JMartin

Hi. I'm totally new. Have never used PW before, but have wanted to for years! I've just never been able to wrap my head around how it works, so I always (somewhat begrudgingly) go back to Expression Engine. But anyway... I have a new client who wants to make an Image Board site for full time RVers and live aboard boaters. They want something similar to 4chan, but without anonymous posting. And they want it to be more modern looking – kinda like NodeBB. So a regular Image Board script won’t work because they don’t seem to support memberships. And a vBulletin-type forum would require a tonnn of hacking to make it right. I could definitely build it with EE, but I'm wondering if PW might be a suitable (and more scalable) alternative? Requirements would be: Front end member registration, password retrieval, etc. Front end thread creation by all members (I assume each new thread would be a separate "page") Front end member profile editing Picture upload required to create each new thread Picture upload optional on all subsequent comments inside a thread Front end post and comment uploads restricted to images only – .jpg, .gif, .png Appropriate security to prevent uploading malicious files disguised as images Optional tagging of each thread as it's being created Automatic SEF urls created based on the thread title ( e.g. http://site.com/forum/title-of-my-thread-12345 -or- http://site.com/forum/12345/this-is-title-of-my-thread ) Sitewide search feature This client has existing sites with nearly 120,000 members combined. When they launch this thing, the number of pages could grow very quickly as this audience loves to share travel pictures, etc. Can PW do it? Of the stated requirements, what is PW missing and/or what would need to be crafted from scratch? Thank you!

Wow. That's fantastic. Just installed and worked through the options. I think I mostly understand it. Seems extremely powerful. Thank you for making it! On a related note... your ProcessPageFieldSelectCreator module was instrumental in me *finally* understanding how Pages work! Specifically... that they're not just "pages." With much frustration, I almost gave up on PW several times yesterday because it just wasn't making any sense. But experimenting with your module provided me with a much-needed light bulb moment. After that, a lot of stuff has 'clicked' for me. So thank you again.

Oh geez. Of course, I didn't know that. Now I see that warning at the top of the /wire/config.php file. Appreciate the heads up.

Thank you, Adrian. I checked and rechecked my config.php file for that setting. Couldn't find it. I didn't realize there are 2 different config files. Ha! (for anyone else reading this, the Advanced Mode setting is in the /wire/ directory, not /site/.) Your screenshot was very helpful. Also, I didn't know about the hidden status/unpublish buttons on the Page List View. That's a great time saver! Thanks for the tip.

This is officially my second day trying to understand ProcessWire and all its awesome awesomeness. Two things I love about it so far: [1] Truly unlimited custom fields and [2] Ability to easily customize the layout of said custom fields inside the admin panel. That being said, I would like to move the Name and Status fields from the Settings tab to the Content tab. In fact, if there's a way to re-order and resize the fields, I wouldn't mind deleting the Settings tab entirely and moving ALL those fields to the Content tab. I found an old 2011 discussion related to this, but Ryan's answer seems to be obsolete now. Any ideas how to tackle this?