Hi Chen, (answering from a PC now)
> Cons: > - The sf.net site is VERY slow which it make unpleasant to work with. This > is a major turn down for me. It seems a bit slow (but it's not terrible from here), but it's also very difficult to estimate as I have to click on a messagebox after *each page load* (mixed https/http issue with their installation). Here the answer is installing it on our own server, although in this case we need to deal with maintenance and security, also https. I'd say let's leave it here, wait until sf.net fixes these obvious issues, and also the backup, and if that's done, we can move it any time. > - Search is limited! Forum engines does not index all words, it break each > message and insert some reference to the words used in that message in its > database. Some words are ignored, ... at the end it is sometimes hard to > find something with the built in search. That explains some weirdness I experienced a few times. Overall this seems to be a point which we cannot really do anything with. > - Spam: I don't know sf.net forum spam filters, but regular forums are > tend to be bombed with bot spammers that are tuned to your forum engine > (phpBB, vBulletin, ...). Those IMG and URL tags are highly exploitable. Personally for me IMG, avatar and much of these fluffs are rather annoyances for most of the time. Sometimes they can be useful though (especially URL), I hope you can help to create a good balance. I don't fear too much from SPAM in case of phpBB in general and sf.net, but we'll see. > - As Phill had said, forums are exploitable (because their scripts are so > complex). This can be a less issue if the hosting is secure (I think SF at > least try to). Yes, I think security is high on their list. > We can try to work with the SF for a while, and see what happen. I can help > if its needed. I agree and thanks for this. I've added you to the admin group in phpBB, so you can tweak any settings now. (if not, pls tell) Brgds, Viktor
_______________________________________________ Harbour mailing list Harbour@harbour-project.org http://lists.harbour-project.org/mailman/listinfo/harbour
