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