Re: Message Boards
I first read it 50 years ago in 'One, Two, Infinity' by George Gamow, in his discussion of entropy, physics stuff. A good book if you haven't read it. Karl - Original Message - From: Benjamin Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Greater NH Linux Users' Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 3:39 PM Subject: Re: Message Boards On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, at 3:30pm, Michael O'Donnell wrote: That's a pretty good description of the Internet, though, and it hasn't happened yet... (I forget where I first heard that) Generally attributed as: Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare. -- Blair Houghton -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
On Tue, 04 Jun 2002 10:53:02 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 09:27:59 EDT Bill Sconce said: (Is a message board at all like a wiki?) You know, this whole wiki thing is one of those areas that I just don't get. Bruce has shown us Twiki at a MELBA meeting, I've poked around on our wiki that Bruce has set up, and a few others, and I *still* don't get it. I'm sorry if my suggestion inadvertently added more heat than light. The original poster was asking about tools which would fulfill a need of his, a need which was not completely laid out for us. (Wikis are most valuable as collaborative-teamwork tools, if I understand correctly.) For what it's worth, *I* don't get message boards. Several other groups(*) I'm involved with have tried to set up message boards, or message-board-like facilities, in the past few months; the ensuing dialogue in each case was suggestive of a solution in search of a problem. I'm not attacking message boards; I just don't understand them. -Bill (*) International Aerobatic Club; Nashua Area Radio Club; Libranet Users' Group; Linux Weekly News; varying efforts from March 2002 to the present. Sometimes (e.g., Libranet) the effort seemed to spring from a hacker's well-meaning desire to mess around with something fun; once (IAC) evidence quickly appeared which implied that advertisers had convinced club HQ to provide a platform for hawking commercial wares to the membership. (The latter was quickly pulled amid a firestorm of protest, with considerable embarrassment to HQ.) * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
- Original Message - From: Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gnhlug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:46 PM Subject: Re: Message Boards For what it's worth, *I* don't get message boards. Several other groups(*) I'm involved with have tried to set up message boards, or message-board-like facilities, in the past few months; the ensuing dialogue in each case was suggestive of a solution in search of a problem. I'm not attacking message boards; I just don't understand them. Message boards are like news servers. The advantage of message boards is that you can set one up on a server you don't have control of, such as a shared hosting box. Most are written in PERL and all you need is the ability to run CGI. The advantage of message boards over PUBLIC news servers is they allow you to control who has access and who does NOT have access. However, if you have a machine and can set up your own NNTP server and moderate and control access to it, you probably have no need for a message board. The advantage of message boards over mailing lists is that YOU go to THEM, they do not come to you. Thus, you read only what you want to read, when you want to read it, and don't have to delete messages or whole threads from your mailbox that you have no interest in. (I have joined and dropped many mailing lists over the last few years for just this reason. I also considered dropping THIS list once for that very same reason.) :o) There is nothing inherently wrong with message boards. Their only downfall is who runs them. You can have some neat features, like todays active topics, threads sorted in order of most recent post, private messaging, and the ability to see who's on line, and you can prevent users from using html tags or ubb script to link to stupid sig images if you want. Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002 12:49:29 - Rich C [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Message boards are like news servers. The advantage of message boards is that you can set one up on a server you don't have control of... Ah ha. (Perhaps the light dawns.) Thank you, Rich, and I hope at least one other list member gained illumination from your answer. So, if I'm on the right track, Linux Weekly News (and /daily) is a kind of message board - and a damned good, high-content one at all times. Slashdot is a message board - and a damned good one some times. (And a wiki, although a related animal, lives in a very different problem space.) One parameter would seem to be who does the managing and/or moderation. LWN, for instance, requires a LOT of staff time - it's no exaggeration to call LWN an example of professional, on-line journalism, with real reporting, editing, and production. Density of worthwhile content would seem to depend on quality of moderation, then, whether newsgroup, mailing list, or message board(*). Right? (A wiki is by definition essentially unmoderated - it's designed for a community whose members trust each other for quality. Again, the example is workgroup collaboration, I think.) Thanks - Bill (*) This was the downfall of some of the examples I mentioned in my earlier post. It seems to be an always recurring, and always unfulfilled, hope that some clever mechanical device will yield high quality content without human effort. * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
