BrightSwitch Project
 

Hey all,

Just wanted to give everyone a heads up that there is a new tracker being actively developed over at /trunk ? BrightSwitch - Trac

I've currently not come up with a name for the project, I was going by iTracker but that's just way to common of the name. Anyways this tracker is developed in PHP using PHP5 and is a very OOP based tracker, with lots of room to expand, it's well documented and is build using a very strict MCV design pattern.

Also this tracker has a fresh web 2.0ish style about it and is very easy to theme (thanks to the MVC design). While is not released to the public yet there are seenshots and even a screencast available for userse to view, I will be opening up a playgound soon for people to get a feel for the tracker and for me to hopefully get some feedback.

Hope to see you there.

Note: We are currently looking for another developer or two to help with progress on this tracker.
If you are interested please contact tk on the forums located at http://binslashbash.org

Thanks.



Beta v1.0 revision 32
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BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING ELSE! READ THIS!

Know that this software is VERY EARLY BETA!

I 100% guarantee that some things will not work.
As of right now I don't want bug reports, or people telling me this is not work etc...
I am WELL AWARE of what's working and what's not.

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Now with that out of the way the real reason I've released this is because I know people
are chomping at the bit to see this software, it's being worked on almost every day,
but keep in mind this is a project I do FREE and IN MY SPARE TIME! What does that mean?
It means things are going to move super fast, also I'm currently the ONLY developer
on this project.

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Below are some rough (ok very rough) installation notes as the software installer is not yet built.

1) Create a mysql database

2) Look in the mysql/ directory of the version you just checked out

3) Dump (or upload) that .sql file to your created database
(mysql -u username -p -D database_name < file_name.sql)

4) Edit the following files:
./alpha/BrightSwitch/application/config/config.php
./alpha/BrightSwitch/application/config/database.php

5) Go to: http://www.yoursite.com/ and login. (Username: admin Password: brightadmin)

6) Enter the "Administration Panel" and click "User Manager"

7) Find the admin user and click on "Edit User" once there change the password!

That should be all

It looks great, its good to see trackers build from the ground up
Good Luck ! :friend:

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Updates!
 

Just a few updates, we now have a name "BrightSwitch" is what our tracker is now called. Also we have moved locations.

Forums are now located at http://www.brightswitch.org Looking forward to seeing you there!

just registered to your site I'm glad for somebody to actually is trying to build a whole new system from scratch
I agree TBdev is not nicely built and has just too many bugs

BrightSwtich Updates
 

Development has continued on BrightSwtich and things are coming along nicely, I've posted a new screencast for those of you who are interested, I've revamped the look as well as a few function modifications etc... I'm really going for a lean, clean, simple tracker.

http://www.brightswitch.org/showthread.php?t=16

I too registered to your site and i must say that this sounds interesting.
What kinda forums is this source be using? :)

the source will be compatable with the following,

vbulletin, phpbb3, PunBB for now, thinking about adding in IPB support.

Bump: We've finally got a public SVN open with a very early release so work its being updated daily. Hooraaa!

the svn version released here svn://brightswitch.org/brightswitch/alpha

BOO @ OOP .. do u know what OOP spells backwards ??

lol sorry i hate OOP can't ya tell :P .. Always good to see new sources... I just hope you make it easy to install new mods or add more mods than any n00b could ever need since OOP is a pain in the rear end.

Can i just ask why did you go with OOP over functional PHP programming?

thanks a lot any demo?