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I like CMSMadeSimple.  The goal of the developer seems very similar to Rickard... keep it simple.   I got so tired of all the bells and whistles in so many of the other CMS's that I just wanted something that my newbie user's could access and do WYSIWYG editing of web pages.
http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/

Connorhd, I'm only thinking 2 - 5 forums.   Is there a component in punBB that is setup to run multiple forums from one set of files, or is this more of a hack?   If it is a hack (i.e. lots of tweaking, editing, etc.)  I'll probably just install the forums individually in different folders.   If it is a simple edit during setup or in a config file that was intended during development then I'll do that.

Thanks again!

Dang... I wish I was a programmer!   Looking more closely there are aspects of both I like.  For example the "new post" is really nice on the old version, but the layout and the number of views on the new one is great too.   Decisions... decisions....

Thanks again for this ever important mod!

I agree that if everyone was subscribed to every thread than the server load would be huge.  I'm simply saying that people should be given easier ways to subscribe to threads they would already choose to be subscribed to.  For example, I wish I had been subscribed to this thread when I posted... but I wasn't!   I would have visited this page MANY more times over the past month if I was subscribed... but I wasn't and I didn't.

If my site got 100k more pageviews per month because of implementing these features, it would definitely increase the server load... but my guess is that it would be worth it. 

Of all the many requests for addons that I see posted on this board, I think this feature is more than just "bells and whistles", but is actually a tool that increases user retention and repeat visitors.   

An exaggerated illustration:  If I could increase the overall popularity of a site by 100% it would put a lot more strain on the server.  Does this mean that I shouldn't advertise and that I should discourage people to visit my site because I don't want to add strain to my server?

Sure, if this feature is added my load will probably increase, but I think my usage / retention will increase proportionately and I believe this is something every board / forum owner wants.

Is a board owner's first goal to increase "customer" usage, or decrease resource usage?

haha.... I'm so frustrated, but the reason is a good one! 

I made a comment on this thread a while ago, and GUESS WHAT... I forgot to his "subscribe to this topic"!

I wish:
1)  There was a "subscribe to topic" check box in the quick reply.
2)  There was an option to always have "subscribe to topic" default checked when I reply.  I don't think I have EVER replied to a post and not wanted to see the replies.  Meaning I've ALWAYS wanted to be subscribed to posts I respond to.  An interesting example, on eBay, whenever you contact a seller about an item it automatically enters that item into your "watched items" page.  It is assumed that if you are going to the trouble of contacting them, you must be interested in watching the item.  Similar concept here.
3)  I read about the possibility for a "subscribe to forum".  That would be an EXCELLENT idea and would automatically resolve a lot of the issues addressed above.

my $.02

...now, after I post, I'll wait, and then have to subscribe to topic.  I hope I can remember to do that this time!

I think most "free" applications are going to be under GPL.  I rarely, if ever, see anything that is decent that isn't under GPL.

I wish I understood GPL better... the whole definition of what "free" is confuses me!      It seems there are some things that you can charge for and other's that you can't.

Well, Rickard is pretty active on these forums (he just posted today) so I'd wait to hear what he says.   I think whatever happens you have a good idea to "kick back a little bit from every copy I sell to support the PunBB cause"

I keep having issues with the forum loading. It either doesn't load at all, or loads with all the css / styles missing.   It isn't happening on my punbb forum or any others, just here and just for the past 3 days.  I know (or think) it isn't registrar related, but i thought I'd mention it.

Anybody else, or just me?

Okay, please don't beat me for diggin' up this old thread, but I thought it had LOTS of very interesting posts and I wanted to ask a question or two to many of those who posted in this topic...

WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED TO YOUR FORUMS???

Many are closed / unavailable... one even says "bye" on the homepage:  WHY???    Did it close because of costs of running it or another reason?

Also, many more are on a different forum script?!!?!?!  WHY???   Did you move it from PunBB  because of the reason mentioned earlier in this thread... because members requested more features... or another reason?

Well, even if I don't get answers to those questions, I'd be super curious to see some of the more recent super huge PunBB forums.