Am I just looking for the holy grail?
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The first indication of trouble is usually when my sentences begin with, "All I wanted to do was..." I like the CP threaded forum approach. I find it much more intuitive to follow the train of thought than in the more common monolithic style of discussion board. For years now I've used David Wulff's excellent forum software. However, as I live in a C# / .NET world with my sites these days, I'd really like to find something similar to CP / Battle Axe Forums in a .NET / C# (and free) model. There seems to be a ton of stuff out there. Much of it is ambitiously priced. Those that are free are rarely C# / .NET. And the few that are use the monolithic format rather than the threaded method favored by CP. How freakin' hard can this be? Is there truly no forum code out there that meets this criteria? It's far too tempting to just sit down and code something myself. Fortunately, I don't have that kind of time. Any ideas, or am I just looking for a holy grail that doesn't exist? Where's the Knights Templar when you need them? :rolleyes: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
I'd almost be tempted to write one, but I'm working on an OpenGL multimedia library to use. So, tough luck! ;P Jeremy Falcon
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I'd almost be tempted to write one, but I'm working on an OpenGL multimedia library to use. So, tough luck! ;P Jeremy Falcon
That's probably just as well. Your code's probably all wet at this point... :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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The first indication of trouble is usually when my sentences begin with, "All I wanted to do was..." I like the CP threaded forum approach. I find it much more intuitive to follow the train of thought than in the more common monolithic style of discussion board. For years now I've used David Wulff's excellent forum software. However, as I live in a C# / .NET world with my sites these days, I'd really like to find something similar to CP / Battle Axe Forums in a .NET / C# (and free) model. There seems to be a ton of stuff out there. Much of it is ambitiously priced. Those that are free are rarely C# / .NET. And the few that are use the monolithic format rather than the threaded method favored by CP. How freakin' hard can this be? Is there truly no forum code out there that meets this criteria? It's far too tempting to just sit down and code something myself. Fortunately, I don't have that kind of time. Any ideas, or am I just looking for a holy grail that doesn't exist? Where's the Knights Templar when you need them? :rolleyes: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
It's not a complete forums package, so you'd have to develop some code to wrap it up (as in, make it look like a traditional forum), but that wouldn't be terribly difficult. http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/aspnetforums.asp[^] Latest version available on his Web site: http://www.riversideinternet.com/[^] Test Forum[^] Developed by CPian Mike Puddephat[^]. :) Jon Sagara When I grow up, I'm changing my name to Joe Kickass! My Site | My Blog | My Articles -- modified at 14:43 Wednesday 12th July, 2006
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Shog9 wrote:
Obviously, we need some sort of combined David Wulff / David Stone to produce a slick forum system written in C# w/ LINQ and an AJAX-heavy UI w/ plenty of keyboard shortcuts and RTE.
I was honestly thinking of writing my own forum software this summer.
225 years ago, we set an example for the rest of the world by creating a country where everyone could vote...
Well, except for women and black people, but we fixed that!
-Adam Duritz, of Counting CrowsDavid Stone wrote:
I was honestly thinking of writing my own forum software this summer.
Hey, it's summer, at least here in the states. So, like, are you done yet? :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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That's probably just as well. Your code's probably all wet at this point... :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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It's not a complete forums package, so you'd have to develop some code to wrap it up (as in, make it look like a traditional forum), but that wouldn't be terribly difficult. http://www.codeproject.com/aspnet/aspnetforums.asp[^] Latest version available on his Web site: http://www.riversideinternet.com/[^] Test Forum[^] Developed by CPian Mike Puddephat[^]. :) Jon Sagara When I grow up, I'm changing my name to Joe Kickass! My Site | My Blog | My Articles -- modified at 14:43 Wednesday 12th July, 2006
Looks interesting. I'll have to see how easily modifiable the code is. The tree view has a lot of space and an extra "posted on" line for each post that makes it harder for the eye to see relationships (i.e. in CP the posts are single line and closely spaced so the outline is clear). Overall, though, pretty cool and definitely worth checking out. Thanks! Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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I'm currently working on a forum/message board engine for .NET - it's nowhere near finished yet, but if the project goes according to plan it would be possible to do what you describe (and it will be free!). Head over to http://pixa.dyndns.org/[^] for more information.
Very cool. Let me know when you've got it to 1.0! :) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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Before I checked the link I could've sworn that was a regional sandwich. Dang! :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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The first indication of trouble is usually when my sentences begin with, "All I wanted to do was..." I like the CP threaded forum approach. I find it much more intuitive to follow the train of thought than in the more common monolithic style of discussion board. For years now I've used David Wulff's excellent forum software. However, as I live in a C# / .NET world with my sites these days, I'd really like to find something similar to CP / Battle Axe Forums in a .NET / C# (and free) model. There seems to be a ton of stuff out there. Much of it is ambitiously priced. Those that are free are rarely C# / .NET. And the few that are use the monolithic format rather than the threaded method favored by CP. How freakin' hard can this be? Is there truly no forum code out there that meets this criteria? It's far too tempting to just sit down and code something myself. Fortunately, I don't have that kind of time. Any ideas, or am I just looking for a holy grail that doesn't exist? Where's the Knights Templar when you need them? :rolleyes: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Christopher Duncan wrote:
Is there truly no forum code out there that meets this criteria?
