In Reply to: Re: Bryon, a suggestion posted by Bryon on January 06, 2003 at 13:32:22:
The software on this baord is written from scratch and customized for this site. On the outside, it resembles wwwboard software, which is free. Unfortunately it is not entirely bug-free or the most secure script ever written, but it should suffice for most websites.
You can find a number of formats for board software. At one point I thought of allowing users the possibility of browsing the board using a number of different formats, but I settled for this format because of the ex-member user culture. They seem most familiar with this one big long TOC format, and having direct and random access to any post.
As far as patience, yes, you'll need plenty of that. Oh don't know where you can download that though, and I suspect it's not freeware :-)
Nerves of steel? I don't know, but the trouble is there will always be someone to criticise you for whatever you do. You just have to set your tone, draft your rules and guidelines, and stick with it.
Appreciate your understanding about giving the board breathing room for other topics. So may we call you our fellow Berg-basher then? (joke)