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  1. Apr 24th, 2005, 03:11 AM #1
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    Resolved Forum s/w [Resolved]

    Ehm...this might sound a bit silly, and it's not that I'm complaining about the forum functionality but why isn't the forum software written in VB?

    I mean, how would PHP guys feel if there was a www.phpforums.com and the forum software was written in VB?
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    Re: Forum s/w

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    Re: Forum s/w

    I don't doubt that.
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    Re: Forum s/w

    This question/comment comes up off and on.

    I know your question is a bit rhetorical, so I'll respond in the same -

    When a company has 29 different forums, does that mean they should have 29 different forum programs to support each of the different forum languages? Should a forum that covers more than one language have modularized software for each area?



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    Re: Forum s/w

    Indeed it is good. I just wish there was some forum s/w in VB.Net as good as this so we good hack away at it.
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    Re: Forum s/w [Resolved]

    I don't know if it's been re-done in .NET, but Snitz was written in ASP originaly.... but the code base is a bit.... ah.... pastasized.... meaning it's all over the place and isn't (unless it's changed) modularized at all.

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    Re: Forum s/w [Resolved]

    A google search for "forum software written in VB.NET" turned up this site: http://www.thinkofit.com/webconf/forumsoft.htm

    Which lists a ton of forums.... including " InstantForum.NET" whos desc reads: Inexpensive forum software based on ASP.NET and SQL Server. Full VB.NET source code is available.

    So there you go....

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    Re: Forum s/w [Resolved]

    Thanks for the link techgnome. There are several forum projects in .Net...but there's none I've seen that comes close to being as good as this. Personally, I prefer the forum s/w at www.asp.net.
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