/esoTalk

esoTalk is a new version of the outdated esoTalk forum v1.0.0g4 running PHP with some minor improvements

Primary LanguagePHPGNU General Public License v2.0GPL-2.0

esoTalk

This is an updated version of the esoTalk forum v1.0.0g4 from 17 May 2014

This PHP software is used by http://adilbo.com

esoTalk – Fat-free forum software

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esoTalk is a free, open-source forum software package built with PHP and MySQL. It is designed to be:

  • Fast. esoTalk's code was architectured to have little overhead and to be as efficient as possible.
  • Simple. All of esoTalk's interfaces are designed around simplicity, ease-of-use, and speed.
  • Powerful. Despite its simplicity, a large array of plugins and skins are available to extend the functionality of esoTalk.

System Requirements

esoTalk requires PHP 5.3+ and now also work with 7.4 and a modern version of MySQL or MariaDB.

The PHP gd extension is required to support avatar uploading.

esoTalk has only been tested on Apache and lighttpd. If you encounter a problem specific to any other web server, please create an issue.

Installation

Installing esoTalk is super easy. In brief, simply:

  1. Download esoTalk.
  2. Extract and upload the files to your PHP-enabled web server.
  3. Visit the location in your web browser and follow the instructions in the installer.

Upgrading

To upgrade esoTalk from an older version, simply:

  1. Download the latest version of esoTalk.
  2. Extract and upload all of the files to your web-server, overwriting old ones. (Be careful that you don't lose custom plugins, skins, and languages you've uploaded to the addons directory, though!)
  3. Visit your-forum.com/?p=upgrade in your web browser and watch esoTalk complete the upgrade.

Troubleshooting

If you are having problems installing esoTalk, view the Github page.

With debug mode = true the Page AJAX will not work.

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License

GPL-2.0 License

Original (but outdated) project is here

https://github.com/tobyzerner