Let me see if I got this correct - well, the new modern Java forums kinda do a lot of weird things and I want to have something that is fast as well. I have an old computer, an old Mobile and really... When the old ways works, don't fix it. I'm not not terrible fond of the new modern ways, I did end up after giving up on FluxBB and looking around, to pick one. I picked Flarum as the one working on it was the one who was the head of FluxBB although while trying to get experience with it and working with it I was banned for 18 years or something from the support forum. And overall, that's not going to fly - the Tags confused me as well, and no support and still being in Beta and kinda in doubt of what way the direction it goes. So after seeing myself banned from the support, overall I gave up on that idea. And now, after a break I'm back to looking and sniffing around. So SMF and ElkArta hopefully is the end of me looking around. I narrowed it down to either phpBB or SMF and there are just things that I did not like with phpBB and SMF lagged the mobility I wanted, well it has it in Beta now, and some Responsive Themes for stable apparently which I need to test. But first I had dropped the ball on SMF turning to Flarum when finding out the mobility was only in the RC version and still some way to go for final, although after coming back I thought I could use the RC version, but not going to be upgraded to final so even the new release of RC3 does not matter at all for me.
Well... And now, now I'm here. And getting accustomed to both SMF and ElkArta using it - I think it will be either one or the other I will sail out on.
Its a big project overall, as I need to learn some CSS and PHP skills if I wanna fix a Theme later on, but I think it will be doable, but first I just wanna have something I like and can start out with and settle in.
Well...
Back to installing and testing themes on SMF, I got through all of the ElkArta themes :)
Translation from Russian to English can be very unpredictable in meaning. :)
I wanted to say that many forum owners are trying to find a modern forum engine for mobile users. But this is a big problem.
Well I don't really like all the newness anyway as long as the old can be made mobile :) Rather have speed then lots of new gimmicks and other worldly ways of setup and whatever. The problem really has been for the older forums to comply with making them mobile which of cause kills the forum as so many are using mobiles in our days.
Anyway there seem to be absolutly room for improvement in both SMF and ElkArta as well, but really I'm never 100% satified apparently... At least that does not seem to happen that often in any case. And maybe I can help work out a great Theme as well in the future for sharing, for my own taste as well and nit picking... :D Anyway, first first, getting used to the SMF ElkArta by using them and it is moving forward. Although it is a big mouthful for sure to take in.
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