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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
moz-do-not-send="true" 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>
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Personal: <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.nanogirl.com">http://www.nanogirl.com</a><br>
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Craft blog: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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"Nanotechnology: Solutions for the future."<br>
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Re: [ExI] Software advice please</div>
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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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://phpbb.com/">http://phpbb.com/</a>
- but make sure you use recaptcha (spam prevention)<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://mediawiki.org/">http://mediawiki.org/</a>
- but make sure you use recaptcha<br>
<br>
Other options:<br>
<br>
360Board - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.360Board.com/">http://www.360Board.com/</a><br>
Aborior's Encore - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.aborior.com/encore/index.shtml">http://www.aborior.com/encore/index.shtml</a><br>
ASP-DEv Free Forums - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://forums.asp-dev.co.uk/">http://forums.asp-dev.co.uk/</a>
(hosted)<br>
ASP Playground.NET - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.aspplayground.net">http://www.aspplayground.net</a><br>
BBBoard - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://bb.bbboy.net/">http://bb.bbboy.net/</a>
(hosted)<br>
BeeBoard - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.beebalm.com/beeboard.html">http://www.beebalm.com/beeboard.html</a><br>
BoardServer - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.web-site-tools.com/boardse.htm">http://www.web-site-tools.com/boardse.htm</a>
(hosted)<br>
Burning Board - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.woltlab.de/">http://www.woltlab.de/</a><br>
CuteCast - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.artscore.net/">http://www.artscore.net/</a><br>
Cyphor - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.cynox.ch/cyphor/">http://www.cynox.ch/cyphor/</a><br>
DCForum - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.dcscripts.com/dcforum.shtml">http://www.dcscripts.com/dcforum.shtml</a><br>
DCForum+ - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.dcscripts.com/dcforump.shtml">http://www.dcscripts.com/dcforump.shtml</a><br>
Discus - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.discusware.com/discus/index.php">http://www.discusware.com/discus/index.php</a><br>
DK3 Discussion board - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.dk3.com/boardsystem/">http://www.dk3.com/boardsystem/</a>
(hosted)<br>
Eboards4all - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.eboards4all.com/">http://www.eboards4all.com/</a>
(hosted)<br>
Edge-Board - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.edgeboard.net/">http://www.edgeboard.net/</a><br>
ezboard - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.ezboard.com">http://www.ezboard.com</a>
(hosted)<br>
ForumExperts - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.forumexperts.com/">http://www.forumexperts.com/</a>
(hosted)<br>
FUD - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://fud.prohost.org">http://fud.prohost.org</a><br>
FuseTalk - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.fusetalk.com/">http://www.fusetalk.com/</a><br>
GuestForum - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.guestforum.com/">http://www.guestforum.com/</a>
(hosted)<br>
He Bulletin Board - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.hescripts.com/">http://www.hescripts.com/</a><br>
IdealBB - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.idealscience.com/site/default.aspx">http://www.idealscience.com/site/default.aspx</a><br>
iHailStorm - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://inca.cc.uic.edu/ihailstorm/ihailstorm.php">http://inca.cc.uic.edu/ihailstorm/ihailstorm.php</a><br>
ikonboard - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.ikonboard.com/">http://www.ikonboard.com/</a><br>
Invision Board - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.invisionboard.com/">http://www.invisionboard.com/</a><br>
InvisionFree - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.invisionfree.com/">http://www.invisionfree.com/</a>
(hosted)<br>
Jive Forums - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.jivesoftware.com/products.jsp">http://www.jivesoftware.com/products.jsp</a><br>
LokwaBB - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://lokwa.farcom.com/">http://lokwa.farcom.com/</a><br>
MercuryBoard - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.mercuryboard.com/">http://www.mercuryboard.com/</a><br>
miniBB - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.minibb.net/">http://www.minibb.net/</a><br>
myBB - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://mybboard.com/">http://mybboard.com/</a><br>
MyIkonboard - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.myikonboard.com/intro.php">http://www.myikonboard.com/intro.php</a>
(hosted)<br>
NavBoard - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://navarone.f2o.org">http://navarone.f2o.org</a><br>
