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Chris Billett

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Dec 3, 2007, 10:57:01 AM12/3/07
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Any recommendations for creating a fairly simple, but smart and
good-looking web forum? I've got to quote on one, and in the past have
just customised a phpBB forum... a process I don't ever want to have to go
through again.

Is anyone more up on the better forum technologies than me?

Cheers,
CB

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Mark Wilkin

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Dec 3, 2007, 11:07:31 AM12/3/07
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Vanilla is very nice, getvanilla.com. It's free, open source,
lightweight and not a table in sight (unless you want them). It's my
favourite bit of forum software at the moment and the community behind
it are a sound bunch.

Mark

Jay Caines-Gooby

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Dec 3, 2007, 12:33:33 PM12/3/07
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On 12/3/07, Chris Billett <ch...@chrisbillett.net> wrote:
> Any recommendations for creating a fairly simple, but smart and
> good-looking web forum? I've got to quote on one, and in the past have
> just customised a phpBB forum... a process I don't ever want to have to go
> through again.
>
> Is anyone more up on the better forum technologies than me?

Beast from the Caboose boys:

http://beast.caboo.se/

It's MVC so dead easy to skin; http://forums.layertennis.com/

and my effort: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaygooby/2084471918/

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Oliver Marshall

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Dec 3, 2007, 12:42:48 PM12/3/07
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Does anyone get a DNS lookup error when viewing this site ?

http://www.shoosmiths.com/

(or .co.uk)

Olly

Gillian Pearce

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Dec 3, 2007, 12:46:12 PM12/3/07
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Both load fine for me, in Firefox.

Gillian

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James Wragg

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Dec 3, 2007, 12:57:01 PM12/3/07
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On 03/12/2007, Mark Wilkin <mark....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Vanilla is very nice, getvanilla.com. It's free, open source,
> lightweight and not a table in sight (unless you want them). It's my
> favourite bit of forum software at the moment

From what I've heard it can get really slow when under load.

I know the Boagworld forum has had some real performance problems with
their install.

James


[1] http://boagworld.com/forum/

John Cooper

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Dec 3, 2007, 12:58:58 PM12/3/07
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Working from here
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Robert Stevens

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Dec 3, 2007, 1:00:51 PM12/3/07
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OK here (Safari - OS X - BT Internet)

> John Cooper3/12/07 5:58 pmj...@atomicshed.com

Yan_fit-pixels

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Dec 3, 2007, 1:01:15 PM12/3/07
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Oliver Marshall wrote:
> Does anyone get a DNS lookup error when viewing this site ?
>
> http://www.shoosmiths.com/
>
All good.

Yan

Rob Beattie

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Dec 3, 2007, 1:05:44 PM12/3/07
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Oliver Marshall wrote:
> Does anyone get a DNS lookup error when viewing this site ?
>
> http://www.shoosmiths.com/
>
> (or .co.uk)
>
> Olly
Fine here with Firefox on Windows XP
rob

dave Bottrill

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Dec 3, 2007, 1:59:12 PM12/3/07
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Both .com and .co.uk seem to be fine on IE7 (on BT)

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Dave.> Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2007 17:42:48 +0000> From: Oliver....@g2support.com> To: bnm...@brightonnewmedia.org> Subject: [BNM] Quick site test> > Does anyone get a DNS lookup error when viewing this site ?> > http://www.shoosmiths.com/> > (or .co.uk)> > Olly> -- > > BNM Subscribe/Unsubscribe:> http://www.brightonnewmedia.org/options/bnmlist> > Archive Search - http://icanhaz.com/bnmarchive> > List jobs for 10 pounds on Sussex Digital. Use promo code bnm10 http://jobs.sussexdigital.com/> > BNM powered by Wessex Networks:> http://www.wessexnetworks.com
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Chris Billett

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Dec 8, 2007, 10:37:36 AM12/8/07
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Jay ­ I can¹t recall if I passed on thanks for this, so I will again. Ta, n¹
I¹m checking out this and Vanilla this weekend. The client is a major player
in New York fashion, so it¹s got to look sexy. I want it simple, though, not
cluttered (and bloody phpBB is insecure, and ugly, in my opinion...) so this
one looks good if customisable.

CB

On 3/12/07 17:33, "Jay Caines-Gooby" <j...@gooby.org> wrote:

> On 12/3/07, Chris Billett <ch...@chrisbillett.net> wrote:
>> > Any recommendations for creating a fairly simple, but smart and
>> > good-looking web forum? I've got to quote on one, and in the past have
>> > just customised a phpBB forum... a process I don't ever want to have to go
>> > through again.
>> >
>> > Is anyone more up on the better forum technologies than me?
>
> Beast from the Caboose boys:
>
> http://beast.caboo.se/
>
> It's MVC so dead easy to skin; http://forums.layertennis.com/
>
> and my effort: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaygooby/2084471918/


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Josh Russell

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Dec 8, 2007, 6:26:48 PM12/8/07
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hi,

pick the forum that supports openID so we don't have to sign up to
every single damn one. usually just to ask one question. seriously,
it's 2007 ffs.


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Chris Billett

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Dec 8, 2007, 6:41:09 PM12/8/07
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Ha. In a perfect world...

I¹ll be picking the one that I can customise properly, and that doesn¹t get
spammed constantly.

CB

Nick Taylor

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Dec 8, 2007, 10:27:11 PM12/8/07
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As part of the customisation build an openID plugin?

Now I'm getting into blog-pimping etc I've found myself having to sign
up to all sorts of things - dozens of them... it really is a joke. You
wind up using the same passwords over and over again... if you can.
There's no security, it's just an impediment to accidently pinching
someone else's identity.

As part of this I've wound up with an openID account - I'm going to use
openID in all my projects from now on. We're geeks.... it's our job to
make the world perfect. Using HTML.

n


> Ha. In a perfect world...
>
> I¹ll be picking the one that I can customise properly, and that doesn¹t get
> spammed constantly.
>
> CB
>
> On 8/12/07 23:26, "Josh Russell" <jo...@overdose.com> wrote:
>
>> hi,
>>
>> pick the forum that supports openID so we don't have to sign up to
>> every single damn one. usually just to ask one question. seriously,
>> it's 2007 ffs.
>>
>>
>> josh

Chris Billett

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Dec 9, 2007, 12:46:07 AM12/9/07
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My target audience is New York fashion people, not programmers, though. So
it won¹t be top of their priorities (or, therefore, mine). I¹ll do it if I
can though.

CB

Richard Maynard / Wessex Networks

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Dec 9, 2007, 6:21:40 AM12/9/07
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Well said. The whole username / password paradigm *stinks*

SSH keys first showed me the light, and that there was "another way" - I can't belive OpenID hasn't gained more momentum - users must *love* it!

Regards,

Richard.

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