[ExI] Software advice please

Tue Jun 3 16:50:29 UTC 2008

Gina Miller wrote:
>  
> That's such a long list (I'm impressed) that it would take me a long 
> time to research and differentiate them all. As for dependencies I 
> should have been more clear. If you Google "forum software" you end up 
> at a lot of places that actually host what would be the forum on their 
> server, so it wouldn't really be yours. I don't want that as I have my 
> own server (it has virtual domains so I have many under one) and 
> I already use Dreamweaver to create and upload my 
> current webpages (which works very well for me) so I would like a 
> forum program that could plug into Dreamweaver easily or if separate 
> wouldn't be a problem importing for use into. I already own the domain 
> name (http://nanohealththinktank.com/) that I want to host my forum 
> on, so also not an issue. I hope I am explaining all of this 
> correctly... if I could get one in the box program that has forum 
> boards and chat room that would be the ticket. I'm all set with the 
> other parts...
>  
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     *From:* Bryan Bishop <mailto:kanzure at gmail.com>
>     *To:* ExI chat list <mailto:extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org>
>     *Sent:* Sunday, June 01, 2008 10:19 PM
>     *Subject:* Re: [ExI] Software advice please
>
>     On Monday 02 June 2008, Gina Miller wrote:
>     > Hello everyone, I have a query. So I'm going to be developing that
>     > http://nanohealththinktank.com/ website, which isn't up and running
>     > yet but I need some help trying to find the right forum software.
>
>     http://phpbb.com/ - but make sure you use recaptcha (spam prevention)
>     http://mediawiki.org/ - but make sure you use recaptcha
>
>     Other options:
>
>     360Board - http://www.360Board.com/
>     Aborior's Encore - http://www.aborior.com/encore/index.shtml
>     ASP-DEv Free Forums - http://forums.asp-dev.co.uk/ (hosted)
>     ASP Playground.NET - http://www.aspplayground.net
>     BBBoard - http://bb.bbboy.net/ (hosted)
>     BeeBoard - http://www.beebalm.com/beeboard.html
>     BoardServer - http://www.web-site-tools.com/boardse.htm (hosted)
>     Burning Board - http://www.woltlab.de/
>     CuteCast - http://www.artscore.net/
>     Cyphor - http://www.cynox.ch/cyphor/
>     DCForum - http://www.dcscripts.com/dcforum.shtml
>     DCForum+ - http://www.dcscripts.com/dcforump.shtml
>     Discus - http://www.discusware.com/discus/index.php
>     DK3 Discussion board - http://www.dk3.com/boardsystem/ (hosted)
>     Eboards4all - http://www.eboards4all.com/ (hosted)
>     Edge-Board - http://www.edgeboard.net/
>     ezboard - http://www.ezboard.com (hosted)
>     ForumExperts - http://www.forumexperts.com/ (hosted)
>     FUD - http://fud.prohost.org
>     FuseTalk - http://www.fusetalk.com/
>     GuestForum - http://www.guestforum.com/ (hosted)
>     He Bulletin Board - http://www.hescripts.com/
>     IdealBB - http://www.idealscience.com/site/default.aspx
>     iHailStorm - http://inca.cc.uic.edu/ihailstorm/ihailstorm.php
>     ikonboard - http://www.ikonboard.com/
>     Invision Board - http://www.invisionboard.com/
>     InvisionFree - http://www.invisionfree.com/ (hosted)
>     Jive Forums - http://www.jivesoftware.com/products.jsp
>     LokwaBB - http://lokwa.farcom.com/
>     MercuryBoard - http://www.mercuryboard.com/
>     miniBB - http://www.minibb.net/
>     myBB - http://mybboard.com/
>     MyIkonboard - http://www.myikonboard.com/intro.php (hosted)
>     NavBoard - http://navarone.f2o.org
>     netVillage - http://www.netvillage.com/homeframeset.html (hosted)
>     Netzbrett - http://www.subjective.de/en/netzbrett/index.php
>     OpenBB - http://www.openbb.com
>     PBLang - http://pblang.drmartinus.de/
>     phpBB - http://www.phpbb.com/
>     Phorum - http://phorum.org/
>     POP Forums - http://popforums.cliquesite.com/
>     ProBoards - http://www.proboards.com (hosted)
>     RPGBoard - http://www.resonatorsoft.org/software/rpgboard/
>     RobBoard - http://borschevsky.virtualave.net/
>     SmartBB - http://www.smartbb.net/
