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Subject: Re: CCC Forum Suggestion

Author: Alessandro Scotti

Date: 05:13:44 08/25/04

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On August 25, 2004 at 06:45:23, Andrei Fortuna wrote:

>Since I saw at least 2 members offering free bandwidth the only problem
>remaining to keep CCC free is maintenance. What do you think about a forum
>software like vbulletin (http://www.vbulletin.com) ? It has many features
>including moderation and a build in search engine, it has been around for some
>time and they provide support if there are any problems.
>
>Three downsides :
>   1) no diagrams parsing in messges - not a very big obstacle, I volunteer to
>write the code myself for that
>   2) it's commercial - that means paying up front $160 but that's one time fee
>and that's it - I am sure this could be raised through donations, I offer to
>send some money for this
>   3) lacks the minimalistic look of CCC that we all like - which might not be
>such a bad thing afterall

I like phpBB (http://www.phpbb.com/) a lot. If you visit the site, click on
"Demo" to view the admin console and on "Community" to view how a board would
look like.

It's completely free and can be customized to look minimalist enough if
needed...



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