We are in the process of making PHP-Nuke Platinum fully compatible with all themes and modules of PHP-Nuke and any PHP-Nuke Fork.

The 86it Developers Network has one goal in common and quite frankly this is how it should have been from the beginning. All things Nuke means that if you write a module for PHP-Nuke Titanium, PHP-Nuke Platinum, or the US version of PHP-Nuke Evolution Xtreme they will all be compatible with one another.

The 86it Developers Network will work with anyone writing a new CMS or would like to convert a CMS so that it meets the Nuke network's global standards.

We have no intention of ever removing compatibility for old modules or themes. The only time something will be removed is when it is no longer capable of working with the current PHP versions that are used in our Developer Network. We do not believe in taking things away from the good folks in the developer world and we will keep things updated and available on the network at all times. In the event that you have a theme or module that was written that seems to be having a compatibility issue, just let us know, and we will help re-write and modify it so that it works with all versions of PHP-Nuke.

A new copyright system has been put in place for all themes and modules and it is very easy to use. All you do is edit the module or theme copyright.php file and hit save or with new themes, you would upload your new copyright file to the themes root folder. If it is a module the same applies, you will edit or put the new copyright file in the root of the new module directory.

PHP-Nuke itself was the very first CMS to ever be created in the internet world and it is here to stay forever. There is not a whole lot of acknowledgment in the online world because, well people have not been educated in this area of internet history. The Francis Framework was intended for Internet Desktop Applications, not mobile phones or tablets. This is no longer the case in 2023 as all of the PHP-Nuke systems have been updated so that any website running PHP-Nuke or any PHP-Nuke fork easily identifies what type of device is being used when a person logs on to a website built with PHP-Nuke or any fork of PHP-Nuke. The only time that tables are an acceptable form of design is when you're creating an Internet Desktop Application. This is because desktop applications use in most cases a locked-width dynamic design system, and the only time they do not, is if a developer or programmer is so lazy that they take the easy way out and design their website solely for mobile, TV, or tablet access. By doing that they are taking a shortcut so that they do not have to write as much code and even the large corporations take this shortcut to keep from having to write a website that adheres to device-type cosmetics specifically. 

 What makes PHP-Nuke and all PHP-Nuke Forks the best?

PHP-Nuke allows you to use PROCEDURAL code and OOP code. It is able to use any Symfony library, meaning the 50 most popular libraries in the world used to develop online mobile and desktop web applications all work with PHP-Nuke. Symfony was not the 1st standard but it is now the standard foundation on which all of the best PHP applications are built. The reason that this is awesome is that you can speed up the creation and maintenance of your PHP-Nuke website application. End repetitive coding tasks and enjoy the power of having the choices needed to control your project and code.

Here is a list of the Symfony components that can be used in PHP-Nuke:
https://symfony.com/components

The technical requirements for PHP-Nuke:

Before running your PHP-Nuke site or creating your first PHP-Nuke module you must:

• Install PHP 8.2 or higher and these PHP extensions (which are installed and enabled by default in most PHP 8 installations): Ctype, iconv, PCRE, Session, SimpleXML, and Tokenizer;
• Install Composer, which is used to install PHP vendor libraries.

Instead of using the entire Symfony framework, we use its vendor libraries only. We do this because our framework supports more than just Bootstrap and quite frankly we are not interested in having anything to do with a framework that makes you adhere to their strict setup rules and developer guidelines as this puts a damper on your programming and design capabilities.

PHP-Nuke comes with Rector built in which will allow you to refactor old legacy code when creating modules or even themes. Rector is a PHP tool that you can run to get an instant upgrade or automated refactoring. It helps with the PHP-Nuke module and theme upgrades, it improves your code quality. Also, it helps with type-coverage and getting to the latest PHPStan level.

If you see something somewhere that you like, make no mistake it can be ported into a module. The PHP-Nuke module system is designed for that reason specifically, any application can be setup and run as a module allowing the dynamic module and theme system to do its magic. 

The majority of people that used PHP-Nuke liked to take advantage of the dynamic theme system designed by Francisco Burzi (Frank) intended to be used for Internet Desktop Applications.

Now people will like using PHP-Nuke because it has the best of both worlds and also has the ability to use the CSS Grid Layout Module alongside the Francis Framework which was designed solely for Internet Desktop Applications. The CSS Grid Module originally was intended for mobile, TV, and tablet website access allowing it to resize to fit all of our smaller less expensive devices. It offers a grid-based layout system, with rows and columns, making it easier to design web pages without having to use floats and positioning, which is used by the Francis Framework. It took a little while but the CSS Grid Module properties are now currently supported by all modern browsers. In short, the Francis Framework was designed to size up and the CSS Grid Layout Module was created to size down.

Data Scientist / Programmer   name: Ernest Allen Buffington   email: ernest.buffington[at]gmail.com