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Update: Spent the evening researching software options for the "old school" style forums, and it seems like Xenforo is a solid choice in terms of active develop
by dchuk 8y ago
Update: Spent the evening researching software options for the "old school" style forums, and it seems like Xenforo is a solid choice in terms of active development, lots of addons/themes, and not crazy expensive. So I think I'll snag a license and put it on a droplet later this week when my wife is out for the evening :)
Also think I found a good domain for it that I'll snag tonight as well.
- thirdsun 8y agoWhat's wrong with Discourse? It seems to be a popular choice. Here are some more ideas: https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted#social-networks-and-forums https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted#social-networ... Flarum looks like a worthwhile option: http://flarum.org/ http://flarum.org/
- KajMagnus 8y agoI like Discourse too. (better than all the others mentioned so far) There's also Talkyard. It's a bit like Discourse, and has Slack chat features (maybe nice with informal chat channels?) and StackOverflow like Q&A topics. I'm developing it. Open source & beta. https://www.talkyard.io/forum/ https://www.talkyard.io/forum/
- dchuk 8y agoNothing is wrong with it, it's just a different interpretation of forums that is a departure from the "classic" bulletin boards we are discussing here.
- dx034 8y agoThat's one of the main issues with HN. Since there's no notification and/or messaging, few people will look back in this thread once you've actually set it up. A Show HN could at least be seen by some, but I too often miss those as well.
- admg 8y agoDefinitely interested if you go ahead!