Project Description
POP Forums v9 is a forum app for ASP.NET MVC used as the core for several sites maintained by the author. It is not a science project, but a long-term commitment to great community.
The project goals of v9 are:
- Use the database schema from v8.x with as few changes as possible.
- Use ASP.NET MVC instead of Webforms.
- Make the project open source under Ms-PL.
- Be the best ASP.NET-based forum.
- Not duplicate UBB's 1998 UI for the Nth time.
More information:
Setup:
To set it up, check the installation instructions in the
documentation section.
Read the post on
how to use the Scoring Game in your ASP.NET MVC app.
Update: 4/16/12
We've got a beta ready to go for use with ASP.NET MVC 4, and it includes mobile sauce.
Get the details and download here. This version is not recommended for production use. The
demo site is running this version right now. This will be v9.3. At the moment, the plan is to release it with the final release of MVC 4, but if that takes too long, we'll refresh it and call it
real before that. We're also waiting for the final release of jQuery Mobile v1.1.0.
The beta, without the mobile bits, is running on
CoasterBuzz as of Friday the 13th, and we're learning all kinds of things with it running on a busy site.
On 4/6, we updated the demo forum to use jQuery Mobile v1.1.0 RC2, and it seems to behave more predictably.
Check out the current release: v9.2.1! This new version includes localization capability and the scoring game, as well as a few fixes. The only change from v9.2.0 to v9.2.1 is the addition of
the Spanish resource file. You don't need to update unless you want Spanish.
Do you speak English and another language? We want to make POP Forums globally useful. Starting with v9.2, the app is easily localized. We have volunteers translating to Spanish, Dutch and German, and we'd love help for additional languages. Drop Jeff an
e-mail to jeff@popw.com for more information.
Note that our demo forum has moved. You can find that here: http://popforums.com/Forums