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k-san
March 15th, 2003, 21:00
Can you recommend a good Perl forum to me?

Please, none of that "get a remote-hosted board" stuff, I just want an answer...
notnamed
March 15th, 2003, 21:07
If you HAVE to use a perl forum, or really like Perl, I'd go with IkonBoard - http://ikonboard.com :classic2:
k-san
March 15th, 2003, 22:44
I'm just wondering, though... is CuteCast any good? It looks nice, and appears to be flat-file (although flat-file isn't a requisite). It loads pretty fast, too.

Does anyone here have one? Is it good?
notnamed
March 16th, 2003, 13:36
I've never heard of it...url?
KBC
March 16th, 2003, 16:35
Originally posted by k-san
I'm just wondering, though... is CuteCast any good? It looks nice, and appears to be flat-file (although flat-file isn't a requisite). It loads pretty fast, too.

Does anyone here have one? Is it good?

CuteCast does look pretty good, I can say that IkonBoard may have the looks but it is incredibly slow. Even their board at the official website is sluggish.
k-san
March 16th, 2003, 17:00
http://www.artscore.net/

It seems fast and looks good...

Does it use up a lot of bandwidth? I hear YaBB does that...
notnamed
March 16th, 2003, 21:08
Perl forums in general take up a lot of system resources and I think bandwidth but that all depends on the style of programming and images :classic2:
I'm attempting to install CuteCast now, I'll tell you how I like it.
Archbob
March 16th, 2003, 21:18
I'd recommend Ikonboard for PERL.
Kaliber
March 17th, 2003, 01:49
You also need to consider which boards the hosts will allow, many have banned all perl boards period. This includes Pay hosts.
GamingSource
March 17th, 2003, 16:19
YaBB is perl/CGI...I use them for all my gaming sites...great modding community and easy to install.

http://www.yabbforum.com
k-san
March 26th, 2003, 19:26
First, how do these three (CuteCast, YaBB, IkonBoard) compare in bandwidth usage and speed?

Second, which ones of these can you edit post count totals on? (I'm changing hosts, and since I'm getting a new board, I have to give the board members their old post counts...)
sonic
April 3rd, 2003, 10:20
You can edit members' posts count in YaBB
The Red Guy
April 3rd, 2003, 21:59
Just a caution: Ikonboard is experiencing some disputes and their support team has been changes 2 (or 3?) times. They're having a feature bloat, I'd go for YaBB is I had a choice.
Archbob
April 3rd, 2003, 23:28
Ikon board looks the best, Yabb is pretty good also. I've never seen a big site using cutecast.
awayfromforum
April 4th, 2003, 18:19
Uhm, i really dont suggest YaBB the perl edition, it is really a bandwidth eater, and resource waster. I suggest YaBB SE from http://yabb.info, its PHP/MySQL based and a lot faster.
k10fabulous
April 27th, 2003, 00:00
I agree with others, YaBB is best Perl forum.