In the DNN 4 book the author mentions that the Core Forum Module is lightweight. Is this a fact? If so, in what capacity? What is missing?

I have looked at ActiveForum, and what I get from the documentation is that it reproduces the Core Forum functionality, with more skin option... Does anyone have more to say about this?

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Vesrion 4.09.02 (03/13/2009)

Learning how to best support the PeerMomentum.com community with DNN. Please contact me if you know of any good stable and skinable social networking/user profile modules.

Thank you all for the great contribution!

 

Except that everything about ActiveForums actually works ... which is more than I can say for my experience with the "core" forum.

I would not call the core forum lightweight. For instance: the module's stylesheet is over 700 lines deep...

 

As far as simplicity of organization and execution- I would consider Presstopia Forum. It is easy to deploy, easy to skin, and has been virtually bombproof for me.

 

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I have raised the question on this forum as I can't get a straight answer from ActiveModules. When I ask them what's better with ActiveForums they tell me that it "has many more features" but they are unable to give me specifics.

I would like to take this platform to cut through the chase and go beyond the marketing lingo, and really understand what is the real difference between the two products so that I could make an informed decision. So far I get these differences:

•  stability of the code (+),
• more flexible skinning engine (+),
  
• ability to use mail connector module (+),
• license limitation and fee (-).

Please complete with your findings. Thank you.

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Vesrion 4.09.02 (03/13/2009)

Learning how to best support the PeerMomentum.com community with DNN. Please contact me if you know of any good stable and skinable social networking/user profile modules.

Thank you all for the great contribution!