An internet website where users can hold conversations.
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General question as a new webmaster [closed]
I am wanting to make my own social forum for friends and workers. I will have about 10,000-15,000 users. I have never made a forum on such a high scale and to this point have only been a developer ...
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Posting is 'None' for some members of Google Group
For some reason the "Posting" column is set to "None" for some members of my Google Group despite having been set to "Default group policy" as with all other members. I even selected "Override - Allow ...
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Are there any references for useful forum categories? [migrated]
I am involved in setting up a forum/message board site that will be used for client communications and support. I would like to plan the categories/topics that messages will be posted under.
...
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Private forum /guestbook to coordinate rides for PHP password protected wedding website [duplicate]
I created a simple private PHP website for my wedding guests. The website is a single PHP page that prompts the user for a password that was snail-mailed to them with our invitations. If the correct ...
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email notification in asp [closed]
hey guys i am new over here so sorry for the question if you find it is so much easy point or problem.
i am working on forum and i want to use email notification functionality on perticular event.i ...
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What is the critical user mass for a forum or Q&A? [closed]
If you start a forum or a Q&A site. At the begining you would create the content yourself. At some point you get visitors from google.
What do you think: How many users du you need to run a forum ...
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Identical spam coming from many different (but similar) IP addresses
A forum I run has been the victim of spam user accounts recently - several accounts that have been registered and the profile fill with advertising/links. All of this is for the same company, or group ...
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Serious Forum Design Issue [closed]
I want to launch a school forum for a country. I'm in dilemma as to how to design this forum.
Country will have many states, each state will have cities, each city will have many schools. Each school ...
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phpBB - display a public message when the whole board is private
In my installation all discussion forums/boards are private and can only be seen after a user registers and admin approves their membership. This is working.
When a user first comes to the main ...
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Kunena forum permissions problem
I am using a Kunena forum, and I have made some pages accessible only for a new group made by me named "Member".
The problem is that when I make someone "Member", some of them can see the pages and ...
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Lightning fast forum based around metadata / tags? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Forum Software should I use?
I wonder if anything like this exists. I'd like to add a forum to my site, but instead of the usual forum/subforum/sub-subforum ...
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Forum vs Q&A system
I would like to know what are the parameters that I have to take into consideration before deciding whether I should incorporate to a website a "Q&A system" or a traditional forum ?
I think ...
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Preventing adult content in a forum
I'm working on a forum that allows images attached to the posts and doesn't require registration. Thing is, I'd like to provide a work-safe navigation option in which the posts with porn images ...
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Auto-apply a role to new phpBB user with password or code
Is there a way, with phpBB to have a new user enter a password which would automatically move them into a specific role? I'd like to be able to allow certain people to sign up and automatically have ...
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Should forum signatures be statically stored with the post?
I have seen forums do this both ways in the past, but I thought it might warrant a wider discussion.
My question is, when a user posts in a forum which supports signatures, should that signature be ...
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My forum HTTP redirect won't work .htaccess? [closed]
Yeah, I already have this code "DirectoryIndex Forum-The-Lounge.html index.php" at the top of my .htaccess
And I want my site to redirect into a sub-forum like http://mebes.net? My site is ...
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Gaming Community CMS, with forum integration [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Which Content Management System (CMS) should I use?
I've had a simple website that I coded myself for a while now, the site is a gaming community. It's very forum and ...
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How can I assign id to subject input box in simple machines forum?
I have installed the simple machines forum. For my requirement I need to change the subject input box.
Presently the subject input box has the following code
<input type="text" ...
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Which forum package has the most “readable” database for custom development? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Forum Software should I use?
I want to create a community where each person will collaborate with max 1-2 persons. This means that the community will have groups of ...
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How to save a forum that is losing activity?
With the rise of sites like Reddit, Stack Exchange, etc. the bulletin board has slowly decreased in activity. I run a nonprofit security, ethical hacking and programming forum that was once very ...
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How do I migrate a MyBB forum to Vanilla?
I am running MyBB 1.6 and want to convert to vanilla forum.
There are no converters that I know of. Is there a way to do it using a middleman forum that is supported by both ? eg mybb -> phpbb ...
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Laws Regarding content Hosted on your Website [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Am I legally liable for user generated content and comments?
As a webmaster are you legally responsible for content posted on your website. For example a forum, would ...
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Which free PHP based forum is the easiest to extend or customize? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Forum Software should I use?
I am looking to start a new forum, with a traditional forum layout (like webhostingtalk, for example).
In this space, I know phpBB and ...
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What marketplace / garage-sale software package does togoparts.com use?
See: OpenSource Marketplace Platform
I want to start a site also for end-users to buy/sell used sporting goods of a particular type. When the scope of goods is narrowed like this, it is very ...
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Forum Spam Question. Why are Chinese hackers posting tiny images on my forum
My forum is getting attacked by spammers with Chinese IP's.
Replies are created to discussion topics, always short responses and along with the response an image is inserted using forum code which is ...
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Forums/CMS/BBS that actually has a bulletin board look [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Forum Software should I use?
