BBS ideas?

Post #108,371 by mhuber 7/3/03 4:03:32 PM Reply	BBS ideas? I'm putting together a bid for a web site for a carving magazine. Don't have all the details yet - the one I'm really wondering about is what server-side stuff is available. Existing site, not too complicated. Anyway, one of the enhancements they want is a BBS. Seems to me that's one of the biggest variables. What software to use, where to host it. But the big questions have to with how much traffic and how much to censor/redirect. Any thoughts? ---- Sometime you the windshield, sometime you the bug...
Post #108,372 by admin 7/3/03 4:05:30 PM Reply	... A BBS? Like, as in dial-up? How baroque... Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #108,373 by mhuber 7/3/03 4:39:32 PM Reply	Well, using their term That's what they say they want. I suspect they would be a bit confused if that's what I delivered. Although it might be amusing... I did suggest a wikki-wikki web. The conversational aspect, I think, is already well served by two thriving mailing lists. And we have lots of ideas to share, many of which really haven't changed much since we moved from sharp rocks to metal blades. ---- Sometime you the windshield, sometime you the bug...
Post #108,377 by kmself 7/3/03 5:07:40 PM Reply	Depends on what you're looking for The operational term these days is probably "CMS" -- content management system. The question then becomes: from whence the content? \r\n\r\n Your basic user-comment boards include Slash, PHP-Nuke, Scoop, and related products (of which zIWT is one -- though it's not going to perform well under high demand -- we can clobber it with a mere 400+ registered users, due to single-threading). \r\n\r\n Wikis are more aimed at documentation, typically within a defined technical community, or company, than world-at-large uses. It takes some grokking to get the concept. While I'm strongly enamored of TWiki for what I use it for, I'm not sure I'd toss it at a bunch of woodcarvers. Though I might pitch it as a secondary option. \r\n\r\n At the high end, CMS is an article + feedback system. Take a look at Linux Journal (PHP-Nuke IIRC), Slashdot, and Kuro5hin. Here we're largely in full-feedback mode -- threaded discussion. CMS can be a full website management solution, or just a user feedback area. Solidify what it is they're looking for. \r\n\r\n I'm all but positive that 'BBS' (dialup connections to a message board) is not what they're looking for. --\r\n Karsten M. Self [link\|mailto:kmself@ix.netcom.com\|kmself@ix.netcom.com]\r\n [link\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/\|http://kmself.home.netcom.com/]\r\n What part of "gestalt" don't you understand?\r\n [link\|http://twiki.iwethey.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/\|TWikIWETHEY] -- an experiment in collective intelligence. Stupidity. Whatever.\r\n \r\n Keep software free. Oppose the CBDTPA. Kill S.2048 dead.\r\n[link\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html\|http://www.eff.org/alerts/20020322_eff_cbdtpa_alert.html]\r\n

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