- Original Message - From: Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gnhlug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 6:26 PM Subject: Re: Message Boards Density of worthwhile content would seem to depend on quality of moderation, then, whether newsgroup, mailing list, or message board(*). Right? [snip] (*) This was the downfall of some of the examples I mentioned in my earlier post. It seems to be an always recurring, and always unfulfilled, hope that some clever mechanical device will yield high quality content without human effort. Density of worthwhile content also depends on the quality of the contributors. A good editor can get the works of Shakespeare much more readily by editing the output of a Christopher Marlowe or a John Webster than he can from 1000 chimpanzees. It is amazing how the required level of moderation is inversely proportional to the IQ and maturity of the contributors. Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (A wiki is by definition essentially unmoderated - it's designed for a community whose members trust each other for quality. Again, the example is workgroup collaboration, I think.) For example, http://www.wikipedia.com (a collaborative effort at creating an encyclopedia) has had various problems with vandalism. Regardless, the results so far are very impressive. To me, this is one of the neatest wiki's that I've ever seen. Regards, --kevin -- Kevin D. Clark (CetaceanNetworks.com!kclark) | Cetacean Networks, Inc. | Give me a decent UNIX Portsmouth, N.H. (USA)| and I can move the world alumni.unh.edu!kdc (PGP Key Available)| * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
I think it would be more accurate to say that a wiki is moderated by its community. (Instead of some subset of it community doing the moderating; all members are able to moderate a wiki.) Also, I use TWiki (a wiki implementation) because content can't be erased - it can only be updated; all content is under revision control. Most message boards don't do this, and even a lot of wikis don't! --Bruce Quoting Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED]: (A wiki is by definition essentially unmoderated - it's designed for a community whose members trust each other for quality. Again, the example is workgroup collaboration, I think.) - This mail sent through IMP: www.milessmithfarm.net * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
On Wed, 5 Jun 2002, at 3:30pm, Michael O'Donnell wrote: That's a pretty good description of the Internet, though, and it hasn't happened yet... (I forget where I first heard that) Generally attributed as: Come to think of it, there are already a million monkeys on a million typewriters, and Usenet is NOTHING like Shakespeare. -- Blair Houghton -- Ben Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
In a message dated: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 12:49:29 - Rich C said: The advantage of message boards over mailing lists is that YOU go to THEM, they do not come to you. Same goes for a news server. I also considered dropping THIS list once for that very same reason.) :o) Yeah, me too. Oh wait, I *did* once :) There is nothing inherently wrong with message boards. Their only downfall is who runs them. You can have some neat features, like todays active topics, threads sorted in order of most recent post, private messaging, and the ability to see who's on line, and you can prevent users from using html tags or ubb script to link to stupid sig images if you want. My view of message boards is that they're a poor man's news server with a slightly prettier interface. (the man is poor in 'root' ownership as you pointed out :) -- Seeya, Paul It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing, but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away. If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Timezone? - Re: Message Boards
- Original Message - From: Bill Sconce [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Rich C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 7:40 PM Subject: Timezone? - Re: Message Boards An unrelated thing you might like to know - your most recent answer came in here timestamped 09:43 this morning - four hours before I wrote the message which you're answering. (It looks as though your system may be running on GMT - that is, with an offset of ...) As I write this it is 15:41 EDT; the line below is still almost three hours in the future. Well my [windows] computer is set for the correct time (almost...it is set on EST, not EDT. Not 3 or 4 hours off anyhow.) The rest of the servers through which my messages may have passed are out of my control :o( The SMTP server through which I send is in Marlborough, MA, (REON Broadband) and the route to zmamail.zma.compaq.com doesn't leave Massachusetts. I sent myself a test email using the same outgoing and incoming servers I use for this list, and the times are correct to within one minute of each other. So I guess I can safely say It ain't me, man! Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Timezone? - Re: Message Boards
- Original Message - From: Rich C [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: GNHLUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 3:01 PM Subject: Re: Timezone? - Re: Message Boards The SMTP server through which I send is in Marlborough, MA, (REON Broadband) and the route to zmamail.zma.compaq.com doesn't leave Massachusetts. Whoops, I missed something! The mail server *zmamail01.zma.compaq.com* IS in Houston TX, and the network is invisible (can't get a complete trace.) So I guess it COULD be going anywhere. Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Timezone? - Re: Message Boards
