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Overman
13th February 2008, 08:18 PM
Hey all!

I just bought (last week) an Apple. Got the MacPro with the big screen, and a backup harddrive.

For software I got ProStudio, and Dreamweaver, and I got a Presonus Firestudio for Audio Interfacing.

I've been a PC guy my whole life, but have spent this week installing (the prostudio was a 6 hour install!) and getting everything set up.

The plan is this computer to be the main hub of Overman, and to have it allow us to produce all kinds of crazy media.

Its most likely gonna take a couple of weeks before I have any specific questions on the software (if anyone here uses any of that, I'd love to pick your brain sometime) but I am looking into buying even more software to 'fun' up our website...

1. Has anyone ever made their own forum? Can you point me in the correct direction as far as software to use, and the best way to implement it?

2. Has anyone ever made their own Wiki? Can you point me in the correct direction as far as software to use, and the best way to get that started?

Thanks in advance for any help, I'll probably be posting updates and many many many questions as this whole thing goes along.... either way I am sooo excited...this computer is the band.
webfusion
13th February 2008, 09:01 PM
Has anyone ever made their own forum?

Are you intending to go the route of a fancy-shmancy GUI forum like this one here, or the direction of the bare-bones threaded discussions such as on Craigslist?
Overman
13th February 2008, 09:19 PM
I was wanting to have all the bells and wistles...I know its gonna be tough to get started, so I would like it to have some inheriant edge over others...
nimzov
14th February 2008, 05:50 AM
1. Has anyone ever made their own forum? Can you point me in the correct direction as far as software to use, and the best way to implement it?

I am pretty much at ease with running a vBulletin forum. I also have a bit of experience with drupal. If you have questions about these software you can PM me.

nimzo
Wudang
14th February 2008, 04:26 PM
I installed phpbb on a website I had. Very easy to set up and configure and free.
geni
14th February 2008, 04:30 PM
2. Has anyone ever made their own Wiki? Can you point me in the correct direction as far as software to use, and the best way to get that started?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DokuWiki
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediawiki

Most people seem to go for one of those two at the moment.
Overman
14th February 2008, 05:34 PM
Sweet all, Thanks. I think VBulliten looks like the one for me as far as forums go.
OnlyTellsTruths
17th February 2008, 02:51 AM
Whatever happened to UBB (http://www.ubbcentral.com/)?
It seemed like almost all forums were UBB, then one day they all switched to vBulletin!