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24/05/2008, 9:56 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,545 Re: Balanced Forum  Gluestick wrote: I also remember the guy who first captured my imagination and interest in cooking: Philip Harben, who was the original TV Chef, showing how to make a proper omelette with "A knob of butter the size of walnut and wait until you just see the blue smoke starting to rise."   But he had the most disgusting sniff which was seriously off-putting.  I'm not sure I'd have wanted to eat anything he'd prepared. Healthcare Issues Site    Report

24/05/2008, 10:20 tj Joined on 23/08/2004 Charente Maritime Posts 417 Re: Balanced Forum  Cat wrote: Perhaps you should ask the forum owners, Archant, who provide and fund the forum?  Fund ! rather a stretch of imagination since the software is available for free? Bottomline is Archant, are in business, and rightly or wrongly only allow what is profitable for them, end of ! www.renovatingfrance.com Life is what "you" make it, don't let "it" make you!    Report

24/05/2008, 10:23 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,545 Re: Balanced Forum  tj wrote:  Cat wrote: Perhaps you should ask the forum owners, Archant, who provide and fund the forum?  Fund ! rather a stretch of imagination since the software is available for free? Archant apart, is this true?  Another forum I'm on has had to fundraise like mad to find £3000 to pay for a new server etc.  It's an honest question, because the impression I got was that this is not the case, particularly if it's a busy forum.  I have no doubt that Archant appreciates the commercial value of the forum, but surely it's not actually free to run, although in marketing terms it may well pay for itself publicity-wise? Healthcare Issues Site    Report

24/05/2008, 10:29 Gluestick Joined on 22/03/2006 UK and Nord Pas de Calais Posts 2,343 Re: Balanced Forum  cooperlola wrote:  Gluestick wrote: I also remember the guy who first captured my imagination and interest in cooking: Philip Harben, who was the original TV Chef, showing how to make a proper omelette with "A knob of butter the size of walnut and wait until you just see the blue smoke starting to rise."   But he had the most disgusting sniff which was seriously off-putting.  I'm not sure I'd have wanted to eat anything he'd prepared. Don't remember that, JE! Still, I don't sniff whilst making my omelettes! "Yes, but that apart, Mrs Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?" Gluestick    Report

24/05/2008, 10:31 Cat Joined on 21/01/2005 ------- Forum Moderator ------- Lot Posts 3,595 Re: Balanced Forum Of course it isn't free to run Coops.  The software may be free, but the hardware (currently 8 servers here I think) certainly isn't.  And then let's not forget the cost to Archant of those free glossy magazines that we mods sold our souls for Cathy Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.    Report

24/05/2008, 10:34 tj Joined on 23/08/2004 Charente Maritime Posts 417 Re: Balanced Forum Hi The software is available free, it needs a hosting server of course,( no big deal, cheap enough, server space is for nothing nowadays) I guess any costs would be in setting it up in the format you want, colour schemes, the different forum sections etc. but negligable cost to run, moderaters are normally volunteers, or software can moderate posts, so runs itself but in defense of the moderaters, I guess technically Archant is responsible at law for anything published in the forum, so all you who have been slurred call your lawyers :)   www.renovatingfrance.com Life is what "you" make it, don't let "it" make you!    Report

24/05/2008, 10:36 Gluestick Joined on 22/03/2006 UK and Nord Pas de Calais Posts 2,343 Re: Balanced Forum  tj wrote:  Cat wrote: Perhaps you should ask the forum owners, Archant, who provide and fund the forum?  Fund ! rather a stretch of imagination since the software is available for free? Bottomline is Archant, are in business, and rightly or wrongly only allow what is profitable for them, end of ! Everyone has the rather quaint concept that the internet is free. Archant, no doubt, host this site via their own servers and gateway, as an adjunct to their other commercial operations. They then have to contract to a telco for sufficient bandwidth to carry all web apps and sites. Furthermore, I doubt their tech support does it for love! Whilst Public Interest fora can be hosted on a free basis, they are compelled, normally, to host via the web operator's gateways: the URLs are thus clunky and such sites carry ads which are hugely annoying. Advanced forum software is far from free: I'm presently in process of publishing a group of forum sites which are all commercial. There's lots of forum software out there: most of it poorly coded and inflexible. The good stuff costs, believe me!     "Yes, but that apart, Mrs Lincoln, did you enjoy the play?" Gluestick    Report

24/05/2008, 10:37 woolybanana'sbrother Joined on 18/01/2008 Posts 1,321 Re: Balanced Forum Now let's see... Do not try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.    Report

24/05/2008, 10:40 cooperlola Joined on 05/05/2006 72 - Sarthe - home of les 24 heures du Mans Posts 6,545 Re: Balanced Forum  Cat wrote: And then let's not forget the cost to Archant of those free glossy magazines that we mods sold our souls for 30 pieces of silver is one thing, but a magazine, Cat? Healthcare Issues Site    Report

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