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
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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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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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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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!
-Adam Duritz, of Counting Crows -
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 -
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.
---- 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
Shog9 wrote:
David Wulff / David Stone
Care to the wind... Since D++ is already taken, they could call it D². Of if you join the loop it could be JD2. Jeremy Falcon
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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 CrowsI'm just laughing 'cause it feels good. :-D 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:
Ugh. Do you ever use those RTEs?
I have a small site with a blog-like feature on the front page. It is unique in that each post contains the exact same table structure, the only difference being the number of rows. So, I am able to use a template to insert the table for me, and then I just add contents to the table like I would in a Word doc. It (the editor) has an image picker that allows me to upload pictures straight to the server. It saves me a bunch of time vs hand editing and uploading pics via FTP. For any situation other than that, though, I'd have to go with a plain text box and HTML or BBCode. Jon Sagara When I grow up, I'm changing my name to Joe Kickass! My Site | My Blog | My Articles
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I'm just laughing 'cause it feels good. :-D Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes
Good answer. ;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 -
Paul Watson wrote:
Ugh. Do you ever use those RTEs?
I have a small site with a blog-like feature on the front page. It is unique in that each post contains the exact same table structure, the only difference being the number of rows. So, I am able to use a template to insert the table for me, and then I just add contents to the table like I would in a Word doc. It (the editor) has an image picker that allows me to upload pictures straight to the server. It saves me a bunch of time vs hand editing and uploading pics via FTP. For any situation other than that, though, I'd have to go with a plain text box and HTML or BBCode. Jon Sagara When I grow up, I'm changing my name to Joe Kickass! My Site | My Blog | My Articles
Jon Sagara wrote:
BBCode.
BBCode sucks.
Jon Sagara wrote:
For any situation other than that, though, I'd have to go with a plain text box and HTML
Have you used CPhog? :)
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 -
Jon Sagara wrote:
BBCode.
BBCode sucks.
Jon Sagara wrote:
For any situation other than that, though, I'd have to go with a plain text box and HTML
Have you used CPhog? :)
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:
BBCode sucks.
Yes, but a lot of times that is the only option.
David Stone wrote:
Have you used CPhog?
It's a'ight. ;) Jon Sagara When I grow up, I'm changing my name to Joe Kickass! My Site | My Blog | My Articles
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David Stone wrote:
BBCode sucks.
Yes, but a lot of times that is the only option.
David Stone wrote:
Have you used CPhog?
It's a'ight. ;) Jon Sagara When I grow up, I'm changing my name to Joe Kickass! My Site | My Blog | My Articles
Jon Sagara wrote:
It's a'ight.
Have you used the new version? ;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 -
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
I went there to play in a rock & roll band after I quit my first semester of college in '76. We gigged in Morgan City, Thibodaux, Houma, all those big nationally known hot spots. We drove up to New Orleans to party in the Quarter, but didn't play there. My memory of the girls there is that they were amazingly binary. Either they were drop dead ugly or there was something almost magical about them (I naturally gravitated towards the latter). There was no in between. And yeah, Morgan City is about as far south as you can go without being eaten alive by dragons. Or shot by drunk off shore oil workers, but that's a story for another time... ;) Author of The Career Programmer and Unite the Tribes