Development
phpBB is an open-source project and has some specifics as such:
- The developers are volunteers from around the world. phpBB is an example of a successful open-source project. It has an impressive team list of about 50 people, when most open-source projects have two or three.
- Theres a community of users who often convert into collaborators.
You might be wondering how the community and the open-source nature of phpBB can help its development. There are a lot of ways, but just to name the major ones:
- Using and thus testing the software
- Reporting bugs so they can be fixed by the developers
- Contributing new features through MODs and hacks, and in this way extending the functionality
- Contributing new templates for the other phpBB admins to use ...
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