I'm looking for a way to let members of my forum create an individual "member page" for themselves, or have it created for them automatically upon being accepted into a certain usergroup, that they could fill out with miscellaneous info. To be more precise, the forum revolves an online game, and the member page would have details about their characters, background stories, etc. It doesn't really have to be tied to their forum account, although it would be a smooth way to handle it from the user standpoint. Except I'm clueless on how to make this work. [more inside]
posted on Jul 9, 2008 - 3 answers

Joomla and Fireboard Memory Problem: Whenever I click on a post, Fireboard breaks and reports that it's out of memory. I've increased memory allocation with php.ini and .htaccess-- it's now at 64m-- and this has had no effect. I'm using Hostgator. Any suggestions on how to get Fireboard operating properly (or for that matter, a host which runs Fireboard easily)? Thanks.
posted on Jun 28, 2008 - 7 answers

Is it possible to convert a Wordpress database to a BBpress/phpbb forum database, easily? [more inside]
posted on Jun 10, 2008 - 5 answers

Parapet defense 101, or, how to discourage home invasion of an overly-fab rooftop apartment without turning it into a prison. [more inside]
posted on May 23, 2008 - 29 answers

Know of any good freeform roleplaying sites? [more inside]
posted on May 22, 2008 - 5 answers

I am a grad student in the physical sciences and I've got questions, but I work in a small group on a project by myself so a lot of the times I have simple questions that can take a while to dig out of papers. Is there a good forum or message board that is generally accepted to be useful for posing questions and such? [more inside]
posted on May 21, 2008 - 7 answers

Looking for a CMS or Forum that supports anonymous posting. [more inside]
posted on May 19, 2008 - 6 answers

Integrating a forum into either Joomla 1.5 or WordPress 2.5.1 [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2008 - 8 answers

Can you help me find the fascinating and mysterious forum postings of a self-proclaimed robotic entity on sciforums.com? [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2008 - 1 answers

Is there an IT Management Forum? [more inside]
posted on Mar 14, 2008 - 9 answers

Looking for some well argued stock/financial discussion sites. [more inside]
posted on Mar 12, 2008 - 12 answers

i want to find some good music forums online. [more inside]
posted on Mar 6, 2008 - 14 answers

Recommend a web forum software that allows for an arbitrarily large number of sub-forums. [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 6 answers

What's a good CMS to make a slashdot/kuro5hin/plastic.com/digg clone? [more inside]
posted on Feb 10, 2008 - 16 answers

What are the preeminent online resources for quilters? [more inside]
posted on Jan 12, 2008 - 9 answers

Are there any askmefi-like forums that revolve around food and cooking? [more inside]
posted on Jan 4, 2008 - 18 answers

"Forum" (Sondheim)Filter: What's my motivation? [more inside]
posted on Jan 4, 2008 - 4 answers

Where can I find online communities who discuss the syndicated American television program Showtime at the Apollo? [more inside]
posted on Dec 16, 2007 - 2 answers

Recommend a really good, friendly online fashion forum (or bulletin board, or LJ) for a funky fortysomething. [more inside]
posted on Dec 13, 2007 - 6 answers

Recommendations needed for mailing list software [more inside]
posted on Nov 26, 2007 - 4 answers

How can I track changes to a phpBB forum? [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 3 answers

Working artists together. Do you know of any online community or email list where artists from all disciplines discuss practical working issues? Issues like negotiating commissions and contracts, our experiences with residencies and artist colonies, etc.? [more inside]
posted on Nov 12, 2007 - 4 answers

Is there any research supporting an inverse correlation between the level of anger in a person's tone and the quality or relevance of their information? I'm sure I read something like that somewhere, but I forgot. Any ideas? [more inside]
posted on Nov 9, 2007 - 8 answers

Anyone know of any bulletin board scripts for Aolserver? [more inside]
posted on Nov 8, 2007 - 9 answers

Any popular digg-style websites or blogs on Canadian politics? [more inside]
posted on Nov 5, 2007 - 7 answers

I want to create an online forum to discuss literally all topics. I'll be recruiting well-rounded people who can discuss lots of different sorts of issues in depth. The problem is: what software to use? [more inside]
posted on Oct 30, 2007 - 14 answers

I'd like to read some blogs and websites in Japanese. [more inside]
posted on Oct 23, 2007 - 3 answers

I'm about to become a forum moderator. Help. [more inside]
posted on Oct 18, 2007 - 23 answers

What are your favorite online forums in which to talk about books? Say why you like each so I can get a good idea of the different kinds of communities. [more inside]
posted on Oct 17, 2007 - 9 answers

I'm looking for a community/portal service that isn't rediculously expensive. Anyone know of such a thing? [more inside]
posted on Oct 12, 2007 - 2 answers