>     SmarTek - http://corp.smartek.net/boards.cfm
>     SMB - http://www.simplemessageboard.com/
>     Snitz Forums 2000 - http://forum.snitz.com/
>     Sporum - http://www.sporum.org/
>     SowiBB - http://sowibb.sourceforge.net/
>     StarForums - http://on.starblvd.net/meet/ (hosted)
>     SuddenLaunch - http://www.suddenlaunch.com/ (hosted)
>     Tag Board - http://www.tag-board.com/ (hosted)
>     tribbyBoard - http://www.tribby.com/board/
>     UBB Classic - http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbclassic/
>     UBB Threads - http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbthreads/
>     UBB.x - http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbx/ (hosted)
>     UltraBoard - http://www.homepagetools.com/ultraboard/ (hosted)
>     vBulletin - http://www.vbulletin.com/
>     VersiForum - http://www.versiforum.com/
>     VoyForums - http://www.voy.com/ (hosted)
>     xsorbit - http://www.xsorbit.com/web/web_soft_messboard.html
>     w-Agora - http://www.w-agora.net/en/index.php
>     WebWiz - http://www.webwizguide.info/web_wiz_for ... p?mode=asp
>     WWWBoard - http://www.scriptarchive.com/wwwboard.html
>     XMB - http://www.xmbforum.com/
>     YaBB - http://www.yabbforum.com/
>     YaBB SE - http://www.yabb.info/
>     Yazd - http://yazd.yasna.com/
>     ZCom - http://zcom.frankoyer.com/cgi/index.cgi
>     Zorum - http://www.zorum.com/
>     ZUBB - http://www.zope.org/Members/BwanaZulia/ZUBB
>
>     > What I am really looking for ~ is for it to be an easy to use visual
>     > WYSIWYG (remember that term), because I really don't want anything
>
>     Try http://xstandard.com/ ?
>
>     > complicated or full of scripting this or that (really). I also don't
>     > need it to be one of those hosted forums or the dependency of it
>
>     I agree. Avoid dependency issues. Especially dreamweaver or other
>     commercial products. Also avoid frontpage. You could go with Open
>     Office and use it to save HTML documents, but there are other options
>     like xstandard.com and so on.
>
>     > because I have my own domain and will be uploading via Dreamweaver.
>
>     Woah, stop right there. You don't need to go as far as
>     dreamweaver. Just
>     go install a blogging system (wordpress) or a content management
>     system, like drupal.
>
>     http://wordpress.com/
>     http://drupal.org/
>
>     > And while I am willing to pay for it, not anything unreasonable. As
>
>     You should pay at most $5/yr for the domain name, and the hosting
>     could
>     either be (1) a one-time $25 fee for an old computer, or (2) host
>     with
>     one of us. For example, if you're not expecting more than a few
>     million
>     hits a month, I could host you very easily.
>
>     > far as features go, I would like the usual modern message board
>     where
>     > people can create their own profile and post comments, under various
>     > topics (I would like moderation controls). But I would also like
>
>     Those boards I listed above can do this.
>
>     > there to be a chat room, but again not hosted, once I buy this stuff
>
>     Chat rooms via IRC? http://irchelp.org/
>     You could run a server daemon process in the background, it's
>     called 'ircd' (irc daemon), which does a server. This way anybody can
>     connect through their own favorite clients, and you can provide a
>     page
>     on the site for people less fortunate (cgi irc gateway, easily
>     Googleable).
>
>     > I want it to be mine forever. And a calendar or other interesting
>
>     I think drupal might do calendars. phpBB and other board systems
>     definitely do.
>
>     > interactive features would be a nice bonus. Does anyone have any
>     > ideas for me? Thank you for any help you can provide : )
>
>     Hope that helps.
>
>     - Bryan
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You may want to also look into building a Joomla website and use a forum 
module. There's a steep learning curve, but once you get the hang of it, 
it's a nice way to be able to manage content. Best of all, it's free and 
open source. www.joomla.org
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