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PHP forum software that integrates easily with existing website?

I have an existing php website with a user system already set up (registration, authentication, lost password, etc.). I've decided that I want to add a message board and integrate it with the existing website: registration on one should register on the other, and similarly with logging in and changing user information. Is there a good f...

Forum solution (asp.net c#) handling Windows Authentication

Hi guys, We are searching for a Forum solution to integrate with one of the intranet solutions we have developed. At the moment we are testing Jitbit AspNetForum which seems to integrate quite well but it seems not to be focused on using it with Active Directory and Windows Authentication. We are not getting enough control over certai...

Simple Forum Engine with Support for SQLite

I need a simple forum backed by a SQLite 3 database which I can easily integrate into my new project, something in the line of Vanilla forum. What do you suggest? ...

Measuring popularity for a particular post?

I'm trying to measure the popularity of a post but there's no current system in place that can do that so that means I have to create one. Can anyone guide me on creating a heuristic that measures popularity for a post? I'm assuming factors such as # of replies, # of views, age of post, sticky vs. non-sticky, etc. should play in as a fa...

Looking for a good embedable discussion thread

I'd like to embed a discussion thread on a website. Doesn't need to be anything complicated, just need to be able to post comments. Threading would be nice, but isn't strictly necessary. Google wave would be perfect, except most people don't have wave accounts yet. Is there anything else out there that I can embed on a page that would fa...

What would you want in a self-hosted project support/information web app?

My next project will be a lightweight PHP alternative to Trac, since Trac is often confusing to install and is often a little too big or feature-rich for smaller project. Features planned so far: Wiki Bug tracker Forum(s) Static pages (easily edited of course) Markdown support No code repo hosting (I consider this a feature since most...

Popular VB.Net forums?

Hello For those of you hardcore VB.Net developpers, what forums would your recommend to ask VB.Net-related questions? Google returned the following, but there might others I should know about: http://www.vbforums.com http://www.vbdotnetforums.com/ http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/ Thank you Edit: For those interested, here are some sug...

Forum with altered_beast for Rails 2.3.4

I am trying to develop a forum with altered_beast for 2.3.3. I am presently working with Rails 2.3.4. I would like to know how altered beast works. It seems be an entire project on its own, so how should i go about setting it up. Another error that I encounter when i use it as an application (which seems wrong to me) is a mysql error wh...

ASP.NET MVC Forum Application

I need to write a forum application for a friend's web site. I want to write it in C# 3.0 against the ASP.NET MVC framework, with SQL Server database. So, I've two questions: Should I use Linq to SQL or the Entity Framework as a database abstraction? Should I use the ASP.NET Membership API or add Users table and implement it myself? ...

Does Invision Power Board v3.0.3 store un-encoded versions of message posts?

Edit: This is an IPB (Invision Power Board) forum, not PHPBB as originally posted. My humble apologies. I'm trying to write a widget that displays a sampling of popular topics in our forum. However, parsing bbcode tags is a bit of a pain. We're using the PEAR BBCodeParser, so handling bbcode tags isn't a problem. But the real issue ...

forum in asp.net 2.0

Hi is there any open source forum in asp.net with c# 2.0? If so can you post those links? thank you, nagu ...

mybb posts and responses counter

how to changes mybb posts and responses counter text in MYBB forum to another custom message ...

Posting In a phpBB Board By a C# Application

Hello, I'm going to improve one of my new projects and one of the features that I want to add is the possibility to post a new thread in a phpBB forum board, but it's possible to do this? If it is, how can I do this? Thanks. ...

DotNetNuke Managing filtered words in Forum Module

Is there a way to limit the Filtered word match in the dotnetnuke forum to whole words only. For example, if the word 'bum' is a filtered word replaced by a '~' then the word 'bumble bee' is also affected becoming '~ble bee' I'd like to limit to a full word match rather than a partial. Any help is most appreciated. Thanks ...

Which forum should I use for Joomla?

Hi all, I need to choose a forum component for a new Joomla installation and I'm wondering which one should I use: JoomlaBoard Joomla phpBB Joomla SMF Any other you might want to suggest Among the requisites, I will need to dynamically create/delete forums and to add/delete members, so a forum that offers high level API for these ta...

Ready-made forum, chat, and PM solutions for Django

On my Django site I would like users to communicate with each other in several ways: Forum Private messages Chat with rooms and saved history Could you suggest me ready solutions for this? Especially for chat. Also, is it possible to integrate Google Wave in Django? ...

MySQL - how to show the latest topic per thread

I am trying to create SQL for retrieveing a list of latests posts for the forum thread. I have the following code: SELECT item_discuss_thread_id , item_discuss_post_title , COUNT(item_discuss_thread_id) AS nb_posts FROM item_discuss_posts GROUP BY item_discuss_thread_id Obviously this will group without the respect of if the post...

IP.Board 3 Cookies

I am integrating a custom written CMS with IP.Board 3. I would like to use the cookie information (username) that IP.Board stores upon login. Does anyone know how I can access that cookie? This would be in PHP, of course. ...

how to search text in threads?

i am coding my first forum and wants to have a search field. i am wondering what function i should use to search for specific threads in database. should i use WHERE title LIKE '%keyword%' OR body LIKE '%keyword%' is that the common search algorithm for thread contents? ...

Which wordpress forum plugin is best to use for a corporate site?

A client wants a form incorporated into their site and suggested i use Zikula PHP framework. I decided to do a research and found ppPress and Simple Press Forum. I wouldn't want to start experimenting here, you know. I want to know the best forum plugin available for wordpress? ...