I'd be willing to open SMB to other developers...

http://www.simplemessageboard.com/

> I've dealt with UBB, fuseTalk, ezBoard, and the old Allaire Forums. If I
> can say anything on the subject, it's that NO ONE has gotten it right
> (especially on the database end).
>
> Mike D said a year ago he was going to re-write the old Allaire Forums
> and eventually open source it. Which, stop me if I'm wrong, is what is
> being used on houseoffusion.com? But I think I missed the part where he
> open sourced it. Last I checked in June at cfFun, he said he was still
> working on it.
>
> I for one would really like to work an open-source bbs project. I think
> there is a pretty high demand for a sturdy open source board, which can
> be customized at the will of the programmer. I've thrown around the
> open-source idea with a bunch of people but found our selves intimidated
> by the legal requirements.
>
> You know we have a really great community here, but I can't tell you of
> ANY cold fusion open-source projects. Is open source cold fusion a pipe
> dream? Would anyone else be interested in contributing?
>
> Adam Wayne Lehman
> Web Systems Developer
> Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
> Distance Education Division
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Montgomery [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 10:58 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Cold Fusion forum
>
> Howdy Michael,
>
> Thursday, December 19, 2002, 7:54:13 PM, Michael T. Tangorre wrote:
>
> > I am attempting to to try some more advanced things with an idea I
> > have. I am going to be building an online forum to tinker with.. can
> > anyone point me to some database examples? The code side is what I am
> > going to be playing with but need a good architecture to use.. anyone
> > know of one I can download?
>
> I didn't see a reply to this yet, so I'll offer one to consider:
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/fbopenforums/
>
> It uses Fusebox, but you might be able to get something useful out of
> it.
>
> If you are wanting to explore how the database would be structured for a
> forums app, you might want to research hierarchical database design,
> parent-child relationships, or using recursion with your database.
>
> This page is an example of doing recursive joins for a forum:
> http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/sqlguru/q120899-1.shtml
> with a follow-up here:
> http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/sqlguru/q121799-1.shtml
>
> Another post about threaded discussion forums database design:
> http://www.sqlteam.com/item.asp?ItemID=1353
> with a follow-up here:
> http://www.sqlteam.com/item.asp?ItemID=1602
>
> Some good SQL sites to check out:
> http://www.dbmsmag.com/index.shtml
> http://www.codebits.com/ntm/
> http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/onlamp/2001/07/12/aboutSQL.html
> http://www.sqlteam.com/Default.asp
> http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/
> http://www.intelligententerprise.com/info_centers/database/
> http://www.databasejournal.com/
> http://www.sqlmag.com/
>
> Hope that helps you somewhat.
>
> Happy Holidays!
>
> --
> Chris Montgomery        monty @ airtightweb.com
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> Web Development, Web Project Management, Software Sales
> 210-490-3249/888-745-7603
>
>
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