Discussion Forum Added

Last week, the forum at www.richarddawkins.net, the largest atheist discussion forum on the Internet, was permanently closed by the administrators.

After some discussion, Jenny and I agreed that a discussion forum could be useful here at the Paliban Daily site.

Once upon a time there was one, but it got overwhelmed by spambots and was generally ignored.

Now, there is a new one. It’s at http://www.palibandaily.com/forum

• The forum will operate within the existing Paliban Daily site, complete with header/footer, sidebar, etc. (It’s in an iframe.) Soon it will have its own headers, footers, etc. instead of using an iframe, and will thus use fewer database resources. The link to access it will remain the same, and all data (your posts) will be retained as the forum improves. -Jenny
• When a new article is published on PalibanDaily, it will immediately also be published to the forum in the “Articles” section, by our trusty automated friend named “Articles”, with an excerpt and link back to original article on the main site. (If you have forum issues, send a PM to me, JennyD, not to Articles. Nobody will be checking his/her/its messages. It’s not a person. -Jenny)
• Following the “Join the discussion in the Forum” link at the bottom of an article will lead you directly to that article’s discussion forum thread. (On older articles which don’t have threads, the link won’t appear. Whenever an older article is updated, a thread will automatically be created; I’m happy to “force” a thread upon request.) For the foreseeable future, “regular” commenting will remain active.
• Project Honeypot and StopForumSpam databases will be tied to the SMF forum, essentially eliminating spam.

I haven’t prettied it up yet. Yes, it’s blue and grey, and yes, it could look a lot better. It will, soon. – Jenny

Neither Jenny nor I have a lot of time to devote to moderating or promoting a discussion forum; it’s simply there as a resource for your use. We’ll check in once a day or so to clear out spam, but can’t promise we’ll be doing much more than that right now.

Warning: It is really bare-bones, and not especially pretty right now. We (that is, Jenny) will get to that, adding functionality and adjusting the look to blend more with the website.

Let us know what features you want.

This announcement has been edited by — you guessed it — Jenny.

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1. Paliban Discussion Forum Repaired
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3. NEW Paliban Daily Discussion Forum
4. Christian Quotes Section Added
5. Forum Gets a New Look!

Mike Daniels is co-editor of Secular News Daily.

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