Posted by Scott Ellis (63.96.180.188) on November 04, 2003 at 13:46:40:
In Reply to: Upgrading the board (request for feedback) posted by Scott Ellis on November 03, 2003 at 19:26:31:
How do you all think I should organize the new board? I was thinking I would create one open, public forum, similar to this one, and one members-only forum. But now I'm not so sure...
Maybe we only need one public forum like this one, but logged in users would have special priviledges like the ability to upload files and conduct polls.
Or do you think we should have more granular forums, like MT Discussion, Experiments, Theory, etc...
What do you think?
Thanks,
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/
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: Thanks in advance for any input you have to offer. I'll probably decide on something pretty soon...
: Thanks,
: Scott
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