I've been looking for a forum software and stumbled upon this. The pros seem to be simplicity and minimalizm. The cons are simplicity and minimalizm.
1. punbb doesn't seem to reset the "read" status of a thread when it has been viewed (the blue square stays blue). Is there a way to fix this?
2. what is the planned feature set of 1.3 as opposed to 1.2? what are the differences at present (besides visual appearance)?
3. I'm looking for a forum board which has the following features built-in: private messaging, downloads, a facility to implement bug reporting (a la bugzilla). Note: *not* mods/extensions, I need built-in features!
phpbb - no go: it's a bloody mess - the devs should learn to code first
smf - too complex, I need something far more simpler and lightweight
vb - ditto, not worth the price
punbb - lacks too many features; ugly (but that can be easily remedied)
If anyone knows of a forum soft which has the above; free - good, commercial - no matter, please do tell. At present rather I'm desperate to find a working solution and am looking into taking the present 1.3-dev and forking it.
Thanks!