes to LH section of neowin.net forums.

on vB there is a feature where it shows a table at the bottom with links to similar topics...

IPB does not have it, but, doesn't really bother me either way. I think that should just be a mod...

[Wannes]

Or a feature that can be disabled/enabled by the member in their usercp. :)

Couch Potato?

[KC]

Similar topics options doesn't seem that great. Well at least not with my browsing style.

[Matt Mecham]

Redmark, Timdor & Matt I dare you all to make pigs fly!

Couch Potato?

Ps. Now we will get a picture of a pig with angel wigs and the sky as :). :)

Getting them to fly is the easy bit - it's getting them to land which is the hard bit.