A forum, or message board, is an online discussion site where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. They differ from chat rooms in that messages are at least temporarily archived. Also, depending on the access level of a user or the forum set-up, a posted message might need to be approved by a moderator before it becomes visible.
Questions tagged [forum]
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Is it recommended to build a forum using node.js?
I've heard that node.js is really fast for applications like chats and real time apps.
I was wondering if node is a good choice to develop a forum or a q&a site like StackOverflow?
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PHP forums - how to cope with unread discussions / topics / posts
I know this question has been asked here a couple of times, but none of the answers had pleased me. This is because almost all of them involve a huge read / write process related with the database, which I'd like to avoid at all cost.
About unread…
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How to set Cookies at Http Get method using Java
I want to do a manual GET with cookies in order to download and parse a web page. I need to extract the security token, in order to make a post at the forum. I have completed the login, have read the response and extracted the cookies (3 pairs of…
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Should DynamoDB adjacency lists use discrete partition keys to model each type of relationship?
Context
I am building a forum and investigating modeling the data with DynamoDB and adjacency lists. Some top-level entities (like users) might have multiple types of relationships with other top-level entities (like comments).
Requirements
For…
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Codeigniter Forum Integration
I'd like to integrate a simple forum with a Codeigniter application and wondered if anyone had any recommendations? Cheers
Laurence
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Best Symfony 2 (2.1+) forum bundle
I'm looking for Symfony2 forum bundle, which is:
working
not dead
supports sf 2.1
Anyone knows of such a thing?
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custom php forum - showing new/unread posts
I have written myself a custom forum script using php. I decided against using phpbb and others as I wanted 100% flexibility with what I was doing.
I've hit a problem though:
How do I show a user if a post is new/unread or not.
Two solutions come…
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Is there a good way to migrate from a Mailman list to a web forum?
I have a Mailman managed list with years of history that I want to migrate into a web-based forum. Things it would be nice to do:
Keep the mailing list going for those who are used to and prefer it to a web interface, but have it integrate with…
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Is it better to do roll-your-own or ready-built forum software?
As part of a wide ranging job for a cystic fibrosis support organization, they'd also like a web site set up and I've decided on Apache running on Linux (due to its security and low cost mostly). Other than (fairly) static content, they also want a…
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Should I write my own CMS?
I am planning to begin working on my first personal project this June: a community about students. What I want to have is a wiki, full with information about universities, a forum where people can discuss and a blog with news, articles, etc, all…
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What is the most efficient way to create a forum lightbulb (unread) system?
Alright, another interesting problem over at Route 50.
We wanted to implement a true forum lightbulb system where posts that are unread by a user (after the user's account is created) show as unread until that status is cleared or until the user…
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Looking for a Java based forum engine easy to integrate with existing user tables
I'm looking for a Java based forum engine which is easy to integrate with an existing website.
Currently I have tables for users (including columns for passwords and email etc) and would simply like to add a forum.
From…
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Should I write my own forum software?
I have already built a site from scratch. It has banning, PM, comments, etc. The PMs and comments are done using markdown (like SO).
There are pros and cons for writing my own or using another software. But some cons keeping me from using another…
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How to log in to a vbulletin forum with C#?
I'm trying to log into a vbulletin forum. I got this far:
private string login(string url, string username, string password)
{
string values = "vb_login_username={0}&vb_login_password={1}"
values +=…
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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…
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