Forums For Your Website

Marco — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:38:30 +0000

I wanted to add a forum to this site so I decided to browse what was available and suitable for my needs. First I’m looking for something that’s free. Second it has to have longevity, to many free forums stop developing and the project dies. (Working extremely long hours to have others download your forum then swamp you with questions is draining)Third it has to be feature rich and have extensive repository of plugins or add-ons. Fourth it has to have support and support and more support. I love a community full of developers, followers, fans, etc…

Below is what I found to be the most widely used (FREE) forum’s on the internet.

Name: Vanilla – Website
WordPress Integration: Yes | Documentation
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: bbPress – Website
WordPress Integration: Yes | WP plugin | More
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: phpBB – Website
WordPress Integration: Yes | WP2BB
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: Simple Machines – Website
WordPress Integration: Yes | WP Post to SMF | WP Bridge
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: punbb – Website
WordPress Integration: N/A
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: MyBB – Website
WordPress Integration: N/A
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: YaBB – Website
WordPress Integration: N/A
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: Yet Another Forum – Website
WordPress Integration: N/A
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: Simple Press – Website
WordPress Integration: Yes
Themes and Styles: Yes
Plugins and Add-ons: Yes
Language Packs: Yes
Active Community: Yes
Support: Yes

Name: ImperialBB – Website
WordPress Integration: No
Themes and Styles: Limited
Plugins and Add-ons: Limited
Language Packs: No
Active Community: Yes
Support: Limited

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I know there a couple I might be missing so if you can think of any or know some that should be on this list please post it below.

Weather for Your Website

Marco — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 17:44:37 +0000

Depending on what kind of website you have you may have thought about adding a weather forecast somewhere as an added feature for your visitors. Its a nice compliment and adds a nice touch. But more often then not finding the right weather widget can be tricky, you may want one smaller without any links or sponsor ads on your widget or maybe you do. I’ve decided to compile a list of weather websites offering free services for blogs, websites and rss feeds.

Free Weather Website Codes:

Wunderground.com
http://www.wunderground.com/geo/BannerPromo/US/NY/New_York.html

Weather.com
http://www.weather.com/services/oap.html?from=footer

Weatherforyou.com
http://www.weatherforyou.com/snapshots/

Intellicast.com
http://www.intellicast.com/content/products/consumers.asp

Accuweather.com
http://netweather.accuweather.com/adcbin/netweather_v2/signup-page1.asp

National Weather Service RSS Feeds
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/rss/

Find another weather website offering free services? Post it below!

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