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Thread Starter: rgd Started: 2/23/2008 3:36 PM UTC
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2/23/2008 3:36 PM UTC
Formatting

rgd

Hey Jeff,  good job getting these forums up and running.  Thanks!


I tried the web interface and it works. (Will you be able to edit your posts once you post them?  I've seen that on other boards, but I wonder now - that one uses a database backend that just sits there letting people read it, but if this one is hooked to a news server designed to send the posts out to other sites it may not support editing, just deleting (cancelling).)

I'm trying the nntp interface now, via Xnews.  Works quick.  I do notice that the formatting seems garbled on some posts (like the FAQ) but I'm not sure yet if that's the post itself or someone on my end in the configuration of Xnews' display (more likely).   Similarly the "seperator" lines are a tad confusing in the nntp reader, but maybe my newsreader is too old to support multi-format posts.

Anyone have free news reader recommendations?
2/23/2008 4:43 PM UTC
Re: Formatting

News Administrator

On Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:36:00 -0500, rgd wrote:

Hey Jeff,  good job getting these forums up and running.  Thanks!


I tried the web interface and it works. (Will you be able to edit your posts once you post them?  I've seen that on other boards, but I wonder now - that one uses a database backend that just sits there letting people read it, but if this one is hooked to a news server designed to send the posts out to other sites it may not support editing, just deleting (cancelling).)

No, post editing won't be supported, because (as you surmise) this is
fundamentally an NNTP server with a web interface grafted on.

I'm trying the nntp interface now, via Xnews.  Works quick.  I do notice that the formatting seems garbled on some posts (like the FAQ) but I'm not sure yet if that's the post itself or someone on my end in the configuration of Xnews' display (more likely).   Similarly the "seperator" lines are a tad confusing in the nntp reader, but maybe my newsreader is too old to support multi-format posts.

It's the post, not your reader; there seems to be some issues in the
AJAX components when it comes to adding the text/plain version of the
posting. It looks better in a newsreader that supports text/html.

Anyone have free news reader recommendations?

The one I use is not free (though it's not expensive) - Forté Agent,
http://www.forteinc.com.  Windows only; I'm not sure what platform
you're on.

A Windows-only reader that used to be available and decent - and a lot
like Agent - was 40tude Dialog.  Whether it's still around, I can't tell
you.

There's always G-dhelpusOutlookExpress. Also Windows-only.

Thunderbird, from the Mozilla project - multiplatform, like its browser
sibling.

Opera, the browser, also has built-in news and email clients. The web
interface, as indicated, doesn't play well with Opera, but the news
client should be OK. Multiplatform.