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mattie_p
on Saturday February 22 2014, @03:56PM
from the slashcode-will-solve-all-your-problems dept.
from the slashcode-will-solve-all-your-problems dept.
technopoptart writes:
"I need advice from people more experienced that I am with open source forum software. I am going to be setting up a forum system for computer science students from the various colleges in the area.
I have been running a closed SMF forum for my wife for a year. I wanted to solicit advice about SMF or any other systems that I may consider. I have played with phpBB but I found it labor intensive, as newly created sections are made invisible even to the admin by default, I don't want a laborious permissions system. I appreciate any advice you can give."
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(Score: 5, Insightful) by linsane on Saturday February 22 2014, @04:52PM
In order to find what you are after, perhaps think about what you are exactly trying to achieve in a bit more detail, 'a forum' is quite broad, and for example is 'open source' a requirement? The constraint you might be looking for may well be budgetary rather than the shape of the license.
All too often poor experiences come from someone having found a nice piece of software and then trying to shoehorn it into every single use case that they can find.
Just of the top of my head, in addition to cost and the complexity of supporting it that have been previously noted, I would also give thought to security requirements and what experience the users are expecting, persistence of data etc. etc.
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