I would just like to give credit to Bruce Corkhill in England who wrote the Web Wiz Forum software that I'm using. I was able to load it on the Windows Server (yes Windows) and have the barebones running in about an hour. I already had a SQL database on the server that I use for my lame - but functional - cart.
To run it on one server without ads (the one ad that appears on the home page is mine) - can cost as little as $50 or if you want a whole bunch of other functionality: $190. I went for the whole package, but haven't added any of them yet.
I think it is in good enough shape that I can leave it alone for a while and see what happens. I just got the CDs of the Best of the Allman Brothers Band and have loaded it up on the Nano. I haven't heard Whippin' Post in a long time.
Well - there I go again - digressing. Start with a programmer in England and move to the Allman Brothers.
That should make for fascinating reading. Allman Brothers were really big in my dorm room at college. My roommate - Ricky - would get good and stoned and turn on Whippin' Post real loud, play slide air guitar and grimace like mad. I get an alumni news thing once a year and the last time I looked he was a lawyer practicing in Utah.
10/24/2005
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My biggest issue with photography forums - or what I'm concerned with - is that they tend to deteriorate into flame wars, back and forth crap about who's equipment is better, rumors, trolls, and just generally weird stuff (unless they're moderated).
Problem with moderating is that it is time consuming.
I'm thinking of some sort of approval threshold for being able to post. There would be a section where you'd fill out a post that has a link to your b&w images. I don't think they have to be particularly good - but they have to show some degree of sophistication in order to post.
Personally, I don't care about cursing - I curse all the time - but I don't want members calling each other names either - unless it's done with some wit. In other words, if you want to call yourself an idiot - I'm fine with that. If you want to grumble - fine.
But before you call another member a &^!* - you would need to take a deep breath, imagine that you are sitting in a bar with the other member who is bigger and stronger than you - and that you've both only had one or two beers. Now you need to look the other guy in the face and before your invective - ask yourself: Do you feel lucky? Well do you ya, punk.
At any rate - I'll spend a day working on it today and see how it goes.
I'm completely open to other ideas about how to manage the content of the forum.
THE BETA FORUM
Problem with moderating is that it is time consuming.
I'm thinking of some sort of approval threshold for being able to post. There would be a section where you'd fill out a post that has a link to your b&w images. I don't think they have to be particularly good - but they have to show some degree of sophistication in order to post.
Personally, I don't care about cursing - I curse all the time - but I don't want members calling each other names either - unless it's done with some wit. In other words, if you want to call yourself an idiot - I'm fine with that. If you want to grumble - fine.
But before you call another member a &^!* - you would need to take a deep breath, imagine that you are sitting in a bar with the other member who is bigger and stronger than you - and that you've both only had one or two beers. Now you need to look the other guy in the face and before your invective - ask yourself: Do you feel lucky? Well do you ya, punk.
At any rate - I'll spend a day working on it today and see how it goes.
I'm completely open to other ideas about how to manage the content of the forum.
THE BETA FORUM
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