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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, Interesting) by frojack on Saturday February 22 2014, @04:59PM
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Make it an extra curricular project for said "Computer Science Students" to install and/or evaluate all of the available systems.
Also not mentioned was whether you wanted to host this yourself, or use one of the several dozen services that offer this kind of thing. Will it be hosted on one of the colleges system?
Self Hosting anything for a bunch of CS majors, (each of which views themselves as something of a wanna-be hacker) may be just asking for trouble.
Finding a service is largely one of evaluating all the offerings, and picking the easiest or most familiar for a startup, then migrating later after said student project.
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