I’ve seen this style of forum software on a number of other sites, but I can’t find what it is anywhere.
As far as I am aware, they are using Discourse.
Discourse .
Yeah it’s Discourse, hosted by Discourse at https://www.discourse.org/
I pay around $300 a month for the service and it’s been 100% reliable since we started this (admittedly low traffic) site.
Jono Bacon convinced me I should do it on Triangulation back in September 2019.
It’s a far preferable place to field comments than YouTube or Twitter!
I love the idea of a forum. I’m not a huge fan of Discourse. I think there is a ton of wasted space in the layout and prefer to look of forums like phpBB, XenForo, etc.
But I’m not paying for the forums, and I don’t have to administer them. Discourse seems to be very popular, so it must have features people or admins love.
I’m just here as a casual end user.
I’m curious what makes Discourse a better option than other forum options.
Honestly I think PHPBB and XenForo look really dated.
Try out some of the themes here (in your settings) - maybe you’ll find one you like better. Sam’s Simple Theme looks a lot like old school forum software.
And if you guys know of other Discourse themes you’d like to see let me know - I can install it.
I’ll see what themes I can find that look interesting.
Absolutely agree. I’m a big fan of the modern look/feel of Discourse. Great choice for the community.
Everyone has their own preferences. With the right themes XenForo and phpBB can look quite modern.
I do like that Discourse supports markdown. That makes my typing much faster.
Air theme installed. You can try it by clicking the hamburger menu to the upper right and choosing theme selector.