elated.com forums software?

Hi
I'm new here & on first impression I like the look of the forums here on site & wondered how they are made? I see no sign of bbPress or BuddyPress here-so are they a custom design or what?

I have tried adding bbPress &/or BuddyPress forums to my own WordPress website & found them to be a real pain to implement (my site runs my custom theme). I have quickly looked at adding php alternatives & other WP plugins (Vanilla) but sadly I have lost lots of enthusiasm for adding a forum due to my bad experiences with bbPress & WordPress. Are there any tutorials about forums on site here (I did a quick search but didn't find anything relevant).

However if anyone can explain the software for the forums here I would be grateful to consider a similar implementation for my sites. I look forward to helpful replies-thanks

http://www.elated.com/faq/


Last one.

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Chris.
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OK (-faq quote:
"Where did you get your forum software from, and can I have a copy?
We wrote the software ourselves, and it's not available to the public. Sorry!")
All top secret?!
Your reply is brutally short but does answer my post and I presume as you do not elaborate that you do not want to or cannot help me discuss setting up forum software.
I do not need a copy of your software, I just wanted to get advice and discuss how to build a site forum. I'll keep looking elsewhere then...

You didn't actually ask for recommendations, your post was more about the Elated setup.

SO, instead of WordPress "plugin" use a app that is designed as a forum

If your hosting has Softaculous or Fantastico try SMF.

I run a (A work in progress at logicalley.co.uk ) forum on SMF, and one on Joomla! with Kunena as the discussion forum at webmaster-talk.eu.

FluxBB is pretty good as a starting point

PHPBB has more holes that a swiss cheese, and VBulletin 4 is an overpriced, somewhat unstable resource hog,

Setting up and running a forum is really outside the scope of a forum post, if you want more tips on forum management ask for them. But word it so we KNOW what you need to know. and I'm sure you'll find out that vague question are the bane of a forum owner/admin/moderator's life.

Take a read at theadminzone.com (TAZ) as well.

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Chris.
So long, and thanks for all the fish.
http://webmaster-talk.eu/