I posted a bare bones forum at http://rebolforum.com . The program is one file, a couple hundred lines of REBOL code (posted at rebol.org), has a built-in captcha, code formatting, http:// linking, auto backup, etc. I'm hoping that the URL will make that forum a fit easier for newbies to find a place to ask questions. Please link to it if you get a moment, and please stop by occasionally to answer questions!
I have an open source forum here also http://rebol.thruhere.net:8000/index.rsp All data is saved to Amazon simple DB, and S3 so automatically backed up. Because no data is hosted on the website, it also means multiple instances of the server can be hosted on different websites. This was just an experiment to test feasibility.
Yep, see the bottom of each page there is a link to the sources. I'm not sure if they are the very latest ...
I probably should run the captcha routine only inside the post and respond routines. I'll add that to the to-do list
How trustful. You give out the comments that visitors write to a third-party with completely different TOS and privacy. You're also dependent on Amazon - if they delete your database, it's obviously gone. Outsourcing the database might seem innovative, but it's stupid.
Graham, I removed the captcha routines from the home page, and added them only to the form submission routines. This should help with search engine spidering, and I think it's nicer for the first time visitor What do you think?