Looking for a website where I can have graphic designers bid and submit sample ADULT SITE logos which I can then purchase. [more inside]
posted on Oct 7, 2007 - 7 answers

I run a small, private forum for a few friends who are scattered across the US & Canada. I'm looking for easy ways to incorporate other ways for me to enable additional communication between members - whether it's a group voice chat or a chat room. I need help figuring out how to do this very easily (I was barely technical enough to install a pretty skin for my phpBB), very cheaply (preferably free), and so that it maintains a reasonable level of privacy. Can you help me figure this out? [more inside]
posted on Sep 25, 2007 - 7 answers

I own a forum where the majority of our posters are minors. What can I (or should I) do about a user who is sending sexual advances to other members via our PM system? He keeps coming back under new names after we ban him and we aren’t sure what legal obligations we may have regarding this.
posted on Sep 5, 2007 - 15 answers

Help! Local Coffee House's online community forum has been taken over by spammers & pervs! Can you provide easy to follow, clear instructions on how to take down unwanted posts? [more inside]
posted on Aug 30, 2007 - 5 answers

My friends and I are working - and when I say working, I should add that it is with only very vague direction as we are almost all self-taught - on a web project which we think would be very useful to many people. It is in some small respect tangentially similar to Metafilter, but would not compete with it. Are there any out-of-the-box products, commercial or free, that allow a similar question-and-answer (or comment-and-answer) functionality, where anyone can post and/or comment? [more inside]
posted on Aug 29, 2007 - 17 answers

Is it ever OK to change peoples posts on a web forum? Say theoretically a government department ran a consultation via web forum, with invited, non anonymous participants, and wasn't happy with what some of their own staff said. Would it be ok for them to order the staff to edit the posts? Are there any useful examples of the consequences?
posted on Aug 7, 2007 - 10 answers

Can you recommend a good gaming forum? [more inside]
posted on Jul 19, 2007 - 18 answers

What's a good website/blog/forum for iPhone hacks? [more inside]
posted on Jul 10, 2007 - 9 answers

I'd like some help finding a new weight loss community to join - one with a relatively intelligent / fun user base but that takes healthy weight loss seriously. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted on Jun 29, 2007 - 26 answers

I am looking for a good source of both modern and classic film reviews/discussion with fairly long and intelligent commentary on plot/cinematography/history of the films. [more inside]
posted on Jun 21, 2007 - 8 answers

What's the simplest, easiest, fastest way to create a search engine for a discussion website (in particular, this one) which is NOT RUN by that website, but on another computer, and which recognizes as searchable/sortable fields: 1) the "board" the post is in, 2) the titles as well as the bodies of posts, and 3) the dates the posts were made? Oh, and it should update with new posts every few hours, say.
posted on Jun 17, 2007 - 4 answers

I'm looking for an off-topic message board, but I don't know if it exists. [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2007 - 25 answers

My wife and I are about to launch a new web startup. This is her second successful venture and I am moving from agency creative to join her. Throughout the process, there are many opportunities to reinvent the wheel and I would love to connect with other people that are putting their nest eggs on the line and taking the web 2.0 leap. I am looking for a "founders forum" for entrepreneurs. Does anyone know of a forum or community that is centered around the trials and tribulations of serious startups?
posted on Apr 12, 2007 - 11 answers

Where do the experienced Javascript / AJAX developers hang out and discuss things on the net? [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2007 - 14 answers

Is there some sort of Mac program that can monitor a web forum and update me when there are new posts? [more inside]
posted on Mar 31, 2007 - 5 answers

Where do I go to ask chatty, open-ended questions to a community as cool as the MeFi community? [more inside]
posted on Mar 21, 2007 - 19 answers

Where are the most intelligent, thoughtful, broad English language online forums for Muslims? [more inside]
posted on Mar 8, 2007 - 4 answers

Are there any good academic papers out there applying political theory and philosophy to the moderation of online forums? Also interested in recommendations of papers on moderation in online forums in general. [more inside]
posted on Feb 8, 2007 - 8 answers

I run a very dynamic web forum, but I need suggestions for how to make it really shine. [more inside]
posted on Dec 24, 2006 - 8 answers

I'm looking for easy-to-manage community forum software. I run a site hosted at Dreamhost, and would like to add a message board for community discussion. I'm not averse to using phpbb (which Dreamhost can auto-install) if it can be made administrator-friendly. (I find the current admin panel a frustrating pile of crap.) In particular, I don't want to have to mess with spam user registrations. Ideally users could register and use the site with ease, while spammers would be blocked with minimal intervention on my part. (Kind of how WordPress/Akismet deals with spam comments.) I rather like the Joel on Software discussion group layout — clean, simple, yet effective. Willing to pay, if needed.
posted on Nov 29, 2006 - 12 answers