Not that I've found, and I agree, the CP / Battle Axe forum implementation is the best I've ever seen, though I've heard vociferous complaints from people that like the standard forums. Guess you can't please everybody!
Christopher Duncan wrote:
Fortunately, I don't have that kind of time.
Well, if you ever do, and assuming that I do too, look me up. :) Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
Is there truly no forum code out there that meets this criteria?
Not that I've found, and I agree, the CP / Battle Axe forum implementation is the best I've ever seen, though I've heard vociferous complaints from people that like the standard forums. Guess you can't please everybody!
Christopher Duncan wrote:
Fortunately, I don't have that kind of time.
Well, if you ever do, and assuming that I do too, look me up. :) Marc Pensieve Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
Marc Clifton wrote:
if you ever do, and assuming that I do too
Guys like us? Yeah, that'll happen. Maybe if we learn to clone ourselves! :laugh: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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Ugh. Do you ever use those RTEs? I always turn it off in WordPress installations and in GMail. Haven't used an RTE that felt natural and didn't get in the way of my uber, leet, superior Web-Bling 2.0 HTML skillz. Then again, I'd edit Word documents at the markup level if I could... :~ regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
Paul Watson wrote:
Haven't used an RTE that felt natural and didn't get in the way of my uber, leet, superior Web-Bling 2.0 HTML skillz.
Yeah, speaking of that - what's the word on allowing HTML in your blog comments? You just don't realize how limiting it is to have to harass you in plain text...
---- Scripts i’ve known... CPhog 1.0.0.0 - make CP better. Forum Bookmark 0.2.5 - bookmark forum posts on Pensieve Print forum 0.1.2 - printer-friendly forums Expand all 1.0 - Expand all messages In-place Delete 1.0 - AJAX-style post delete Syntax 0.1 - Syntax highlighting for code blocks in the forums
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Before I checked the link I could've sworn that was a regional sandwich. Dang! :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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David Stone wrote:
I was honestly thinking of writing my own forum software this summer.
Hey, it's summer, at least here in the states. So, like, are you done yet? :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Christopher Duncan wrote:
Hey, it's summer, at least here in the states. So, like, are you done yet
No. I said I was thinking about it. You don't realize how integral a part of my life procrastination is. ;P
225 years ago, we set an example for the rest of the world by creating a country where everyone could vote...
Well, except for women and black people, but we fixed that!
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Paul Watson wrote:
Haven't used an RTE that felt natural and didn't get in the way of my uber, leet, superior Web-Bling 2.0 HTML skillz.
Yeah, speaking of that - what's the word on allowing HTML in your blog comments? You just don't realize how limiting it is to have to harass you in plain text...
---- Scripts i’ve known... CPhog 1.0.0.0 - make CP better. Forum Bookmark 0.2.5 - bookmark forum posts on Pensieve Print forum 0.1.2 - printer-friendly forums Expand all 1.0 - Expand all messages In-place Delete 1.0 - AJAX-style post delete Syntax 0.1 - Syntax highlighting for code blocks in the forums
I turned off HTML just for you, everybody else can use harass me in glorious technicolour HTML :P Actually. How do you allow HTML in comments in a WP installation? I can't see the option. regards, Paul Watson Ireland FeedHenry needs you
eh, stop bugging me about it, give it a couple of days, see what happens.
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Christopher Duncan wrote:
Hey, it's summer, at least here in the states. So, like, are you done yet
No. I said I was thinking about it. You don't realize how integral a part of my life procrastination is. ;P
225 years ago, we set an example for the rest of the world by creating a country where everyone could vote...
Well, except for women and black people, but we fixed that!
-Adam Duritz, of Counting CrowsDavid Stone wrote:
You don't realize how integral a part of my life procrastination is.
Well, you replied quickly enough, so maybe there's hope for kicking the habit yet! :laugh: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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Had my fair share of those when I was living in Morgan City, for sure! :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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David Stone wrote:
You don't realize how integral a part of my life procrastination is.
Well, you replied quickly enough, so maybe there's hope for kicking the habit yet! :laugh: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Well, I was bored. I just got off the phone with a girl, so clearly I had nothing better to do than answer your question. ;P
225 years ago, we set an example for the rest of the world by creating a country where everyone could vote...
Well, except for women and black people, but we fixed that!
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Had my fair share of those when I was living in Morgan City, for sure! :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Christopher Duncan wrote:
Morgan City
Hey I didn't know you spent time down in the bayou. Hell, that's even further south the Thibodaux. :laugh: Jeremy Falcon
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Well, I was bored. I just got off the phone with a girl, so clearly I had nothing better to do than answer your question. ;P
225 years ago, we set an example for the rest of the world by creating a country where everyone could vote...
Well, except for women and black people, but we fixed that!
-Adam Duritz, of Counting Crows:laugh: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
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:laugh: Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Are you laughing because my story about being on the phone with a girl seems completely implausible? Or are you laughing because boredom is the only thing that can defeat my procrastination abilities? ;P
225 years ago, we set an example for the rest of the world by creating a country where everyone could vote...
Well, except for women and black people, but we fixed that!
-Adam Duritz, of Counting Crows