Re: [NTLK] Dedicated Newton Forum?

I worked with Dan Palka on info-mac.org, I think he did a nice job
which sounds close to what you want.

www.info-mac.org

Uses phpBB behind the scenes

On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:18 PM, Ryan Vetter <physicalconstants@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Hi:
> While I don't want to mess with a good thing, I was thinking... what would people say to a new Newtontalk forum? A nice forum interface subdivided into sections, like "Newton Software", "Lounge", etc.?
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> This way, when we want to stray off topic, we can do so in the appropriate area. I also thought of doing some sort of creative things, like collecting conclusions to threads where a brief, 1 sentence blurb about the conclusion of the thread's topic would show underneath the topic thread title.
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> Complete with an indexed, searchable knowledgebase, searching forum conclusions and an archive of Newton information could provide us with a powerful interface for acquiring information.
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> Don't get me wrong, Newtontalk is great, but a bit byzantine. Just looking to simplify things, make it more powerful, and put a fresh GUI on the thing.
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> What do you all think? Stupid idea?
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