There was talk of that, yes. I decided to open up development of Simple Message Board (already open source) to other developers, so I created a SourceForge project (smb) to accomplish. Just getting it setup now.
> Did I miss part of this thread or is there a call out in this list for a > volunteer to make a threaded forums component into an Open Source one for > all to use? > > If that's the case, I have one that I developed and have evolved a bit > over the past couple years... It's far from perfect right now but has some > great features and I know it could be cleaned up tremendously as open > source... > > If this is the deal, let me know! > > > > At 09:00 AM 12/30/02 -0500, you wrote: > >I'm down as well. I use SMB on one of my sites now and have only had > >minor issues with it. > >I could look into the email functionality (notifying a user by email > >when someone has responded to their topic) or is that already there and > >I'm just not seeing it? Anyway, I'll help in any way I can. > > > >Candace K. Cottrell, Web Developer > >The Children's Medical Center > >One Children's Plaza > >Dayton, OH 45404 > >937-641-4293 > >http://www.childrensdayton.org > > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/26/2002 10:37:03 AM >>> > >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 > > > Airtight Web Services http://www.airtightweb.com > > > Web Development, Web Project Management, Software Sales > > > 210-490-3249/888-745-7603 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
