Re: Maybe a bit OT: MySQL forum recommendation?
At 19:19 -0500 3/12/07, David T. Ashley wrote: You might check out vBulletin. They might waive the license fee if you ask nicely, or they may also have a policy when it is in support of open-source software. Hmmm - thanks for the suggestion, but this is strictly speaking a commercial site, albeit an extremely low budget one! I'll go for the free options first, I think. -- Cheers... Chris Highway 57 Web Development -- http://highway57.co.uk/ Half this game is ninety percent mental. -- Philadelphia Phillies manager, Danny Ozark -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Maybe a bit OT: MySQL forum recommendation?
On 12/3/07, Chris Sansom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > My apologies in advance if this is a bit off topic, but... > > On a rather old site we have a dreadful old bulletin board system > based on Matt Wright's WWWBoard - all horrid text files and ancient > Perl code. We want to replace that with a decent forum system based > on MySQL and PHP, but there's no money so it'll have to be a free > one. We also need to be able to roll it into our existing database by > adding more tables, rather than adding a separate database. > Naturally, the easier it is to set up the better. And the real icing > on the cake would be to find a script for converting between WWWBoard > and whichever one we choose, though I suspect that might be too much > to ask. I should be able to roll my own converter script if need be. > > The host we're using has PHP 4.3.10 and MySQL 3.23.56, so that rules > out some I've found, but these seem promising from a quick look: > > FUD Forum > miniBB > phpBB > PunBB > SEO-Board > Simple Machines Forum (SMF) > Vanilla > > Any recommendations from among these or others? You might check out vBulletin. They might waive the license fee if you ask nicely, or they may also have a policy when it is in support of open-source software.
Maybe a bit OT: MySQL forum recommendation?
My apologies in advance if this is a bit off topic, but... On a rather old site we have a dreadful old bulletin board system based on Matt Wright's WWWBoard - all horrid text files and ancient Perl code. We want to replace that with a decent forum system based on MySQL and PHP, but there's no money so it'll have to be a free one. We also need to be able to roll it into our existing database by adding more tables, rather than adding a separate database. Naturally, the easier it is to set up the better. And the real icing on the cake would be to find a script for converting between WWWBoard and whichever one we choose, though I suspect that might be too much to ask. I should be able to roll my own converter script if need be. The host we're using has PHP 4.3.10 and MySQL 3.23.56, so that rules out some I've found, but these seem promising from a quick look: FUD Forum miniBB phpBB PunBB SEO-Board Simple Machines Forum (SMF) Vanilla Any recommendations from among these or others? -- Cheers... Chris Highway 57 Web Development -- http://highway57.co.uk/ Anyone who is disturbed by the idea of newts in a nightclub is potentially dangerous. -- Frank Zappa -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe:http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
