Comments on: Looking for a CMS or Forum that supports anonymous posting.

Question: Looking for a CMS or Forum that supports anonymous posting.

ilikebike — Mon, 19 May 2008 23:44:10 -0800

Looking for a CMS or Forum that supports anonymous posting.

I'm creating a complaint/gripe type of site, and I need a script or method for visitors to post items to the main page (probably w/ verification), and then allow a comment or forum system tied to it that also supports anonymous posting.

If no such CMS is available, is there are forum solution that does this?

By: kurtiss

kurtiss — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:06:14 -0800

Just left a related comment here. Disclaimer: I work on this product. Short answer: Lefora does that stuff. Seems like our headlines page would suit you nicely.

By: Dipsomaniac

Dipsomaniac — Tue, 20 May 2008 00:36:52 -0800

Drupal can also do that sort of thing, with or without moderation on anonymous or any comments or posts.

By: Su

Su — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:19:01 -0800

Movable Type itself doesn't support this, but Mark Carey's EntryPost plugin adds the ability for user-submitted content, which you can have default to an anonymous author account. There's a lot of functionality explained in the docs, but that page also has a large screenshot of the plugin's settings panel that'll probably answer most basic questions like whether items can be reviewed before posting, etc.

By: kristi

kristi — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:58:10 -0800

Seconding Drupal, and adding that it lets you choose whether to let anonymous posters enter a name and website for themselves. It has Captcha plugins to cut down on spam, and you can close commenting on any particular item if and when you want to.

By: dozo

dozo — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:29:41 -0800

I'll go ahead and third Drupal.

It's got a pretty robust modular system that lets you add a huge number of community created additions. You can do a whole lot if you know little html or php, and dang near anything if you got some php skillz.

Plus their forums are full of good people.

By: ilikebike

ilikebike — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:59:52 -0800

Thanks for your help, I'll try these solutions!