Rich C [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The mail server *zmamail01.zma.compaq.com* IS in Houston TX, Wrong... 'zma' means our facility in Littleton, MA (which DOES connect to Houston, of course). So I guess it COULD be going anywhere. Right. Aforementioned node is a Microsoft Exchange Server, so, yeah, um, er, ... And, the usual disclaimer in my .sig definitely applies here. The unification and resolution of the networks will be an ongoing effort, I believe. I have no definitive information, however. Bayard --- Bayard R. Coolidge N1HODISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed are Hewlett-Packard Company solely those of the author, and not Nashua, New Hampshire, USA those of the Hewlett-Packard Company, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (DEC '77-'98,CPQ '98-'02) or any other entity. Brake for Moose - It could save your life - N.H. Fish Game Dept. -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GCS/CC d+ s:+ a++ C+++$ UO++$L++$ P L++$ E-@ W+ N++ o- K? w--- O? M? V-- PS+ PE+ Y+ PGP- t++ 5? X? R* tv b++ DI+++ D? G e++ h-- r++ y? UF++ -END GEEK CODE BLOCK- --- * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Timezone? - Re: Message Boards
In a message dated: Wed, 05 Jun 2002 16:19:25 EDT Bayard Coolidge USG said: The unification and resolution of the networks will be an ongoing effort, Which will change direction every 2-3 years as the company is continually bought, sold, or given away ;) -- Seeya, Paul * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
Rich C [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The advantage of message boards over mailing lists is that YOU go to THEM, they do not come to you. I myself would prefer that the online forums that I participate in come to me rather than the other way around. I have a consistant and powerful set of tools to manage this interaction too. The fact that my email program is really a integrated mail+newsreading program is handy too... In fact, if gnhlug was something that I had to participate with using a browser on some foreign website, I probably wouldn't participate -- I have to do this for too many other things already. Just my opinion. Regards, --kevin -- Kevin D. Clark (CetaceanNetworks.com!kclark) | Cetacean Networks, Inc. | Give me a decent UNIX Portsmouth, N.H. (USA)| and I can move the world alumni.unh.edu!kdc (PGP Key Available)| * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
I've looked at a few of the different things that people suggested, and so far, phpBB is certainly the best. It has all of the features that I was looking for, plus a bunch of add-ons. As for the cross-site issues, I'm really not worried about it. For the most part, this is an internal service, so it's only my users that I have to worry about. But, that's a whole different story ;-) C-Ya, Kenny On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 19:04, t wrote: phpbb (http://www.phpbb.org seems to be the site) sounds like it does everything you need. i noticed someone mentioned ubb (ultimate bulletin board or something similar to that). my friend used to run ubb off of a p166/64 megs of ram freebsd system, and found the thing got totally wrecked when about 8 or more users were on it. it wasnt really the bandwidth that posed the issue, the software was just horribly ineffecient. anyway, he switched it to phpBB and his problems instantly went away. one downfall, is ive seen a few CSS (not cascading style sheets; cross site scripting) problems with phpBB on bugtraq. there arent any known current problems, i dont think, but i wouldnt say its the most secure code in the world.. that being said, i also feel CSS is a bit overrated ;). somehow the possibility of having your cookies from yourdomain.com sent to craxx0rsite.com just doesn't strike the panic button within me.. anyway, concerning ubb, id hope such issues were fixed by now (this was almost a year ago), but id suggest giving ubb (if you choose it) a bit of a test load before putting it into production.. hope this helps! -tom -- Tact is just *not* saying true stuff -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCB254DD0 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 07:52, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: I've looked at a few of the different things that people suggested, and so far, phpBB is certainly the best. It has all of the features that I was looking for, plus a bunch of add-ons. I've heard of one called EvolutionBB. This is not an endorsement - I know nothing about it. Just thought I'd throw another package name out at you. 8) -- Give a man a match, and you keep him warm for an evening. Light him on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life. Cole Tuininga Lead Developer Code Energy, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Key ID: 0x43E5755D * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
On 03 Jun 2002 10:13:34 -0400 Kenneth E. Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, Does anyone out there have any experience with building/running message boards? I was asked to find something that was Like the Message Boards on AOL. This, of course, is difficult for me, since I don't use AOL. However, the basic things that I think I need are 1) Multiple views (threaded, topic/tree, etc.) 2) Ability to see new posts only 3) HTML support (so poeple can post in different colors (people are wierd)) and 3) registration support. I, too (hi, Cole!), have vast areas in which I know nothing about; message boards is one such. But Kenneth's 1) 2) 3) suggest that, at least in some environments, looking at wikis might be fruitful... (Is a message board at all like a wiki?) Bill * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