netVillage - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.netvillage.com/homeframeset.html">http://www.netvillage.com/homeframeset.html</a>
(hosted)<br>
Netzbrett - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.subjective.de/en/netzbrett/index.php">http://www.subjective.de/en/netzbrett/index.php</a><br>
OpenBB - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.openbb.com">http://www.openbb.com</a><br>
PBLang - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://pblang.drmartinus.de/">http://pblang.drmartinus.de/</a><br>
phpBB - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.phpbb.com/">http://www.phpbb.com/</a><br>
Phorum - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://phorum.org/">http://phorum.org/</a><br>
POP Forums - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://popforums.cliquesite.com/">http://popforums.cliquesite.com/</a><br>
ProBoards - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.proboards.com">http://www.proboards.com</a>
(hosted)<br>
RPGBoard - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.resonatorsoft.org/software/rpgboard/">http://www.resonatorsoft.org/software/rpgboard/</a><br>
RobBoard - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://borschevsky.virtualave.net/">http://borschevsky.virtualave.net/</a><br>
SmartBB - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.smartbb.net/">http://www.smartbb.net/</a><br>
SmarTek - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://corp.smartek.net/boards.cfm">http://corp.smartek.net/boards.cfm</a><br>
SMB - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.simplemessageboard.com/">http://www.simplemessageboard.com/</a><br>
Snitz Forums 2000 - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://forum.snitz.com/">http://forum.snitz.com/</a><br>
Sporum - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.sporum.org/">http://www.sporum.org/</a><br>
SowiBB - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://sowibb.sourceforge.net/">http://sowibb.sourceforge.net/</a><br>
StarForums - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://on.starblvd.net/meet/">http://on.starblvd.net/meet/</a>
(hosted)<br>
SuddenLaunch - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.suddenlaunch.com/">http://www.suddenlaunch.com/</a>
(hosted)<br>
Tag Board - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.tag-board.com/">http://www.tag-board.com/</a>
(hosted)<br>
tribbyBoard - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.tribby.com/board/">http://www.tribby.com/board/</a><br>
UBB Classic - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbclassic/">http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbclassic/</a><br>
UBB Threads - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbthreads/">http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbthreads/</a><br>
UBB.x - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbx/">http://www.infopop.com/products/ubbx/</a>
(hosted)<br>
UltraBoard - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.homepagetools.com/ultraboard/">http://www.homepagetools.com/ultraboard/</a>
(hosted)<br>
vBulletin - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.vbulletin.com/">http://www.vbulletin.com/</a><br>
VersiForum - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.versiforum.com/">http://www.versiforum.com/</a><br>
VoyForums - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.voy.com/">http://www.voy.com/</a>
(hosted)<br>
xsorbit - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.xsorbit.com/web/web_soft_messboard.html">http://www.xsorbit.com/web/web_soft_messboard.html</a><br>
w-Agora - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.w-agora.net/en/index.php">http://www.w-agora.net/en/index.php</a><br>
WebWiz - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.webwizguide.info/web_wiz_for">http://www.webwizguide.info/web_wiz_for</a>
... p?mode=asp<br>
WWWBoard - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.scriptarchive.com/wwwboard.html">http://www.scriptarchive.com/wwwboard.html</a><br>
XMB - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.xmbforum.com/">http://www.xmbforum.com/</a><br>
YaBB - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.yabbforum.com/">http://www.yabbforum.com/</a><br>
YaBB SE - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.yabb.info/">http://www.yabb.info/</a><br>
Yazd - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://yazd.yasna.com/">http://yazd.yasna.com/</a><br>
ZCom - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://zcom.frankoyer.com/cgi/index.cgi">http://zcom.frankoyer.com/cgi/index.cgi</a><br>
Zorum - <a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.zorum.com/">http://www.zorum.com/</a><br>
ZUBB - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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 moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://wordpress.com/">http://wordpress.com/</a><br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" 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 moz-do-not-send="true"
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>
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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. <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.joomla.org">www.joomla.org</a><br>
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