BB/Forum software suggestions

[Bill Mullen]

On Wed, 2005-03-23 at 13:21, Cole Tuininga wrote:

> I'm working on creating a bit of a web based family portal/community
> center and one of the pieces I'm looking at is a forum or bulletin board
> type service.  
> 
> Ideally, I'd like the software to be php based, though if it's a
> fantastic package I might be willing to go to the effort of supporting
> mod_perl on the server.  The storage can be either mysql or flat files.
> Beyond that, I'd like if could handle threaded discussions, and perhaps
> have some basic administration (like requiring a user account to post,
> etc).
> 
> Anybody have experience with packages they like?

I've worked with phpWebSite a little, and have been satisfied with it;
it has a nice calendar component, useful with this sort of a site.

http://phpwebsite.appstate.edu

If you can stand to go with a Perl-based solution, YaBB is one that I
particularly like. I have a Mandrake Community TWiki page up with a few
scripts that simplify the installation for Linux users (the docs assume
that everyone is unzipping on Windows and then uploading the files to a
remote webhosting service, rather than doing it all on one Linux box).

http://www.yabbforum.com

http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome?topic=YaBB

Here's a very tiny YaBB site that we have operating at the moment:

http://forum.clamhaven.com

While we have it set up so that one needs to register to both read and
post, both requirements are configurable. Also, members may be assigned
to groups, and sections can be made visible only to certain groups. We
do this on this site, to separate the public discussion area from the
area reserved for staff members only.

-- 
Bill Mullen
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