Does anyone out there have any experience with building/running message boards? I was asked to find something that was Like the Message Boards on AOL. This, of course, is difficult for me, since I don't use AOL. However, the basic things that I think I need are 1) Multiple views (threaded, topic/tree, etc.) 2) Ability to see new posts only 3) HTML support (so poeple can post in different colors (people are wierd)) and 3) registration support. Wouldn't pretty much any of the available NNTP servers satisfy those requirements? And FYI some of the specified features (and misfeatures) are normally managed by the client rather than the server. * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
In a message dated: Tue, 04 Jun 2002 09:27:59 EDT Bill Sconce said: (Is a message board at all like a wiki?) You know, this whole wiki thing is one of those areas that I just don't get. Bruce has shown us Twiki at a MELBA meeting, I've poked around on our wiki that Bruce has set up, and a few others, and I *still* don't get it. What is it that people find so useful about these things? I find them more confusing and irritating than anything, and I'm sure it's because I just don't understand how they're *supposed* to be used. To me, FAQ-O-Matic is far more useful; it's hierarchical, it's quite structured, and can be used to disseminate information in a very straightforward and logical manner. I don't see that with wikis. And no, FAQ-O-Matic is not just restricted to FAQs or QA form, you can use it however you wish. Can someone please explain to me what I'm missing about wikis? I'd really like to understand it, especially if I can use it to my advantage :) Thanks! -- Seeya, Paul It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing, but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away. If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael O'Donnell) writes: Wouldn't pretty much any of the available NNTP servers satisfy those requirements? And FYI some of the specified features (and misfeatures) are normally managed by the client rather than the server. Source: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-237194.html?legacy=cnet Newsgroups are unruly and message boards are easier to convert into a business, said Anya Sacharow, an analyst at Jupiter Communications. sigh I hope Usenet never goes away. I would much prefer to use a NNTP server rather than a web-based message board (usually, I find these to be gaudy and feature-lacking). --kevin -- SOMEONE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT THE A-TEAM!!!11!! -- from one of my favorite posts to talk.bizarre * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
In a message dated: 04 Jun 2002 11:15:45 EDT Kenneth E. Lussier said: On Tue, 2002-06-04 at 09:52, Michael O'Donnell wrote: Wouldn't pretty much any of the available NNTP servers satisfy those requirements? And FYI some of the specified features (and misfeatures) are normally managed by the client rather than the server. The intent of the two is pretty much the same: some sort of discussion forum. However, the method of delivering is different. Message boards are usually web-based, have a lot of useless features, and everything is stored on the server side. NNTP is like e-mail. It works, get's the job done, and the bells and whistles are dependant on the client. I don't entirely agree with all of that. NNTP stores everything on the server, and therefore you can archive it all there. Most clients connect to the server, but don't necessarilly download everything. I'm currently using GNUS for my news client, and connecting to 2 different servers, one *happens* to be my local system, but that's because my system *is* the NNTP server (leafnode). The other server is some remote corporate server in Belgium, and there isn't one news message that I have located on my system from that server. I connect to the server, suck down headers of the groups I'm interested in, and read the messages off of that server. The only thing I maintain locally is a news file which lists which articles in which groups I've already marked as read so I don't need to grab those again. Really, the big difference between NNTP and message boards is that NNTP is for those who understand that ascii text is the best way to communicate and message boards are for those who think eye-candy matters :) -- Seeya, Paul * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
Wouldn't pretty much any of the available NNTP servers satisfy those requirements? And FYI some of the specified features (and misfeatures) are normally managed by the client rather than the server. Source: http://news.com.com/2100-1023-237194.html?legacy=cnet Newsgroups are unruly and message boards are easier to convert into a business, said Anya Sacharow, an analyst at Jupiter Communications. Well, I read that article and my question stands. An NNTP server in concert with most any standards-compliant client I've ever seen can provide all the called-for capabilities. * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Message Boards
