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ExtremeTech: Beehive Forum .5 Online Community Software

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 22, 2005

“DIY (Do-It-Yourself) is one of the most important things we
cover at ET. But DIY is not limited to just building computers. For
example, you can build an online community yourself. The key to
having a community, rather than just a web site, is to engage
people in discussion. If you run your own site, you’ve probably
considered adding a message board at some point.

“But picking the right forum software for your forum is not
always easy. In this review we’ll take a close look at the new
release of Beehive, a free and open source forum package. You can
use Beehive without paying a cent, and you can customize the code
until your heart’s content…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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