[Wylug-discuss] WYLUG W3 site?

[Martyn]

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On Tuesday 16 March 2004 21:12, Richard Waite wrote:
> Hello
> i will expect to get flamed for this as im so new but here goes

Methinks you have a low view of our tolerence :-)

> i was playing with my website (a little site of nothing just to try
> things on and learn with also a good starting place better blank page)
> and i got thinking about how i could setup phpbb
> so here goes
> why doesn't wylug use shuch a service?

All things below are IMHO.

Bulletin boards are a waste of time.  The interfaces are clanky (I like my
email client thanks), not good for text-only browsers - and yes, several
wyluggers use them.  They are not immediate - you have to make an effort to
go and read them.

> or content managment like post
> nuke? it would make the site more interactive

Content management is not needed - content is always difficult to obtain and
the amount of change is limited - the web page is a handy place to find
reasonably static information.  For other things a wiki would be more
appropriate, but I very much doubt people would invest the time.

> and on the phpbb we would
> be able to as many discussion as we felt we could on the go and new
> users (such as me would have a nice history of past topics to look back
> on)

Nah - There's a mailing list archive and if you have a threading mail client
there's absolutely no advantage to a bb over a mailing list.

> it was just an idea so sorry if ive over stepped the mark but unless u
> ask u never know

Hopefully this doesn't discourage you from continuing to put forward ideas ;-)

> Richard
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Martyn
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