Hi I'm wanting to build a bulletin board system for my community which can create a view that actually looks like a "real-world" ...
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Is it free to use Yahoo! smilies in our forum? (caused by copyright issues)
Will there be any problems (I'm talking about copyright...) if we use the lovely smilies of Yahoo! in any of our web apps? eg. forums and so on?
I couldn't find any site that says it is ...
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Are there any legal implications to reading a user's privates messages on a forum?
I'm the webmaster of a forum and we are having trouble with a user and we suspect he uses privates messages to do illegal business (not illicit, but illegal according to the forum rules).
Are their ...
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What Forum Software should I use?
This is a general, community wiki catch-all question to address "I need a forum script that does x, y, and z..." questions.
If your question was closed as a duplicate of this question and you feel ...
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Best lightweight PHP/MySQL forum with spam-protection [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Forum Software should I use?
I have already searched and checked out posts like this and this but it isn't what I'm looking for.
I'm looking for a lightweight ...
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Which forum applications can integrate with Facebook? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Forum Software should I use?
What is the best/most compatible forum software which features almost complete integration with Facebook?
The main feature I ask is ...
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The concept of reputation and its effects on an online community
Having recently introduced the concept of a '+rep' button to an online community I manage, I've noticed a couple of things. It functions as the thanks button does on vBulletin (user says 'thanks' to a ...
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Adding a Forum to my site: build one from scratch or use existing open-source platform?
Note: I posted this originally to stackoverflow.com, had it closed, and was told to post it on programmers.stackexchange.com. So I posted it on programmers.stackexhange.com, had it cloased, and was ...
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How can I migrate from phpBB 3.x to SMF?
I have a phpBB 3.x-based site which I would like to migrate to SMF - basically, all threads, posts, user accounts and possibly PMs.
This seems to be possible, but I haven't been able to find a solid ...
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Which forum software has a “like/don't like button” in the post (and other features)? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Forum Software should I use?
I want to build a new blog (on Wordpress) and I want to insert a forum in the website.
I don't want to use PhpBB for the forum section ...
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Where does UBB store its settings?
We're moving a UBB forum from one host to another. (This is temporary; we're going to replace the forum eventually, but moving hosts has a higher priority.) We don't have a lot of experience with UBB, ...
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PHP-based forum software for maximizing SEO? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Forum Software should I use?
I ask because I am skeptical of phpBB. I know that vBulletin frequently comes up in web searches.
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Analytics referrer forum thread
When I'm in analytics I sometimes get a referral from a forum, something like:
http://forums.example.com
Then when I click on it, it gives me a page like:
/viewTopic.php
Is there any way to get ...
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Is it a bad idea to start a forum in a shared web hosting server?
I'm launching a forum for foreigners in Taiwan. Right now, I don't have much money so I purchased a shared web hosting server at Dreamhost (The Happy Hosting Plan, which is around 9 US dollars a ...
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Can I tell which users are downloading files with SMF or PHPBB forum software?
I want to create a forum where I will have attachments available for download to registered users. I'd like to be able to see which registered users have downloaded which files. Is there a way to do ...
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2answers
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What platform can I use to establish a users support forum?
I was asked to develop a users support community forum for a small and young hi-tech company. This kind of forums is very popular with companies these days and is a great alternative to the official ...
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How to start and encourage an online community?
We're looking to add a forum/online community area to our website. Previous attempts of encouraging comments and interaction have failed and the community tends to die a death eventually.
So, I've ...
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Are there any tried and tested methods for rejuvenating an old message board?
I have a moderately successful message board with an excellent (but tiny) community associated with it.
One of my goals for the month is to try and increase the amount of users on the site and also ...
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Preventing robots from crawling specific part of a page
As a webmaster in charge of a tiny site that has a forum, I regularly receive complains from users that both the internal search engine and that external searches (like when using Google) are totally ...
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GitHub forum/helpdesk solution
Our open source software website is migrating from Redmine to GitHub (pages, wiki, issues) and the only missing thing is Forum/Discussions. GitHub does not have such feature yet and allows only static ...
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Should I create topics in a forum I'm about to launch so that new users won't feel it is “empty”?
I'm about to launch a discussion forum about Taiwan.
I'm really trying to figure out how to deal with the first visitors.
I've thought about the following so far:
Invite few friends to start some ...
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Alternative to vBulletin [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Forum Software should I use?
I'm currently using vBulletin along with a bunch of plugins like vBSEO, shoutbox and others for a sports discussion site. I just don't ...
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1answer
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Which forum software is this site using?
Can anybody tell me if it's vbulletin/phpbb etc used by this site: seoforums.org .
if it's vbulletin then why is this site: forums.seochat.com so different?
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Highly SEO optimised forum posts
Given the following forum post:
Basics of how internals of Construct work
I've used GameMaker in the past. And I
know some C++ and have used a few 3d
engines with it. I have also looked ...
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Whats the best CMS for Sports Club? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What Forum Software should I use?
I have to renew a website for a sport club. There is some self programmed CMS in use at this time. But I need a new solution. A popular ...
