Theme demo: pick a theme on the right. Log in as demo / demo to try posting. Everything resets every night.
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1 8 Feb 2026 0
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This is a judgement-free zone. Mostly.

Go on, share yours. Rules: no politics, keep it fun.

I will start: reheated pasta and zero regrets.

Caffeine thread because Friday mornings require teamwork.

Maybe this has been discussed before, but I could not find anything recent.
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My best-performing affiliate content is honest comparisons, not listicles.
  • Speed first
  • Content people search for
  • Consistent posting
— my entire SEO strategy.

Curious what everyone else here thinks about it.
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1 7 Feb 2026 0
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Learned the hard way that an untested backup is a Schrödinger backup.

Moving from shared hosting to a VPS was the best decision for my sites.

Staging is just a subdomain plus a database copy — nothing fancy, works fine.

Curious what everyone else here thinks about it.
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1 3 Oct 2026 0
#4

Never let WordPress send mail natively on a VPS — use SMTP or a transactional service.

Every build of mine starts with the same six plugins and grows from there.

Maybe this has been discussed before, but I could not find anything recent.
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1 59 Mar 2026 0
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Signatures may contain one link and must stay under three lines.

Welcome aboard! Forumeze is a general-purpose community for webmasters, gamers and tinkerers.

Use the report button rather than back-seat moderating.

We ask everyone to keep discussions civil and on-topic.

Any tips, experiences or strong opinions welcome.

I did a bit of searching but could not find a recent thread on this, so here we go.
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1 27 Mar 2026 0
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This is a judgement-free zone. Mostly.

Go on, share yours. Rules: no politics, keep it fun.

Mine is simple — sleeping until noon and not feeling guilty about it.

Caffeine thread because Friday mornings require teamwork.

Curious what everyone else here thinks about it.
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1 8 Feb 2026 0
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Bootstrap 5 works fine inside MyBB as long as you namespace your overrides.

Keeping templates in Git finally lets me diff changes sanely.

Remember to hard-refresh after syncing, the CSS cache is aggressive.

I have been rebuilding my forum theme with a file-based workflow and it is so much nicer than clicking through the ACP.

Would love to hear how you all handle this.
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1 2 May 2026
#8

Dark mode via prefers-color-scheme is easier than I expected.

I have been test-driving lightweight themes and the speed difference is dramatic.

Any tips, experiences or strong opinions welcome.
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1 9 Nov 2026 0
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I debloat Windows with a small script and a restore point — never had an issue.

Went from air to an AIO and the noise difference at load is night and day.

Finally finished the rebuild after months of collecting parts one sale at a time.
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1 3 Mar 2026 0
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Caffeine thread because Friday mornings require teamwork.

I will start: reheated pasta and zero regrets.

This is a judgement-free zone. Mostly.

Go on, share yours. Rules: no politics, keep it fun.

I did a bit of searching but could not find a recent thread on this, so here we go.
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1 4 Oct 2026 0
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Mine is simple — sleeping until noon and not feeling guilty about it.

This is a judgement-free zone. Mostly.

I will start: reheated pasta and zero regrets.

Curious what everyone else here thinks about it.

Maybe this has been discussed before, but I could not find anything recent.
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1 2 Feb 2026
#12

Container queries changed how I build card layouts — the component adapts to its slot, not the viewport.

Dark mode is a one-liner media query once your colours live in variables.

:has() finally lets me style parents without JavaScript, and support is good now.

Curious what everyone else here thinks about it.

Maybe this has been discussed before, but I could not find anything recent.
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1 1 Oct 2025 0
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This is a judgement-free zone. Mostly.

Caffeine thread because Friday mornings require teamwork.

Mine is simple — sleeping until noon and not feeling guilty about it.

Any tips, experiences or strong opinions welcome.
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1 2 Aug 2026 0
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I have been rebuilding my forum theme with a file-based workflow and it is so much nicer than clicking through the ACP.

Remember to hard-refresh after syncing, the CSS cache is aggressive.

I did a bit of searching but could not find a recent thread on this, so here we go.
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1 5 Oct 2025 0
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My e-ink reader gets more use than my tablet — the battery lasts weeks.

Handheld PCs turned my commute into actual gaming time instead of doom-scrolling.

After years of flagships I switched to a midrange phone and honestly barely notice the difference.

Smart watch battery is my deciding factor now; everything else is good enough.
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1 2 Mar 2026 0
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The upgrade script is reliable but a backup costs you nothing.

Make sure you take both a files and a database backup before upgrading.

I switched the cache store to Redis and the ACP feels snappier now.

Curious what everyone else here thinks about it.
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1 4 Nov 2025 0
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Please take a minute to read the rules — they are short and mostly common sense.

We ask everyone to keep discussions civil and on-topic.

Curious what everyone else here thinks about it.
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1 38 Jun 2026 0
#18

I keep a list of essential plugins and thought I would share it here.

Hooks are the heart of MyBB plugins —
Code: PHP
$plugins->add_hook('pre_output_page', 'my_func');
is where everything starts.

Remember: _activate() should be reversible, _install() owns permanent structures.

xmlhttp.php is the cleanest way to add AJAX endpoints to MyBB.
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1 1 Jul 2026 0
#19

Moving from shared hosting to a VPS was the best decision for my sites.

I put every site behind the same free CDN tier and forgot about DDoS worries.

Staging is just a subdomain plus a database copy — nothing fancy, works fine.

I did a bit of searching but could not find a recent thread on this, so here we go.
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1 2 Oct 2025 0
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Returning true from a by-value hook replaces the argument; by-reference hooks mutate in place — check the call site.

Hooks are the heart of MyBB plugins —
Code: PHP
$plugins->add_hook('pre_output_page', 'my_func');
is where everything starts.