Merry Xmas and we have a new Forum!
I just wanted to first wish everyone a merry Christmas and a happy holidays.
I haven’t been posting new blog entries … but I have an excuse! I’ve been busy working on putting up a brand new forum.
The old Java based forum was becoming a little too dated in terms of it’s features and the way it worked overall. It was showing its’ age.
Why not just update the forum software?
Believe me, I tried several times but for reasons I was not easily able to figure out, the new version of the forum just did not want to run on the live server. I could get it to work on my local development/testing machine … but not live.
So I then contacted the people who built the old forum and asked for assistance. To my surprise, they wanted 10-15 hrs of billable time to install their own forum software!
… I was willing to pay to have them do it, but 10-15 hrs to install a forum!! That’s nuts! Another classic example of Java’s tendency to over-engineer everything.
Sometimes it just makes sense to move on …
So I decided to start researching for a new forum given all the problems I was having, given that the forum had serious flaws to begin with and finally, when the people who built the thing want 10hrs+ to install it … it’s time to get the hell out!
Anyway, I researched and researched and finally found something that I liked. It is fast, modern, built with PHP and only takes 3 minutes to install … even if you never used it before!
I invite you to check it out: the new web designers forum at killersites.com.
Thanks,
Stefan Mischook
www.killersites.com
December 25th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
Is this PunBB? Have you ever considered integrating it with your WP comments system? I’m looking to do that on my iPhone site as well. Unfortunately, I also need something that can integrate with comments on static pages too.
Anyone have suggestions?
December 25th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
Hi,
It is punbb with some very minor modifications. I also plan on having a few more mods put into place once the holidays are over.
“Have you ever considered integrating it with your WP comments system? ”
How so?
With regards to comments, this would probably best done through the RSS feeds.
Stefan
December 25th, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I need a PHP/MySQL based comment system that can be integrated into any static web page AND can replace the comment system in Wordpress.
So, a user could be on some static page on AppBeacon and leave a comment and then could also go to a blog post and leave a comment.
I’ve looked at TalkBack, but it just doesn’t quite work for me. I’ve considered using a forum system for the “comments”, but all that integration looks pretty tough too.
December 25th, 2008 at 10:41 pm
Hi,
If you want to integrate comments from a blog or forum into a static page, you would just have to use an AJax based RSS feed reader that would grab the feeds from Wordpress, a forum or any other web application that generates RSS feeds.
I’m not sure what you mean by replace Wordpress comment system? You need to give me a use case … a scenario.
Stefan
December 26th, 2008 at 3:05 pm
Question: A tutorial I saw used a code at the end of a href address and said it was very important but never said why…
The code was: the href statement &clear=1
I imagine the & symbol means to continue with the command and clear means to check the margins but what does the =1 mean?
I realize from this question I am branded as a complete newbie but while I do use some HTML some of the subtlies are beyond me.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and THANKS in advance.
Doug Parsons
December 26th, 2008 at 9:16 pm
Hi Doug,
Can you please ask your question on the forum?
http://www.killersites.com/forums/
… This way other forum members can get involved.
Thanks,
Stefan