[Sigia-l] Forum software

[Jonathan Baker-Bates]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sigia-l-bounces at asis.org 
> [mailto:sigia-l-bounces at asis.org] On Behalf Of Listera
> Sent: 11 August 2005 07:24
> To: SIGIA-L
> Subject: [Sigia-l] Forum software
> 
> Fairly long time ago there was a discussion here on apps for 
> forums/boards.
> Like anybody else I've used many of them, but I never 
> analyzed them as a buyer. So what are your recommendations, 
> and things to watch out for?
> 
> Rough specs:
<snip>
> 
> What else (functionality or usability wise) should be on this list?

Depending on the context (and I know I should use that word advisedly
around here...) you might consider adding mailing list and/or NNTP
gateway capability. I worked on a project where we took a couple of
public mailing lists into the forums and let our users reply to posts on
them (a bit like Google Groups). It went down well and usage of the site
overall increased greatly. We were using pHorum for this. 

Jonathan


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