lemmyBB

Are there currently any installed instances of lemmybb available for me to get an account on?

I especially dig the confluence of federated architecture of Lemmy and the classic forum UI. I am still yet to see how it does replies within a forum thread; with regular lemmy UI, the replies are collected right below the post, and as a tree, getting deeper in levels as more replies come in. I guess with the BB-interface, the replies are kept track of by the reader via the '@' -mentions? Let's see.

Just a small bugfix release:

• Add missing registration application form to signup page
• Cache requests to Lemmy backend

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmyBB/releases/tag/0.2.2

A new LemmyBB version is available! The main features are:

• Admins and mods can remove posts
• Badges for admins, mods and banned users
• Moderation log
• All pages have a title now
• New feature to build LemmyBB with embedded Lemmy, in a single binary
• Various bug fixes and improvements

This new version requires Lemmy 0.17.0 or higher. When upgrading, make sure to follow the Lemmy upgrade instructions, particularly the PostgreSQL upgrade. To upgrade with Docker installation, simply change the image in docker-compose.yml to lemmynet/lemmybb:0.2.1 and run docker-compose up -d. In case of manual installation, checkout the git tag 0.2.1, run cargo build --release and deploy the resulting binary. It is also recommended to increase the rate limits, because LemmyBB makes more requests than lemmy-ui. To do this, visit /admin in lemmy-ui and change the values for "Message rate limit" and "Search rate limit" to a high number like 9999.

Full changelog

I have an account on lemmy.ml, but I made an account here on fedibb.ml because I didn't know how to log in to the fedibb.ml frontend with my regular lemmy account. Was there an easier way?

Hello everyone, I published a new release candidate for lemmyBB which includes a number of moderation features and upgrades Lemmy to version 0.17. It is already deployed on fedibb.ml and also available for installation on other instances. Please give it a try and report any bugs.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmyBB/releases/tag/0.2.0-rc4

I'd like to restart an old community with fedibb. The throwback phpbb UI is irresistible!😳 In addition to our own local forums, is it possible to include a couple forums from https://fedibb.ml/ such as "Music" and "Video Games" on the homepage and have my users interact?

Hello. As I've mentioned on my presentation post, I'm planning to host an instance of LemmyBB, and although I won't start the actual installation until all the holidays have ended, I'm already in the planning stage, and many questions are already popping out :

1. I would have preferred to not use docker (i hate it), but seeing that the manual installation of the Lemmy backend is heavily discouraged, I'll get used to the idea. But as I don't have many experience using docker, some questions arise as I read the installation manual:

• "mkdir /srv/lemmybb" Does this implies that all the data inside the docker image will be stored on this folder? I always install Linux with separate system/data partitions, so I need to know this. I'm ok with using the /srv folder.
• Is the database inside the docker image? Can it be configured to use any PostreSQL? I may install more services in this server, and I don't like the idea of having many databases engines running on it, I'll prefer only one centralized DB.

2. If I'm understanding correctly, the docker image exposes the service on http://127.0.0.1:8701/, and then is reverse-proxied to the outside world. Can this reverse proxy be carried with Apache? I've never used nginx, however I have lots of experience with Apache, including reverse proxies, so I would prefer to stick with what I know. I can build a configuration for it based on the config file for nginx, no problem on this, but I need to know if the actual software will tolerate this or fail spectacularly

3. System and bandwidth requirements? I'll be using a bare metal server, and industrial PC with an Atom D510, 4GB of ram and 128 GB of total disk space. The connection is going to be my home connection, trough my home router

Thanks for the help.

Might be interesting to add Lemmy support as an export target.

I noticed that federation was broken on fedibb.ml, because Activitypub requests were not properly forwarded to the Lemmy backend. This fixes the problem so it is strongly encouraged to upgrade. It also includes many other bug fixes, see the commit log for details.

To upgrade, go into your Lemmybb installation folder and run docker-compose pull && docker-compose up -d.

Really interesting we have been trying to use existing codebases in a simuler way in the last few years with #indymediaback and #OGB

    https://unite.openworlds.info/indymedia

    https://unite.openworlds.info/Open-Media-Network/openwebgovernancebody/wiki/02.-Tech-Spec

    
    What is your expirence? a good path?

Give it a try if you are interested in the project. If you notice any problems, you can open an issue. Contributions are also more than welcome.

In a few days I will publish the first release, and make a proper announcement.

I dont think lemmybb.ml sounds good, so im looking for other suggestions.

Here are the new features in lemmyBB which I added since the original announcement. In case you dont know what it is, LemmyBB is an alternative frontend for Lemmy, based on phpBB. Sooner or later it will be able to replace lemmy-ui for those who prefer a different user interface.

Support for site setup

Admins can easily initialize their new instance

Much improved post editor

• Working smileys
• Working previews
• Working buttons to insert bold, italic, quote etc
• Javascript enabled on entire site
• Dont need to enter community name manually anymore

Support for notifications

You will now receive notifications about new replies, mentions and private messages.

Next tasks

There is still a lot of functionality missing, most importantly:

• Private messages
• Search
• Everything related to moderation
• Localization
• User profiles

Contributions are very much welcome!