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  • Modding Synchronet bbs

    From Morningstarr to All on Saturday, April 18, 2026 17:38:24
    After years of research, and using different bbs software, I have always landed on synchronet. After doing research it, is most definitely the hardest bbs software to mod. What makes it worse, is they have stalled updating baja. Their old default programming language is fairly easy to learn and use. They switched to Java Script..... I have read and tried to learn it, but it's just not clicking for me. I can look at various languages and tell what the code is doing, and manage to learn and write programs. Python is a very flexible language that is easy to learn. Why didn't the authors of synchronet go with Python and instead; chose Java Script? I have a lot of ideas with my bbs, but I can't implement them.
  • From Biggieb to Morningstarr on Saturday, April 18, 2026 22:03:45

    After years of research, and using different bbs software, I have always landed on synchronet. After doing research it, is most definitely the hardest bbs software to mod.

    I have to agree with you and it is taking me a much longer time to mod some stuff. However, it seems pretty stable than other software I have used and certainly more complex with endless layers of connectivity and services. I really need to learn more about Javascript so I can do some serious mods.
    Right now most of my stuff is still "out of the box" but functioning well but I'm slowly learning some tricks - LOL
  • From Morningstarr to Biggieb on Saturday, April 18, 2026 22:30:09
    Yeah, it's the most flexible software out there. It can do basically anything, and some.. I do my modding with baja. I use it and very little Java Script. I usually steal parts from other js files and combine them, to make one. So, when I look at a js file, I am lost. I can look at python, or other languages and kind of pick up on it. They all have a lot of similarities, Java script apparently doesn't have as many. I am trying to make a script that allows users to browse wikipedia. I am getting error after error....I can't seem to figure out what the deal is. I think I have stumped google's ai too.