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Posted by Scott Ellis (63.96.180.188) on November 04, 2003 at 15:26:12:

In Reply to: Upgrading the board (request for feedback) posted by Scott Ellis on November 03, 2003 at 19:26:31:

Hey Everybody,
Thanks a lot for all the great feedback. I spent most of last night setting up phpBB running on a mySQL database. It was a little tricky since I'm still running an old IIS webserver. I also installed the file attachment modification, so logged in users can upload their own files. (Yay!)

There are still some kinks to work out (e.g. i want to apply a patch that allows guest voting in polls, etc.), but I think it is mostly ready...

Check it out at: http://www.besslerwheel.com/forum

If you'd like to register and/or post, please go right ahead. You will need to confirm your email address in order to activate your account.

I will probably archive this board tonight and move the main discussion board link over to the new one...

Thanks again and happy posting!
Scott


: At last! I've decided to upgrade the board... and soon. Thanks to everyone for bearing with me all this time, and for nudging me to do the upgrade.

: Now the question is: which discussion board software should we use?

: Here're the requirements as I see them. I would welcome your ideas on other desired features as well.

: I think the new board should:

: 1. support a public forum (no login required).
: 2. also support a members only forum (login required).
: 3. support file uploads (images and movies, at least for logged in users).
: 4. support polls (initiated by me or logged in users).
: 5. be as easy as possible to moderate and maintain (good admin tools and/or support).

: I've done some basic research and compiled a short list of contenders. Does anyone have any experience with these boards? Do you have opinions or advice to share before I choose one?

: In my order of preference right now, the contenders are:

: phpBB (free)
: http://www.phpbb.com/index.php

: Invision Power Board (free)
: http://www.invisionboard.com/

: vBulletin ($160)
: http://www.vbulletin.com/

:
: Thanks in advance for any input you have to offer. I'll probably decide on something pretty soon...

: Thanks,
: Scott

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