ok myabe drupal then if you want opensource/exportable. it's great for community sites. or joomla (the online course sites I use maybelogic.netuses joomla. has forums etc too, not sure about video but there's prob a joomla plugin)
the ning emails I get are links back to the site to read the posts - not sure if this is configurable by admins? but if someone sends me a message to my user account I see most of the message (it truncates in the email but has a link to the site) 2009/9/21 Rupert Howe <rup...@twittervlog.tv> > > > I remember the biggest complaint about Ning during Navlopomo was that > they didn't include the text of the message in the emails they send > you. Have they changed that? > > > On 21-Sep-09, at 12:26 PM, Kath O'Donnell wrote: > > > ning could work. I'm on a couple of ning sites (we make zines & > > subversive > > knitting) & they work quite well. I never check facebook groups unless > > someone directs me. but ning sends me an email for some of the posts > > so I > > check more often. plus it's prob easier for someone to manage? > > (admin wise) > > > > drupal is good too if someone has time to set it up. I'd prob vote > > ning as > > first pick > > > > 2009/9/21 Rupert Howe <rup...@twittervlog.tv <rupert%40twittervlog.tv>> > > > > > > > > > > > I know we return to this every so often - how to add more > > > functionality to this list... I just had a thought, so I wanted to > > > jot it down here while it was still fresh. > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- http://www.aliak.com http://www.brisbanedancepartiesarchive.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]