Hi All, Does anyone out there have any experience with building/running message boards? I was asked to find something that was Like the Message Boards on AOL. This, of course, is difficult for me, since I don't use AOL. However, the basic things that I think I need are 1) Multiple views (threaded, topic/tree, etc.) 2) Ability to see new posts only 3) HTML support (so poeple can post in different colors (people are wierd)) and 3) registration support. The closest thing that I have found is Zorum (http://www.zorum.com/portal/forumfeatures.html). Is there anything in particular that other people are using? Oh, and of course, it has to run from a Linux server running Apache. TIA, Kenny -- Tact is just *not* saying true stuff -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCB254DD0 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
In a message dated: 03 Jun 2002 10:13:34 EDT Kenneth E. Lussier said: Hi All, Does anyone out there have any experience with building/running message boards? I was asked to find something that was Like the Message Boards on AOL. This, of course, is difficult for me, since I don't use AOL. However, the basic things that I think I need are 1) Multiple views (threaded, topic/tree, etc.) 2) Ability to see new posts only 3) HTML support (so poeple can post in different colors (people are wierd)) and 3) registration support. Tell them HTML is evil and not to use it, then show them that news server you've secretly been hiding in the corner :) news does threading, you can set up kill-folders, do all sorts of neat things with it, and it's easily archivable. Much better than message boards IMO :) But that's me, and I'm weird, I *like* using a philips head screwdriver on philips head screw instead of the far more prevalent 5lb. sledge hammer :) -- Seeya, Paul It may look like I'm just sitting here doing nothing, but I'm really actively waiting for all my problems to go away. If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right! * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
At 10:13 AM 6/3/2002 -0400, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: we really like phroum... check out our installation at usaexpress.net/fourms.. and phorum at phorum.org ~kurth Hi All, Does anyone out there have any experience with building/running message boards? I was asked to find something that was Like the Message Boards on AOL. This, of course, is difficult for me, since I don't use AOL. However, the basic things that I think I need are 1) Multiple views (threaded, topic/tree, etc.) 2) Ability to see new posts only 3) HTML support (so poeple can post in different colors (people are wierd)) and 3) registration support. The closest thing that I have found is Zorum (http://www.zorum.com/portal/forumfeatures.html). Is there anything in particular that other people are using? Oh, and of course, it has to run from a Linux server running Apache. TIA, Kenny -- Tact is just *not* saying true stuff -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCB254DD0 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * Kurth Bemis - Network/Systems Administrator, USAExpress.net/Ozone Computer Jedi business, Go back to your drinks - Anakin Skywalker, AOTC [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://kurth.hardcrypto.com PGP key available - http://kurth.hardcrypto.com/pgp * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
Re: Message Boards
Quoting Kenneth E. Lussier [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Does anyone out there have any experience with building/running
message
boards? I was asked to find something that was Like the Message
Boards
on AOL. This, of course, is difficult for me, since I don't use AOL.
However, the basic things that I think I need are 1) Multiple views
(threaded, topic/tree, etc.) 2) Ability to see new posts only 3) HTML
support (so poeple can post in different colors (people are wierd))
and
3) registration support.
After looking at several a while back, I decided on
http://www.mawic.de/mwforum/ for several reasons. One reason being perl vs
PHP (don't ask. Personal preference, nothing beyond that), the ability to
easily create a new external authentication module, many language modules, and
what I at least got the impression of, a much more open development community.
--
Thomas Charron
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Re: Message Boards
Also check out phpbb at www.phpbb.com which is open source. :) Rich Kenneth E. Lussier wrote: Hi All, Does anyone out there have any experience with building/running message boards? I was asked to find something that was Like the Message Boards on AOL. This, of course, is difficult for me, since I don't use AOL. However, the basic things that I think I need are 1) Multiple views (threaded, topic/tree, etc.) 2) Ability to see new posts only 3) HTML support (so poeple can post in different colors (people are wierd)) and 3) registration support. The closest thing that I have found is Zorum (http://www.zorum.com/portal/forumfeatures.html). Is there anything in particular that other people are using? Oh, and of course, it has to run from a Linux server running Apache. TIA, Kenny -- Tact is just *not* saying true stuff -- Cordelia Chase Kenneth E. Lussier Sr. Systems Administrator Zuken, USA PGP KeyID CB254DD0 http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xCB254DD0 * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. * * To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *
this is one of the funniest message boards I've ever seen
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/ubb/Forum22/HTML/004795.html ** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **
