Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-07-01 Thread Alan Bourke
On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:10 -0400, MB Software Solutions,LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 6/30/2011 10:57 AM, Rick Schummer wrote: The audience viewing this forum would NOT be a technical audience, so hence my trepidation. Well, the StackExchange network has sites

Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-30 Thread Alan Bourke
On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:21 -0400, MB Software Solutions,LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 6/29/2011 1:23 PM, Rick Schummer wrote: What's the latest/greatest for creating a simple forum for me to share products with customers (most products will be free) and solicit

RE: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-30 Thread Rick Schummer
Thanks, but that's not something that easily organized looking. I'm looking to have categories/sub-forums for each product and then the consumer can go there and grab the latest release or post comments about it. Different requirement as your original post asked about the latest/greatest

RE: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-30 Thread Rick Schummer
Developed on ASP.Net MVC as well, IIRC. Correct, with SQL Server as the data store. Joel and Jeff talk about the design and implementation on their StackOverflow Podcast in the early days. It is interesting listening to other developers talk about the struggles and successes. Rick White Light

Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-30 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 6/30/2011 10:57 AM, Rick Schummer wrote: Thanks, but that's not something that easily organized looking. I'm looking to have categories/sub-forums for each product and then the consumer can go there and grab the latest release or post comments about it. Different requirement as your

Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-29 Thread Thierry Nivelet
cool web 2.0 forum http://www.osqa.net/ thn Le 29/06/11 18:14, MB Software Solutions, LLC a écrit : I want to put up a forum on a folder in my website. Currently, the page is http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com/makeitsymple. Can I put a forum in that folder and keep the rest of my site as-is?

Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-29 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 6/29/2011 12:24 PM, Thierry Nivelet wrote: cool web 2.0 forum http://www.osqa.net/ Thanks, Thierry. That does look neat, but I'm not sure it has the forum style I'd like in terms of organizing categories. I see my products as categories or sub-forums where customers can drill in, get

Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-29 Thread Alan Bourke
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Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-29 Thread Kevin Cully
I've been using myBB for a while. I liked the interface better than phpBB. http://www.mybb.com/ -Kevin On 06/29/2011 12:14 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: I want to put up a forum on a folder in my website. Currently, the page is http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com/makeitsymple. Can I

RE: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-29 Thread Rick Schummer
What's the latest/greatest for creating a simple forum for me to share products with customers (most products will be free) and solicit customer feedback? StackOverflow. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-29 Thread Garrett Fitzgerald
On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:14, MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: I want to put up a forum on a folder in my website. Currently, the page is http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com/makeitsymple. Can I put a forum in that folder and keep the rest of my site

Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-29 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 6/29/2011 1:16 PM, Kevin Cully wrote: I've been using myBB for a while. I liked the interface better than phpBB. http://www.mybb.com/ Thanks for the link, Kevin. I went there to check it out, but I don't like that the screenshots don't enlarge. Many sites show you screenshots to give

Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-29 Thread Kevin Cully
I like the pictures to blow up bigger as well. I found myBB from my hosting company; Dreamhost. They use it for their support forum. http://discussion.dreamhost.com/ Here's my support forum I just got going: http://cullytechnologies.com/forums/ -Kevin On 06/29/2011 03:48 PM, MB Software

Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-29 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 6/29/2011 1:23 PM, Rick Schummer wrote: What's the latest/greatest for creating a simple forum for me to share products with customers (most products will be free) and solicit customer feedback? StackOverflow. Thanks, but that's not something that easily organized looking. I'm looking

Re: [NF] What's the modern day phpBB forum device?

2011-06-29 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 6/29/2011 1:43 PM, Garrett Fitzgerald wrote: On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 12:14, MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: I want to put up a forum on a folder in my website. Currently, the page is http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com/makeitsymple. Can I put a