Re: [Hampshire] Forum software

On Tuesday 06 January 2009, Tim wrote:
> I need to enquire on the collective the wisdom of the Hampshire lug
>
> I got asked by one of the directors at work if it was possible to setup a
> forum on our network at work (only internal access) so that our workshop
> staff can post service messages\questions amongst themselves. We have 11
> site around the UK connected by a wan. Now I said yes thinking its an ideal
> time to get a linux box in the door.

Tim,

Before you embark on this, there are a couple of questions that you should
also ask yourself:

- Are you happy to support this box, ie do the routine backups and usual
maintenance work on top of your daily work?

- If your company has an IT department looking after your infrastructure
(which seems to be MS based), are they happy with a box on their network that
they cannot support when you are on holiday?

Other than that, most FLOSS forum software is PHP based and will usually work
on a WAMP as well as a LAMP set-up.

Cheers,
Steve