Re: Java-based forums -- JAVA400-L

Joe,


My first option would be a package supporting php4/mySQL on Apache.

All suggestions below are php/mySQL related.

OPEN SOURCE
Me, I would simply setup phpBB and be done with it.
However, no uploads out of the box. Could always opt to create a
contribution for upload support.
http://www.phpbb.com/    <--os, quick set-up, various templates, documented.

New player, dont know much about it, has been compared against vBulletin.
http://webtrickscentral.com/forums/index.php


COMMERCIAL PACKAGES
The available features namely the sys admin section might make a good
skeleton package, for a small price.
However, I never installed these but have used many times over on various
forums. They seem to be the most popular and have set somewhat of a
benchmark for others.

vBulletin allows uploads called attachments. They can be of various types
such as .doc, .txt, .zip, .jpg, pdf....
The attachments are attached to the user message, its unclear if a specific
area can be designated for uploads.
Includes a nice feature, a complete 'printable version'  of a selected
forums category. Some say its easier to mod than phpBB.
  http://www.vbulletin.com/  <-- $85 - $160

Invision
  http://www.invisionboard.com/  <---$60-$150


In my opinion selecting a bb boils down to avaliable options found in the
conf management section i.e. what you
can do and cant do. In addition, if the long term goal is to manage the
source for custom mods then the structure of the code may be important.

joeM


> -----Original Message-----
> From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 8:51 PM
> To: java400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Java-based forums
>
> Hey folks!
>
>
>
> I've been looking into software to create a supplementary area for this
> list (it would also be used for my books and whatever other projects I
> might dream up).  As an adjunct to JAVA400-L, I'd like to create an area
> where we can upload and download files.  It would also be a place where
> we can store things like test suites and allow people to download them
> and then post the results.  Thus, there would be a special section
> devoted just to the results of test suites.  I'd love to have a bunch of
> semi-permanent threads where we take various business requirements and
> have members of the community post their results, and so we could
> compare different approaches.
>
>
>
> I'll tell you what.  Despite the size of the Open Source community,
> there isn't as much Java software out there as I thought.  In
> particular, I was looking for some forum software to fire up a little
> bulletin board as a supplement to this list (primarily to set up FAQs
> and files upload/downloads and that sort of thing).  The most popular,
> Jive, is no longer Open Source, and the "Lite" version costs $450, with
> the other versions costing thousands or even tens of thousands of
> dollars.  Back to the drawing board, and I did find a few Open Source
> Java-based products:
>
>
>
> mvnForums is from Viet Nam, and has possibilities.  I'm still having
> trouble getting it to compile in WDSC, though.
>
>
>
> jGossip took me all day to import into WDSC.  I got to learn all about
> JDK1.3's JCE libraries.  This was a real joy.  And it still doesn't
> load.  More fun for another day.
>
>
>
> I got jCorporate's eForum working standalone, but that's just the
> binaries under Tomcat, and since it doesn't support file uploads, it may
> not work for the community.  I also got my first taste of installing a
> Struts-based application.  I'm not particularly thrilled.  I haven't
> even tried to run it in WDSC yet, but if I'm going to support file
> uploads, I'm going to have to hack the code, and that means getting it
> running under WDSC.
>
>
>
> I just downloaded something called TeracBoard.  I'm not particularly
> optimistic on this one, though, as the online community/support page is
> in Chinese.
>
>
>
> After that, the pickins get mighty slim.
>
>
>
> I wanted to do Java so I could host it from my iSeries.  I wanted to
> particularly to use WebSphere so that I could run the board inside of
> WDSC to make changes and additions as necessary.  However, I don't seem
> to be having much luck with that.  So now I'm asking the community for
> their opinions:
>
>
>
> Should I continue the search for a Java-based server I can run on the
> iSeries?
>
> Should I not worry about the iSeries so much, and get something that
> runs with Tomcat just to get it running?
>
> Should I can the Java thing entirely and go straight to PHP and run it
> on either a Windows or Linux machine?
>
> Should we as a community try to put our own application together?
>
>
>
> Other thoughts or suggestions?
>
>
>
> Joe
>
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