December 22, 2005
Forum software
Oh boy, am I going to regret asking this.
I'm looking for a web application. In particular, I'm looking for web forum software which:
- has a good security track record. I know no software is 100% secure (fuck off, DJB), but I don't want to use phpBB,
- is simple enough for a numpty like myself to configure and maintain,
- and finally, either offers some kind of gallery functionality, or ideally integrates with Gallery.
Geeklog looks promising, but I'm a bit confused as to whether I should be using version 1 or version 2. PHP-Nuke looks like it does what I want, but I'm not convinced about its security record particularly. Any other recommendations are welcome!
Clarifications:
- Registration needs to be moderated by the administrator of the site, not automatic.
- Image upload to the gallery part of the site, however it's implemented, needs to be available to all registered users and nobody else.
Posted by James at 15:18
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I don't know about miniBB from the security standpoint, but in terms of integrating with other things it's a snap. I integrated it with a site in about two hours (and spent another two tweaking the stylesheet) -- http://subtitled-japan.com/forums/ -- so I'm thinking perhaps you could tie that in with gallery.sourceforge.net
I don't think minibb has moderated registration, but it's such a simple system that it shouldn't be an issue (and if gallery has moderated registration--I forget--you could just make minibb use that).
minibb -- http://minibb.net/
article on integration -- http://www.minibb.net/synchronizing_minibb.html
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at December 22, 2005 05:48 PM
Thanks for that; I was looking for something gallery plugged into, not the other way round, but actually since gallery is likely to be the main focus of the site I may just plug something like that into it. The shared auth looks simple enough. Thanks!
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at December 24, 2005 09:57 PM
As for Geeklog: Since Geeklog 2 is pretty much only in a proof-of-concept state the decision should be easy. Don't expect GL 2 anytime soon ...
Posted by: Dirk at December 28, 2005 11:22 PM
Dirk, thanks for the tipoff. If I go back to GL I'll stick with 1.x!
Posted by: James at December 31, 2005 01:11 PM
Look at Drupal (http://drupal.org/). You can have admin moderation (or people in a moderator role, so it's not just one person), upload pictures (gallery.menalto.com uses drupal), and other CMS goodness.
Posted by: Lydea at January 21, 2006 08:27 PM
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