Forum platforms and digital communities

Practice

Deployment / administration / design

Deployment and ongoing support of forum systems — from hosting setup and core installation to administration, updates and visual customization.

Scope of work

1.1 → 1.5

The 1.1 branch was current at the start of the period; versions 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 arrived in 2013–2014, followed by 1.5 in 2015.

3.3 → 3.4 → 4.x

IP.Board 3.3 and 3.4 belong to 2012. In 2015 the product moved to the IPS Community Suite 4.0 name, followed by the 4.1 line.

3.0.x → 3.1.x

The 3.0 branch was used at the start of the period; phpBB 3.1 became the main new line from late 2014.

Versions and dates reflect states confirmed by archives, Git history or releases and do not imply that every component was used in every deployment.