RE: Discussion Room Software

by "Christopher Barrett" <noc(at)socos.com>

 Date:  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 08:09:55 -0400
 To:  "Ed Sterrett" <tudlp(at)netwide.net>,
"HWG Software" <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
 In-Reply-To:  tudlp
  todo: View Thread, Original
Quick question..... When did FrontPage 98 discussion webs become Java
Based..... From our end it looks like WebBot here WebBot there.... No sign
of Java at all....

Christopher Barrett

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-hwg-software(at)hwg.org [mailto:owner-hwg-software(at)hwg.org]On
> Behalf Of Ed Sterrett
> Sent: Sunday, June 21, 1998 5:57 PM
> To: HWG Software
> Subject: Re: Discussion Room Software
>
>
> The easiest solution is to utilize Microsoft's FrontPage 98,
> which has that
> function "built-in".  More info at http://www.microsoft.com/frontpage
>
> Otherwise, you're looking at a cgi/perl type solution, which
> creates a load
> on the server.  If your user base is large, this would be a concern.  The
> FrontPage 98 discussion webs are JavaScript based, and most of
> the "work" is
> done on the client (browser) side.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicholas Coday <codayn(at)email.uah.edu>
> To: hwg-software(at)hwg.org <hwg-software(at)hwg.org>
> Date: Sunday, June 21, 1998 13:44
> Subject: Discussion Room Software
>
>
> >I am the webmaster for a company's website. I am looking for
> >either a program or script (non-perl) that will alow me to
> >setup a threaded discussion group for the departments. We
> >use a Win NT 4 Server with IIS 4 if that helps.
> >Thanks, Nicholas Coday
>

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