FluxBB - Introduction to Forum CMS

FluxBB is a forum CMS that is characterized by light code and fewer SQL tables (17 versus 30 for phpBB), so resource savings.
To add an FAQ or forum on the portal site is more suitable than to create a site dedicated to the main forum.

PunBB was created by Rikard Andersson and the first stable version appeared on August 7, 2003. In 2007, the rights to the software were sold to Informer.com who wanted to sponsor the project. But in 2008, the company transferred the project to the subdomain of its site (punbb.informer.com) before promoting its own business.
Then the author abandoned interest in the project, and the investors decided to launch a fork called fluxBB.
PunBB, however, continues its development by taking the flowBB code, but development demarcation was planned in the future. However, the latest version of PunBB is dated 2012 .

Use flowBB

Adding BB streams to the site requires serious anti-spam measures, since the protection functions are limited to the IP list, which does not affect the proxy. In fact, you should take the source code and prohibit indexing profiles, as well as hidden text, like message headers when they are not displayed. I should point out that this CMS knows very little about SEO issues and does not recommend it other than as an initial development tool for its own needs. I turned it into static pages on my site and search engines picked it up as a result.

The software is distributed under the GNU GPL. Along with fairly advanced source code, flowBB has fairly basic features.

Plugins allow you to extend these basic functions. For example, add a search field or RSS feed and anti-spam features.

Scripts and tutorials

Show the latest flowBB forum topics on the site home page
After installing the forum in the subdirectory of its site, it lacks visibility. To better popularize tickets, a script will be used to automatically display the latest tickets, which can be made easier by creating an RSS feed for the forum .
At this time, you can view the feed with software such as RSS Reader.

How to place a banner above the flowBB forum
By default, CMS has several themes that are actually different sets of colors on the main theme of the site.
You can create your own theme by editing the style files in the style folder. A template system is provided for version 2.0.

How to advertise on the flowBB forum
It is known that advertising is unprofitable on forums. But if there is traffic, then it can be monetized to compensate for the important moderation work that the forum requires.

Convert flowBB forum to static HTML pages
To integrate discussion threads as comments if the site contains other pages near the forum, or archive the forum, getting rid of the database.

Spam filter
Various methods to prevent spammers from turning your forum into a link farm.

How do I delete spammer registrations?
SQL queries for this.

See also

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