> People use phpBB because of it's power... you don't HAVE to use private > messaging, but nearly every phpBB board out there does. It lets board > members communicate with each other without having to share email addresses.
Rick: The forum bits of JournURL do all of that, and I've waffled back-and-forth about releasing it as a stand-alone app over the years. But that would leave me doing a number of things: (1) Radically cleaning up the admin UI. (2) Figuring out an installation procedure for mere mortals. (3) Deciding whether or not to strip out all of the non-forum stuff. (4) Removing dependencies on various bits of code that I don't have the right to redistribute, or can't redistribute without running into GPL issues. (jTidy, for example.) Finding the time and will for all of that can be kinda difficult. :D -- Roger Benningfield > > BBML lets people do things to make their posts look different... you'd > be amazed at how many people I know on some message boards that change > the color of the font on all their posts. If they wanna be LOUD they > change the font size to 25. > > BBML is also intended to be implemented so people can't break the rest > of the page.. ie, if you put a [b] tag without an end [/b] tag, none of > the code will be bolded. It forces validity on the BBML. You can't > even do this: [b][i]hi there[/b][/i] > > It lets people put image files in their signatures, which almost > *EVERYONE* participating in the Carolina Hurricanes message boards does. > Heck, people there ask people with cool signatures where they got > their image and they'll go have someone make THEM a cool signature too. > > Avatars gives users another opportunity for people to express > themselves, to make themselves unique. > > In one case, a bet was made between an Ottawa Senators fan and a > Carolina Hurricanes fan. The bet was, if the Canes win, the ottawa > senators fan has to change his avatar to something like the Canes logo > and the words "CANES ROCK", and something similar the other way around. > > These things build community and allow for individual expression, and > *THAT* is what makes those features popular. > > I don't think anyone necessarily wants a phpBB clone, but we want all > the features that phpBB has. > > Rick > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:233170 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
