application as coder (?)

Mylo · Before February 2015

is it possible to join at the back-end of the forum and start to code there?
if yes how, and what requirements are there?

cheers,
mylo

PS: it's just because i want to support the forum, but don't really have the money to do so. maybe i can help there a little bit.

Different55 · Before February 2015

The forums are powered by FluxBB, which is coded in PHP, but I doubt they'll just hand you FTP credentials. I'm an administrator and I'm still not allowed to fix bugs in the forum first-hand.

XxAtillaxX · Before February 2015

It's a huge security concern and a huge responsibility to keep user credentials safe, and posts intact.
It isn't the best of time to submit an application, and any code does need to be reviewed - even FluxBB updates.

Mylo · Before February 2015

XxAtillaxX wrote:

It's a huge security concern and a huge responsibility to keep user credentials safe, and posts intact.
It isn't the best of time to submit an application, and any code does need to be reviewed - even FluxBB updates.

uh. but isn't the code of the forums separated from the database stuff? maybe a private repositorie on bitbucket with the forum code would do it. anyways. it was just a idea - i guess even the forum would need to get a upgrade once at the time.. ;b

but. alright (:

Different55 · Before February 2015

It's a bad idea to let random people edit the forum.

Since you can access the database from the forum, it doesn't really matter that they're separate. Allowing anyone database access is a horrible idea.

Mylo · Before February 2015

sigh. that's what i've meant. separate the actual forum code and the database code, and maybe put it on a private repository. haha:p

you know like

<?php $database_password="snip" ?> there and at the actual forum <?php $database_password="somecoolpassword" ?>

but nvm.

Last edited by Mylo (Sep 14 2014 8:09:05 pm)

Different55 · Before February 2015

I didn't misunderstand you.
You can keep outside people from getting at your MySQL database easily. That's not the problem. The problem is that you can just slap

$db->query("TRUNCATE TABLE ee_users");

in any old PHP file and wait for somebody to load the page, completely destroying the forum. Giving them access to the forum code is the same as handing them database access, even if there are no passwords or anything involved. No matter how much you separate it. That's what I meant by

Different55 wrote:

Since you can access the database from the forum, it doesn't really matter that they're separate.

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