This is a test Forum - explore!

[jminer]

I don't have everything configured yet like email notification and shit. Just spent a couple hours while drinking and eating pizza in a hotel room and it seemed less depressing to do this than watch TV.

While I'm more familiar with the old standard PHPBB forum, that starts to look pretty dated nowadays so after a bit of research here's a relatively frequently updated descendant of the PHPBB forums.

Register- poke around. Reply with your username below and I'll make you a mod so you can do things like create and manage categories.

I'm shitty at making thing look good so if you want to help there let me know.

For those wondering, it is running on an AWS EC2 instance right now. If we like the concept I'll make the backend stronger and point to off-server DBs and expand storage options but for now this works as a demo.

Any questions/suggestions leave them below, email me @ wonkothesanest@gmail.com or hit me up on Oppo/Discord.

Let's keep this badass community together!

[MM54]

Exploration underway... mainly this evening when I have some time. This platform is a new one to me but if it's descended from phpbb then I should be able to figure it out.

[sn4cktimes]

@mm54 I already like the layout more than DT. The reply method is a bit weird. But also kinda nice to see a "real time" version of what you're typing and it seems like it's constantly saving your inputs too. So maybe be less "kinja'd" moments. I like how you can esc out and come back into it as well.

[4x98]

@jminer This is excellent I applaud your efforts

[jminer]

@sn4cktimes

Test reply from Mobile

[IdiotInTheGarage]

@jminer
I do all my Oppo lurking on mobile and this is a pretty damn good start. Might feel basic to some, but that's a plus in my oppopinion. I've been able to make a profile, post, respond to posts, get responses, sort by categories, upload images, upvote and be upvoted.
If this is life without Kinja/GO Media, its life worth living. And driving. And wrenching.
I am concerned about:

• How is this being paid for?
• What are The Rules?
• If this site is all on its own, how is it protected from the issues that befell Gawker?!

Photoshop of what my project car will be some day:
Blucifer_colorTests_a.jpg

[interstate366]

Seconding the idiot above me. So far, so good. Seems like it’s pretty straightforward and user-friendly.

[RallyDarkstrike]

How is this being paid for?
What are The Rules?
If this site is all on its own, how is it protected from the issues that befell Gawker?!

Nothing paid for so far, we've not got that far...this is just a basic test site that Jminer is running on his own server to see how we like it! It would be migrated to a host if we all agree to try it as our new 'home'!

No set rules yet....that would be decided if we decide this will be 'home - assume the normal Oppo Kinja rules apply though!

Not sure how to answer that last one!

[onlytwowheels]

Thank you for your hard work. I'm glad we have a new home and hope the flock migrates to our island of misfits.

[jminer]

@onlytwowheels It's not official yet, but this initial Sunday Afternoon response has been more than I expected by far. While there are some quirks of it being forum based, it's definitely better than a lot of the alternatives.

Thanks for trying it out and being a part of Oppo!

[IdiotInTheGarage]

@rallydarkstrike
I figured this was being self-hosted for now. I'm far removed from websites these days. Just figured it costs somebody something. Should this site go mainstream, I want to make sure its got a financial footing somehow. I'd donate to a Kickstarter if need be.

Good to hear the intent is for The Rules to be the same as Kinja Oppo. I may mostly be a lurker, but I liked the place I was lurking

I'm just thinking way ahead for problems. Looking out for the "Known Unknowns" I guess.

I recognize the good work @jminer is doing here and don't want bad legal things to happen. G/O Media IS killing off user forums to avoid responsibility for... what, exactly, I'm not sure.
Maybe ImmoralMinority could donate some legal advice should the need arise.

[jminer]

@idiotinthegarage I'm not worried about liability as of yet. Section 230 is still fully intact and now that the jackass is out there's unlikely to be any broad scale problems caused by it.

There will likely be updates to the law, but mostly targeted around the widespread dissemination of misinformation ala FB or Twitter and those aren't problems we're likely to have especially since we've (with the mods) always done a pretty good job at self-policing.

Yes the plan is to put in place rules and moderation very similar to Oppo OG just because it worked very well (for the most part) for us.

[Exage03040]

[Shop-Teacher]

@jminer this is a great start! How do I get a picture off of my android phone, and into a post?

[Rusty Vandura]

Make me a mod.

[Exage03040]

You have to go to the long reply and scroll
one over from the emoji

[RallyDarkstrike]

@shop-teacher said in This is a test Forum - explore!:

@jminer this is a great start! How do I get a picture off of my android phone, and into a post?

Welcome Shop-teacher!

If you go into the full post editor, there is a button (when you slide the editing options over) that looks like this:

That should give you what you want. A note if you've not been in the full editor before...images and the like show up as formatting in the actual EDITOR on the left, but there is a preview pane on the right that shows the actual picture...not sure how that works on mobile, but that's how it works on Linux/Windows/Mac desktop!

Don't hesitate to ask more questions or offer feedback in the MASTER FEEDBACK thread!

[Superdave847]

@jminer You should drink & eat pizza in hotel rooms more often, because, damn, great results so far.

[jminer]

@superdave847 HA! No drinking tonight, but last night was beer and leftover pizza. I'm afraid tonight was a bowl of cereal. I'm alone in a fucking hotel room so eating like I'm in college again. It's terrible...