NeuralJack
Centurion
- Joined
- Jul 28, 2005
- Messages
- 138
I have somewhat of a unique problem. I really want a nice stable forum for my website, like vBulletin or SMF. Those are php programs.
These forums will support a .Net program I made. I copy-protected the program by making the program log into the website to verify the username and password. Yes, there is more to the copy protection as well. So, I have my own username and password database.
I want, at the very least, to be able to:
- Make forum accounts from an ASPX page
- Update a user's permissions/roles from an ASPX page
And I'd like to be able to keep make the username/password database the same for both forum and website, but I dont expect that.
Anyway, there are NO good ASP.net forum programs from what i've seen. I'm only willing to spend $200 or less. Community Server makes me laugh with their prices.. I'd never pay that much for something when vBulletin is only $160 and is much more time-tested and reliable.
So, the best forums are obviously php, from what i've seen. So, if anyone knows of a good strategy to accomplish what i want let me know. If i can successfully run everything on an IIS server even better, but php progs might run best on unix. Anyway, i thought i'd ask here because you guys are doing vBulletin, but it's a .Net forum lol. I'm sure you're just using a unix server do do everything though.
These forums will support a .Net program I made. I copy-protected the program by making the program log into the website to verify the username and password. Yes, there is more to the copy protection as well. So, I have my own username and password database.
I want, at the very least, to be able to:
- Make forum accounts from an ASPX page
- Update a user's permissions/roles from an ASPX page
And I'd like to be able to keep make the username/password database the same for both forum and website, but I dont expect that.
Anyway, there are NO good ASP.net forum programs from what i've seen. I'm only willing to spend $200 or less. Community Server makes me laugh with their prices.. I'd never pay that much for something when vBulletin is only $160 and is much more time-tested and reliable.
So, the best forums are obviously php, from what i've seen. So, if anyone knows of a good strategy to accomplish what i want let me know. If i can successfully run everything on an IIS server even better, but php progs might run best on unix. Anyway, i thought i'd ask here because you guys are doing vBulletin, but it's a .Net forum lol. I'm sure you're just using a unix server do do everything though.