steve40 — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 22:51:57 +0000

Built in members would be a message board that came with pre-active posters. So you would not drive yourself up the wall, trying to find some. Like I have this past year.

Firegirl — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:45:53 +0000

I would want something that is easy to install/implement. I just started with Godaddy (yes, I know, but for a first-timer like me, it's working so far), and I had a horrible time installing their forum software. Would tell you to use one password when it was really another. Took me days to figure out. I also like a lot of admin/moderator options. I can't seem to delete posts.

Shirthead — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:25:02 +0000

I'd mostly agree with what megan posted - expecially the less bloat message.

Don't agree with this one though, sorry:

Quote: a good article/blog/content management system (could be simple, but a way to add a nice front end with some content is needed, and I think a lot of people would agree here

Tacking non-forum features like a blog to a forum system is just the sort of bloat I hate! Forum software should concentrate on doing forums well. None really do that, so I can't see the point in complicating things further.

More banning / blocking / tracking options would also be added to my list. I've had to write additions to several forum packages for customers who were using them commercially, because the default packages were so inadequate.

cgrim29588 — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 16:44:50 +0000

steve40 wrote: Built in members would be nice!.

steve40-What exactly are built in members?

steve40 — Sat, 03 Jun 2006 11:22:44 +0000

Built in members would be nice!.

cgrim29588 — Wed, 31 May 2006 17:33:36 +0000

I don't know what the basics are. I need someone to help me on this issue.

Megan — Wed, 31 May 2006 17:24:04 +0000

Get the basics down, then go from there What I suggested above would be good to think about...

cgrim29588 — Wed, 31 May 2006 17:12:32 +0000

I'm in the plannning stage and just want to gather information to help in the development of the software. Is there any feature you would recommend to start out with?

Megan — Wed, 31 May 2006 17:02:15 +0000

Ermmmm.. I'm not sure where you're at right now.... I think avatars and signatures are essential. Oh, I didn't mention moderator features. That's really important. I especially like vBulletin's ability to "soft" delete posts, which means the post is never completely erased from the database (unless you specificaly tell it to). You can just hide it from members and leave a reason for deletion. vBulletin also has a lot of nice ajax based moderating features in the new version which are really helpful.

cgrim29588 — Wed, 31 May 2006 16:30:23 +0000

What features should I start out with?