SUGGESTIONS: New FCKeditor Forum

I used to be pretty good at "scrapers", so there is always that method.

(Using a script that sends HTTP requests to sourceforce).

Only it might take a while, as there are a lot of messages, and hopefully SF would't kill the IP because of the amout of requests...

The "Best" solution is to ask SF if they can export the data in some manner.

But failing that, there's always the html scraper... let me know as soon as you find out what SF says, as it would take me a couple weeks to tune it right, probably.

Dunno what the most popular list manage type is... I think it's more about the right one for the right job. Sorry I don't have any suggs as to "the right one".

Peace and potatoes,
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Hello Fred.
You did a good decision... I offered to do this before, but you did not want...

Well, we can base it on existing one at http://fckeditor.biz/ or split both forums to new one...

It seems like a good decision to move away from Sourceforge but fckeditor.biz responds to slowly - it would have to be moved to another server if this will be the solution. Perhaps fckeditor.net is a better solution with appropriate forum-software?
Regards, Tommy Ipsen

Yeah, so what about a classic:
http://forum.fckeditor.net/

There is one thing I forgot to mention.
I think that most people would welcome one features from this od forum in the new one.
Sending new posts by e-mail.
This is what I really like.

I'm not sure if there's just one answer about which is the best forum software, it's like saying which is the best HTML editor, some people will say that this one has too many things, or is missing something, it isn'e easy for them to set it up or replace their previous choice, others love the way that it is coded, etc...

Of course that you should take a look at http://www.phpbb.com/ but ask SourceForge about the migration issue, maybe they know of several Forums that make it easy.

Regards.

Please make it possible to create a longer title for new threads. (and also posts in threads)

Then it would be easier to describe more exact what the thread is about.

Best luck with new forum.

Regards

Let me also lend my support to phpBB - it's the best forum software out there.

All I can say is YES!!! By all means leave the SourceForge forums world. My frustration with their forums knows no limits! ;c)

I happen to be a phpBB fan. Don't know if it meets all your needs or not. I have one bad forum experience currently and that is with http://www.limbo-cms.com/forums/ Their search facility is just plain broken. I don't know if it's the forum system or what. But I just want to highlight the importance of a robust search facility. That will make all the difference in the world.

Good luck on the move!

I'm an active user on several automotive fora, and they all use vBulletin. Its very user-friendly. No idea whether its any fun to manage. http://vbulletin.com. Some use a portal kit on top called VBAdvanced (http://vbadvanced.com) which has some very nice user features. May be overkill for you. vBulletin is US$160 for an 'owned' version and US$85 for a 'lease (1-year license).

Runs on PHP + mySQL. Examples at http://chargerforums.com
http://lxforums.com

Speaking for myself only, I have no interest in posting by email or reading posts via email feeds. I get enough list traffic and I prefer to pick/choose when I receive data from fora that I don't consider mission-critical.

How about, http://invisionpower.com/ip.dynamic/pro ... index.html ?

It got lots of features. I also recommend, just like Matt, http://vbulletin.com

I recommend miniBB. It's fast.
http://www.minibb.net/

Hi Fred,

I actually recommend you look at the simple
machines forum: http://simplemachines.org/
It is a great forum with great features, with a one click setup. (It uses MYSQL as the backend).
All Free Source of course.

The support community is huge, I am sure you will
be able to get some help from them to migrate the
current forum into simplemachines.

Cheers
Fawzi

http://www.simplemachines.org/download.php?converters

phpBB is so easy to hack ...

Maybe these pages help choosing a forum:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison ... m_software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DiscussionBoard
Moreover, I think a chatroom (or two: one for developers and another for support) would do really well. There is one, but it's desolated: #fckeditor @ irc.freenode.net. Some publicity would help I guess.

A chat room can be useful only if there's enough people in it, and seeing the amount of answers in this current forum I wouldn't expect too much of it.

Instead using a forum means that you can leave a message, and later if someone is able to answer your question you can read what he writes, and you can also search previous threads because too many times the same things get asked over and over.

If you enter a chat room but there's only five people in it, chances are high that they aren't really waiting for you, they are just connected but doing another thing, so in the end you wait some minutes and as nobody replies you go away and wish that you had a forum where your question could get answered some day.

I'm a huge vBulletin fan myself. If you look around, you'll find a good deal of stories about phpBB admins having security problems. There is usually a patch quickly that will resolve the issue, but you have to stay on top of things.

The other thing is that vB's plugin system makes modifications pretty simple and easy for future upgrades.

You may find that they'll offer a discount or a free version for the project if you ask. If not, it's definitely worth the price.

From my understanding, there are three communities that have hardcore zealots who make a strong argument for their forum software being the best: vBulletin, IPB (Invision Power Boards), and phpBB. phpBB and vBulletin are pretty close from an end user perspective, but vBulletin seems much nicer from an admin's perspective.

I would take a long hard look at all three. When I did vB came out the winner, but a great deal of that decision came down to personal decisions.