Phorum
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| Phorum | |
| Developer: | Phorum Development Team |
|---|---|
| Latest release: | 5.1.19 / January 30, 2007 |
| Platform: | PHP |
| Use: | Forum software |
| License: | Phorum License (BSD like) |
| Website: | www.phorum.org |
Phorum is an open source message board system written in PHP.
[edit] History
In April of 1999, Brian Moon developed together three scripts that would meet the basic needs of deal-mac.com. With 30 days of testing, the code was prepared enough to put into production. It was named WebThreads, though this was later found to collide with another, similar product. The name Phorum came from combining "PHP" and "forum". It was released under the GPL, though it would later be changed to the Phorum license, a BSD style license.
In recent history, Phorum has been installed on websites such as WB.com.
As dealmac.com grew, the demands for the software grew. Brian had already begun writing Phorum 2.0 (though it wasn't fast), and the new code for became Phorum 3.0. The site owners were very open to open source. Initially, Phorum 3 was developed primarily by Brian Moon with some help from Jason Birch of Bar-None Drinks.
In 2001, Thomas Seifert of MySnip.de came on board, contributing an internal user system in Phorum. Previously, Phorum had relied on external user systems for user management.
Version 4 was never realized due to several problems with the direction of the code. Brian and Thomas instead started version 5, which was focused on speed and extensibility. This release made the product comparable to other offerings.
Phorum 5.1.x is the current stable branch as of this writing, though only a backend enhancement of Phorum 5.0. The search functions were updated for performance and the posting flow was changed to decrease confusion.
