Can you use this with github pages?

[jasonw4331]

Is there any way for this to work with github pages? I was hoping to test a few things out and be able to use this to make a mini forums website

[hiilikewiki]

I am not sure. I wonder if PocketMine (if shoghi comes back) will use this. I mean, this could be brill with more people contributing. It might save A LOT of money as I know XF is quite pricey

[remotevase]

@archie426 definitely not. There are [no offence, @applqpak] some much more developed forum software out there in the world that are much less pricey. Examples: VanillaForums, PhpBB...
If anything, they will switch to those

[hiilikewiki]

I've never heard of those. Still, XF is the current leading one (if priceyist). It could still be quite good with more people contributing (not that I can talk but I am making progress in my fork that will be eventually pulled back.

[Vaultleaper]

@jasonwynn10 GitHub pages doesn't support PHP.

[jasonw4331]

that sucks, they should add support for file writing

[remotevase]

They should, and they might, but they probably won't do it for free. You might need to upgrade to a paid plan/education plan on order to get features like that

[dragonwocky]

@remotevase is right, so far out of all the free forum softwares I've tested VanillaForums is one of the best tho

[juantaco]

@remotevase this is what I think you shouldn't pay to make a site i know that you can get good prices from namecheap and other hosting services but it is possible to make a fourms software for github pages just that it would be hard to do and it won't be as easy as 123.
Edit* there is http://ost.io/ but you have to do some coding

[hiilikewiki]

@juantaco (Off topic but oh well) You are very right. Why should you have to pay for hosting. If companies respond with 'How are we going to make a profit' well it can just be nationalized. But sorry for going off-topic.

[remotevase]

yes, makes sense. I like http://byet.host personally...

[dragonwocky]

@archie426 also, XF is a pay once thing. So now that PocketMine already has that for the forums they're not likely to change it. The donations etc. pay for the hosting and stuff.

[hiilikewiki]

@TheDragonRing I thougt you had to pay yearly

[remotevase]

no