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[Halvdan Grelland <halvdanhg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Discourse seems to strike a great balance between power and user
friendliness. +1

2014-10-10 11:20 GMT+02:00 Lars Kristian Roland <lars@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Here's another one I like:
>
> http://www.invisionpower.com/features/
>
> (not that I don't like the ones Matthieu mentioned)
>
> Lars
>
> 2014-10-10 11:07 GMT+02:00 Matthieu Pinard (UiO) <matthiep@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> I'm glad to read that people with technical know-how are on this topic as
>> well :).
>> Forums being a fundamental building block of our (web) community choosing
>> the right tool is key:
>>
>> The right tool for me means a tool that:
>> - is easy to use for non-techies, as the community grows fast behind it's
>> early adopters
>> - encourages interaction though a good UX
>> - helps the community to highlight what are the current hottest topics
>> - enables "easy" moderation
>> - can be used on different screens
>> - ...and well... are open source ;)
>>
>> So far I see two tools:
>> - the Ubuntu Discourse http://www.discourse.org/
>> - as we are using the CMS Drupal for our website, we can simply activate
>> the forum (limited)  or better probably go the the Harmony Core
>> <https://www.drupal.org/project/harmony_core> that is part of the Commons
>> distribution <https://www.drupal.org/project/commons>
>>
>> So far from a user perspective I favor Discourse
>> <http://www.discourse.org/>. BTW Ubuntu is using it. I can only
>> encourage you to give it a try <http://try.discourse.org/> and tell me.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Matthieu
>>
>>
>> Matthieu Pinard
>> DHIS 2 Academy & Community Coordinator | University of Oslo
>>
>> On 9 October 2014 22:39, Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Does anyone know about any other existing forums that could be
>>> potentially more suitable?
>>>
>>> If not I'm all for giving this a try. I think going for a forum that is
>>> well-known has more legs than starting our own.
>>>
>>> Lars
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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