Slightly OT : forums

[Josh Mellicker]

Here are some sample resources I put up:

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1. Wordpress with the awesome K2 theme:

http://revcoders.org/this-is-the-awesome-k2-theme-for-wordpress/

This is a simple, elegant, yet powerful system.


Benefits:

     * could be a wiki, with shared pages, edited by all
     * each developer can have their own blog
     * news
     * FAQs
     * can be extensively customized
     * AJAX powered fast search
     * fast commenting and replying
     * developer pages
     * uploaded files
     * custom fields

To log in as an admin and check out the admin interface, click here:  
http://revcoders.org/wp-login.php

user = admin
password = admin

Click “Write” and you’re off and running!

Please add a comment to this page to try it out and let everyone know  
what you think.

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2. A true Wiki:

http://www.revcoders.org/docuwiki/doku.php?id=start

Even though I prefer Wordpress as a wiki, this does have versioning  
as an advantage- you can see who changed what and when, and revert...

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I also installed Vanilla forums:

http://revcoders.org/vanilla/categories.php

and Simple Machines forums:

http://revcoders.org/smf



On Jun 25, 2006, at 8:57 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:

> Depending on the real need, a Wiki might work well. If so, the Wiki  
> project
> Andre Garzia showed off at RevCon West 2006 in Monterey last week  
> might be
> good enough or a great start.
>
> On 6/24/06, Bill Marriott <wjm at wjm.org> wrote:
>>
>> It would be hard to rival the simplicity of using phpBB. Most  
>> cPanel-based
>> hosting providers enable you to click a couple buttons and have  
>> the forum
>> up
>> and running in less than 5 minutes. Plus, phpBB has a deep feature  
>> set,
>> dozens of plug-ins for extra features, and an active support  
>> community.
>> Customizing them often means learning a little PHP though. There  
>> are many
>> options besides phpBB. (Everyone has their favorite forum software.)
>>
>> It might be more fun/rewarding to build your own forum software  
>> using the
>> Rev CGI though :)
>>
>> "jbv" wrote:
>> > One of clients (for whom I've already made a rather complex
>> > website based on Rev cgi) wants a tool to set up and administrate
>> > forums...
>> > Having little experience in that field, I was wondering if it's  
>> worth
>> > building something from scratch around Rev, or if it would simpler
>> > to install some existing solution (probably open source)...
>>
>>
>>
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