Reading About Ranch JForum

posted 9 years ago

JavaRanch/CodeRanch made a fork of jforum.net "pure" JForum. We've written a number of articles on the topic including:

Solving a threading problem that turns out to be an issue in the pure JForum source as well.

We've also tried to release a significant feature each year on January 3rd - Jumping JForum Day. Other features get released throughout the year.

Year	Features	Announcement thread
2025	CloudFlare and uploading customer profile/cover phots	thread
2024	Ranchoversary PIE and autoreply for PMs	thread
2023	Multiple websites in user profile and rel=me	thread
2022	BB Code Tag Preferences	thread
2021	None (due to pandemic)	thread
2020	Merit badges	here
2019	Cow poll enhancements and git migration	here
2018	New user profile and scavenger hunt	here
2017	Custom dashboards for category and forum list view and thread boost feature	here
2016	Wiki now integrated into site, beta view becomes primary view and PIE	here
2015	Cow polls and advertiser list	here
2014	Rattlesnake Pit, Flags, Beta Look and Feel take two	here
2013	Cows, Beta Look and Feel, Multi Forum Support	here
2012	More like this and show which threads viewed	here
2011	bumper stickers, blackbeltfactory and other user personalizations	here
2010	mobile site	here
2009	Initial migration	here

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