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One of the most popular forum distributions. Used by many sites including RootTalk: http://root.cern.ch/phpBB3/
. Does not support threaded discussions.
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Slightly more feature rich than phpbb (http://www.forummatrix.org/compare/FUDforum+phpBB). Already in use at SLAC for some forums like http://forum.linercollider.org/. The forum supports all of the features we want (and many more). We have not enabled ability to respond to topics via e-mail, since it requires setting up a new e-mail address for each forum, but it is supported and could be handled in the same way that we currently deal with hypernews forums.
Implementation: PHP
Confluence
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"Community Bubbles" plugin
https://www.adaptavist.com/display/Bubbles/Forums
Adds forum capabilities to confluence. Currently installed on confluence-new. Integrates with confluence login mechanism and integrates nicely with other confluence functionality. Anyone who can edit a page can add a forum using the {forum} macro. Does not support all of the functionality of a dedicated forum, for example e-mail notification is based on confluence page or space views, cannot respond to topics via e-mail.
Implementation: Third-party confluence Implementation: Confluence plugin
Desired features
- Easy to see what topics exist, create new topics
- Threaded discussions
- Ability to include or link to images, documents etc
- Usable via web and/or e-mail
- Integrates with (some) existing login mechanism
- Accessible by collaborators without SLAC accounts?
- Ability to have both public and non-public forums
- WYSIWYG editor
- Searchable (preferably integrated with general site web search)
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