OpenEuphoria

Re: Use Euphoria to make forum

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at Rap?dEuphoria.com> Feb 05, 2008
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Andy wrote:
> Well I was thinking if it was possible to use Euphoria to make a forum like
> PHPBB or vBulletin. Is euphoria capable of doing this?

I can't answer that because I'm not familiar with those systems,
but I can say that EUforum could be made a lot fancier if more
use were made of CGI to customize each operation for each user.
I've steered away from that partly because I was worried that if
a CGI program were called each time someone viewed a message,
it might push the CPU requirements up quite a bit. Already I 
have a program running 24/7 on a host that I only pay $4/month for
(though the program sleeps a lot).
The EUforum searches can also take a fair bit of CPU. 
I don't want to push my luck and get the administrators annoyed, 
or worse, demanding more cash from me per month. 

EUforum is customized for Euphoria in a lot ways that
an off-the-shelf system would not be. e.g. 
  - it takes messages for moderation from Topica as well as 
    direct posting on the Web interface
  - it filters off-topic posts etc. automatically
  - it searches messages that were archived using
    various, incompatible systems over the years
  - it accepts logins and passwords that are also used
    for User Contributions
  - it provides an RSS feed
  - it has syntax-highlighting for Euphoria programs
  - it has integrated Google ads that bring in a buck or two
    per day for RDS
  - if it breaks down for any reason, there's an expert (me) 
    who can fix it quickly

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com