Hello people from vlr,
I'm currently working on a school project where we need to compare and contrast 3 websites that are the same yet different.
For example: Netflix, amazon prime, hulu.
I chose Forum websites, but my teacher said that I need to be careful when picking forum websites, since a lot of them use the same engine/software/template.
So, I wondered what engine/software vlr uses. If you know this, please let me know in the replies thanks!
-PotatoBrawler08
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What engine/software does VLR run on?
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You're not really cooked really.
There are forum 'engines' out there like Discourse, phpBB, and vBulletin, but it looks like VLR doesn't use those.
Since he asked
So, I wondered what engine/software vlr uses. If you know this, please let me know in the replies thanks!
We move on to the software that connects to make the website, so that is why I listed the w3tech site.
If you're confused on how it all works together here's a brief explanation:
The front end of the site is built with HTML for the structure, CSS to make it look nice, and JavaScript (with jQuery) to make things interactive. Stuff like loading posts without refreshing the page, posting comments, or updating profiles all happens through API calls. Those calls let JavaScript talk to the backend and grab new data without having to reload the page.
On the backend, PHP handles the server side stuff. It takes care of things like creating accounts, saving posts in the database, and checking logins, and other things. It also sends back API responses that the front end needs. So, when you post a comment, JavaScript sends that to the backend through an API request, and PHP processes it and updates the database.
The server runs on Ubuntu, and they use Nginx as the web server. Nginx makes sure everything runs smoothly by sending things like images and CSS straight to users and passing more complex stuff to PHP.
Basically, JavaScript/jQuery handles what users see and interact with on the front end by making API calls to the backend, while PHP handles all the backend processing. It’s not built with a pre-made forum engine, it’s just a custom setup using common tools to make everything work the way they want.
I think.......
How does the engine come into play tho? I think your teacher could just be old-school and thinking that forum is referring to the mass produced phpBB forums that I used to see a lot of. But I think as long as there's not a lot of obvious glaring similarities in the appearance of the forum your teacher won't even notice lol.
Like I think if you chose a combination like reddit, vlr, discord it'd all be fine.
I can vouch 100% for whatever yukky said, he is way smarter than me and knows way much more about this than anyone else in this site, but if it’s too technical I can say it uses jquerey front end and php backend
Here’s a post 4 years ago talking about it
https://www.vlr.gg/327/hltv-2-0/#29
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