f2s.com and slashcode-like scripts

[YaRness]

really, i'm not cross posting! i am however blatantly plugging a couple other posts:

f2s post (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=22&t=006054)
slashcode post (http://www.linuxnewbie.org/cgi-bin/ubbcgi/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=14&t=002653)

i'm looking for feedback about using f2s.com for web hosting, and opinions on slashcode and slashcode-like news scripts.

basically i'm trying to set up a web site (either the actual site or a proof-of-concept) for my dojo that just reopened, and i am thinking of implementing a slash-like news posting feature (sans comment posts most likely). i totally didn't think about posting either question here because i'm slow like that.

if anyone has any comments, you can post them here or on the original posts. i'd appreciate it.

[EyesWideOpen]

I've never used SlashCode but I have used PHP Nuke (http://www.phpnuke.org) which is pretty cool. It can be a little tedious setting it up at f2s.com, becasue you have unpack it locally and then upload everything (scripts and directories) to f2s, but it works pretty well once you get it working. Everything is pretty much done for you (so you don't really have to know any PHP) -- that can be good or bad depending on how you look at it. For me it was a great way to learn some PHP by hacking at the code. You may want to check it out.

If you want to see what it looks like, a couple of sites I know of that use it are:
http://www.phpnuke.org
http://www.cams.f2s.com
http://www.tinyminds.com

[ 30 March 2001: Message edited by: EyesWideOpen ]

[YaRness]

i will probably look at that as well.

this is looking to be quite a project, i hadn't realized such script sets (at least slashcode) were so dependent on so many things (needing mod_perl, basically needing root or admin access to change/create user groups, etc). PHEW. this should be fun, if i can find a place to do all this at.

[YaRness]

php-nuke looks like it might take less of a learning curve to set up, but the documentation is a bit lacking compared to slashcode. hmm. first i guess i should find a place to host this mess....

[Sweede]

if you need any help with phpnuke, i'd be happy to help. in fact, if you look at nuke and say "there's got to be something better", why not join my project, a group to re-write phpnuke into something better.

:)

[Golden_Eternity]

If you're going to use PHPnuke, be sure to stay on top of new releases. There have been several security issues recently.

[Sweede]

yea, thats just the thing, FB (the creator of Nuke), doesnt have any real developer skills.

he doesnt release often and basicly ignores peoples patches.

I on the other hand have phpnuke in a cvs tree and apply patches/fixes as they are found.

im going to make a release shortly and place it on sourceforge.


https://sourceforge.net/projects/titanium/

[YaRness]

i just need something that works. i don't have time to work on developing something, i wish i did.

i've got a place to do it, but it's a virtual server, so i'm not sure whehter i'm gonna be running my own installation of apache, perl, etc. only 100 megs of space so i'm prolly using the apps in /. so something with as much overhead as slashcode is prolly out.

sweede if yer stuff works enough to let a couple people log in and post news stories, that's all i really need, i don't need no stinkin' comment stuff and whatnot. but what i do need is something i can get running and customized pretty easily, leaving reading the details (i.e. code) for later.

[Sweede]

we've been trying to figure out what fb (the creator of nuke) has done in the code for a while. there are almost NO comments in any of the code, what so ever.

but i've been slowly going through and making updates changes, etc.

there's a 99% chance nuke will be all you need.

[YaRness]

well, i should be getting started on it this weekend. if yer still busy getting yer stuff up to snuff, then i'll just go ahead and work with nuke and see if it suffices. it's not going to be a high-traffic site, so i will prolly always have the leisure of switching scripts later.