Simple Machines Forum?

[ObscurePen]

Hi, all. I have always wondered why there is a bar on the right-hand corner of the Bitcointalk site stating "simple machines forum". What does this have to do with Bitcointalk? How do simple machines even remotely relate to Bitcoin? Aren't simple machines like screws, pulleys, levers wheel and axles and all that stuff that I learned in high school? So what relation does it have with the Bitcointalk forum?

[psycodad]

Scroll down to the bottom of any page here and click the simple machines forum link to find out more.

[OmegaStarScream]

Hi, all. I have always wondered why there is a bar on the right-hand corner of the Bitcointalk site stating "simple machines forum". What does this have to do with Bitcointalk? How do simple machines even remotely relate to Bitcoin? Aren't simple machines like screws, pulleys, levers wheel and axles and all that stuff that I learned in high school? So what relation does it have with the Bitcointalk forum?

It's simply the forum software we are using, just like vBulletin, MyBB, and many more. There is currently a new software called epochtalk which is financed by theymos (the money he gets from donations and ads) but we still didn't see anything significant yet.

[Clairvoyance]

Hi, all. I have always wondered why there is a bar on the right-hand corner of the Bitcointalk site stating "simple machines forum". What does this have to do with Bitcointalk? How do simple machines even remotely relate to Bitcoin? Aren't simple machines like screws, pulleys, levers wheel and axles and all that stuff that I learned in high school? So what relation does it have with the Bitcointalk forum?

It's simply the forum software we are using, just like vBulletin, MyBB, and many more. There is currently a new software called epochtalk which is financed by theymos (the money he gets from donations and ads) but we still didn't see anything significant yet.

Thanks for the information man! I'm also curious on how bitcointalk started and what does it take to create one. Though the information is a bit little and somewhat confidential. Nevertheless, its a pleasant suprise and a treat for an aspiring fellow BTT like me.

[thesourc3]

Hi, all. I have always wondered why there is a bar on the right-hand corner of the Bitcointalk site stating "simple machines forum". What does this have to do with Bitcointalk? How do simple machines even remotely relate to Bitcoin? Aren't simple machines like screws, pulleys, levers wheel and axles and all that stuff that I learned in high school? So what relation does it have with the Bitcointalk forum?

It's simply the forum software we are using, just like vBulletin, MyBB, and many more. There is currently a new software called epochtalk which is financed by theymos (the money he gets from donations and ads) but we still didn't see anything significant yet.

Exactly, SimpleMachines provides the framework for both the backend/frontend of the forum - Essentially making it so that everyone doesn't have to re-create the wheel every time a forum is built. Best to leave the core dev to a dedicated company always working on it and providing regular updates than to try and risk bootstrapping a project like that from the ground up.

Usually such software comes with some sort of license that you purchase and pay at a set interval to receive regular updates. Makes things VERY efficient for forums/sites that need to be up and running quickly, yet things still be quite secure from the get-go =)

[BitcoinsGreat]

Hi, all. I have always wondered why there is a bar on the right-hand corner of the Bitcointalk site stating "simple machines forum". What does this have to do with Bitcointalk? How do simple machines even remotely relate to Bitcoin? Aren't simple machines like screws, pulleys, levers wheel and axles and all that stuff that I learned in high school? So what relation does it have with the Bitcointalk forum?

It's simply the forum software we are using, just like vBulletin, MyBB, and many more. There is currently a new software called epochtalk which is financed by theymos (the money he gets from donations and ads) but we still didn't see anything significant yet.

Another one out there is called vanilla forum, and I've seen several others. Trust me this saves you months and months and months of programming and coding. In addition to that these companies have take care of security, database control, making sure you don't get hacked things like that. Simple Machines forum is best among all of them.

[Joel_Jantsen]

Trust me this saves you months and months and months of programming and coding. In addition to that these companies have take care of security, database control, making sure you don't get hacked things like that. Simple Machines forum is best among all of them.

Not really,the packaged forum does have a lot of security bugs and lacks other advanced functionalities.You can imagine how much theymos has coded along with the advanced algorithms for search and stuff like that.Theymos has also written custom procedures to mitigate DDos attacks.Spam protection,password storing are some of the areas where the original SMF needed a lot of effort.

[posternat]

There is no way somebody's going to sit right a forum website from scratch there's just too much to it. There are a couple of packaged forums out there and that's what simple machines for is. I believe it's free, most of them are, and basically you just download their software put it on your server make sure your server has what needs to be there, and then you fill in some forms on the back to tell the software what you want your form to look like, categories, titles and stuff like that.

[farwellbit]

There is no way somebody's going to sit right a forum website from scratch there's just too much to it. There are a couple of packaged forums out there and that's what simple machines for is. I believe it's free, most of them are, and basically you just download their software put it on your server make sure your server has what needs to be there, and then you fill in some forms on the back to tell the software what you want your form to look like, categories, titles and stuff like that.

That does not mean that these guys don't work hard just to make a simple 10 category 4 takes a lot of work, and then getting the four popular takes even more work, and then dealing with everything that comes after that is even more work. But that's what simple machine forums is Kama a pre-packaged, Turn Key forum framework.