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ortic forum
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[](#ortic-forum)

This repository contains a simple forum solution for concrete5 v8+ and PHP 7+.

Instead of using pages for everything, this forum uses a lean structure that should be more performant than a page + attribute based solution. Each topic is a page in concrete5, but the actual messages are stored in dedicated tables to make things faster and easier to handle.

Installation
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[](#installation)

Copy the content of this repository to your packages directory and save everything in a folder called `ortic_forum`. Install the package in the concrete5 UI. This will create a new page type called `Forum`. Simply create a new page of that type to add a forum to your sitemap. Feel free to create as many forums as you want

Configuration
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[](#configuration)

You can customize the forum by copying `config/ortic_forum.php` to `application/config/ortic_forum/ortic_forum.php`.

- `admin_group` The group of users that has the permission to update and delete forum messages of others.
- `attachment_fileset_name` The name of the fileset to which the files from the forum will be added.

Usage
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[](#usage)

- Simply create a new page using the "forum" page type. You can have as many of those pages as you like. That allows you to have several topics.
- There's a forum news block you can use to post a list of the most recent forum messages.

Customizing output
------------------

[](#customizing-output)

- The forum uses single pages to render its output. Make sure you properly implement `view.php` in your theme. The forum will be rendered where `view.php` echo's `$innerContent`.
- If that isn't enough, copy the content of [https://github.com/ortic/concrete5-forum/blob/master/single\_pages/forum.php](https://github.com/ortic/concrete5-forum/blob/master/single_pages/forum.php) to `application/single_pages/forum.php` and amend whatever you'd like to change. The same works for `forum_topic.php`.
- If that isn't enough, create a file called `forum.php` in your theme. Include the header, footer and whatever else you include from your `view.php`. Instead of echoing the content of `$innerContent`, use the content of [https://github.com/ortic/concrete5-forum/blob/master/single\_pages/forum.php](https://github.com/ortic/concrete5-forum/blob/master/single_pages/forum.php) and change whatever you like.
- You can also override the email by copying `new_answer.php` to your application's mail directory.
- You can also override the elements. If you don't like the output of the avatar, copy `user_avatar.php` from `elements` to `application/elements` and change whatever you like.

###  Health Score

18

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LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity40

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.1% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

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