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Survey Software
Run web-based surveys on your site!
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| | Version: 4.0 - Released: 02/12/00 - Free/$149.95 - Unix, Windows 95/NT | Jump to URL |
| | A discussion board package featuring a fast-loading, customizable user interface that features user registration and password recovery, icons to indicate new posts, uploading of images and attachments, e-mail notification, and more. |
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| Number of Ratings: | 79 |
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| Number of Comments: | 67 |
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| User: Martin | Rating: | | August 04, 2001 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 4 | Sweden |
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| User: circulando | Rating: | | July 09, 2001 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 3 | Brazil |
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| User: Maxentius | Rating: | | June 14, 2001 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 4 | |
| Excellent script. The admin utility is intuitive and smooth. The pages look good too. The only drawback is that Perl library Mail::SMTP is needed to get the e-mail function to work. Needs native SMTP for Windows hosts. Tech support is excellent, install not too bad if they create the distribution. This can be done at their web site. |
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| User: GUCH | Rating: | | May 20, 2001 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 3 | United Kingdom |
| If you want a good, easy to use, stable, board with plenty of features and no gimmicks, then try Discus. It's easy to install and well documented. Use it straight out of the box or customize it. |
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| User: TriangleBiz | Rating: | | April 25, 2001 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 5 | North Carolina, USA |
| The install program is the best there is. They should all be this easy. |
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| User: BAM | Rating: | | April 16, 2001 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | Delaware, USA |
| Great! |
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| User: hackgood | Rating: | | February 28, 2001 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | Nebraska |
| Well written, solid script that's easy to install. While it offers extensive ways to customize the layout, customization can quickly become complicated - especially for beginners. Default installation uses frames, and support and instructions for frameless setup are not well implemented. |
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| User: geoff | Rating: | | December 14, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | |
| Very powerful script which is also easy to set up and use. Instructions and documentation are excellent. |
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| User: Muhammad | Rating: | | December 13, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | |
| Nice forum, but it cracks under load. At 10,000 posts the search slows down and a lot of admin features start to fail. Easy to use. Served me well for about a year. |
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| User: Paul | Rating: | | November 15, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | |
| The easiest script I've come across to set up. Ideal for the first time script user. |
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| User: vayapues | Rating: | | October 05, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | |
| Discus is a powerful message forum. It is worth thousands of dollars. Even the free version is better than any other forum script I have worked with. |
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| User: senafernando | Rating: | | September 30, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 26 | Sri Lanka |
| Great script, very easy to install. |
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| User: randyn | Rating: | | September 21, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 17 | Pennsylvania, USA |
| Great software and easy to install. |
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| User: dilligaf | Rating: | | December 04, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 11 | |
| A great script which installed easily. Looks good and has customized skins. A nice change from the old threaded look. Spellchecker is a nice addition. |
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| User: StevesCheats | Rating: | | July 10, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | USA |
| This is one great script. Setup was a breeze and I was extremly impressed with the program in general. |
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| User: EZ_Kill | Rating: | | July 09, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 14 | West Virginia, USA |
| Discus is easy to set up. The directions are easy to follow. It took about half an hour to install. After installing I ran into many problems. |
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| User: birky | Rating: | | July 05, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | United Kingdom |
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| User: stapel | Rating: | | August 17, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | |
| I know almost nothing about Perl or CGI or telnet or UNIX servers, but I got this script up and running without too much trouble. |
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| User: ajallan | Rating: | | June 29, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | California, USA |
| Almost too many features and options, but definitely the right price. |
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| User: tidalsplash | Rating: | | June 25, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | Iowa, USA |
| Good service, but I would like it if it changed the layout tree a bit. |
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| User: hofverberg | Rating: | | June 22, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 7 | Sweden |
| It seems interesting at first, but it takes forever to install with dozens of files and CGI scripts and it's a nightmare to customize it. Also, I don't like the layout with frames. |
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| User: YellowKard | Rating: | | June 19, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | Alabama, USA |
| Looks ugly with the frames. |
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| User: Eclipsace | Rating: | | May 31, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 10 | Canada |
| A great script, easy to use and very user-friendly. Good for any beginner, novice or expert alike. |
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| User: dSpotter | Rating: | | May 07, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | Texas, USA |
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| User: SpiderOne | Rating: | | April 08, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | |
| This is a great BBS script. Great support and features, and they guide you through the setup process that is extremely easy. Great script. Get it now! |
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| User: starbeing | Rating: | | March 10, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | |
| After trying to install several others I was sorry I didn't try this one first. Very clear installation instructions and easy to customize. |
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| User: RodC | Rating: | | February 28, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 3 | |
| Nice script. Easily installed. Pain to configure. Lack of auto-registration (except for $99) caused me to remove from site. |
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| User: BATnator | Rating: | | February 22, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | Germany |
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| User: howcheng | Rating: | | January 21, 2000 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | California, USA |
| Not bad, but resource-intensive. Flat files make it impossible to spread the load across multiple machines. Probably not a good choice for heavily visited sites. |
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| User: Elwood | Rating: | | December 31, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 4 | Canada |
| I gotta tell yah this is by far the easiest script I've ever looked at. Looks clean, setup is a breeze -- a novice webmaster's dream script after fighting others. |
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| User: splinky_0 | Rating: | | December 26, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 13 | |
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| User: Defiant | Rating: | | December 12, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 7 | USA |
| This is free? I'm very surprised. I never thought a free script like this could be so full of options and work so well. |
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| User: eoverbey | Rating: | | December 01, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 4 | |
| Installation was easy. Lots of helpful hints, faqs etc. I expect to upgrade to the Pro version after a short test of the freeware. |
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| User: edavis9500 | Rating: | | December 23, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | |
| An amazing piece of shareware. I manage a private board for a non-profit organization and Discus has allowed me to do incredible things on zero budget. |
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| User: Veter | Rating: | | November 15, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | Russian Federation |
| I was pleasantly surprised with the install engine and the support policy for this great script allows you not only to customize it, but to change its appearance. |
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| User: raypp2 | Rating: | | November 06, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | |
| This is a wonderful program with full customization and a great interface. Don't let the demo fool you. The demo is just as just as good and better than any other $500 message board system. The pro version is just for those with added needs. |
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| User: Azy | Rating: | | October 11, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | |
| This is one of the best scripts I've ever seen. Installation is so easy, a child could do it. With all the free scripts available I never thought I'd pay for one but this was the first. |
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| User: Shrike | Rating: | | September 30, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | Germany |
| One of the best scripts I've ever seen. |
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| User: mps | Rating: | | September 17, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 6 | |
| I have been running 4 of these forums for two years and all I can say is forget everything else. This is easy to install, the easiest I have ever seen for perl, the folks at hope college are super friendly, and you can have pics posted. |
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| User: Wildxangel | Rating: | | September 09, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 7 | |
| I tried two boards at the same time and Discus went up in a few minutes. The script is great -- it's flawless in it's delivery, loads quickly and is relatively simple. The only drawback - it doesn't allow user self-registration, which is only available on the Pro version. I can't see paying $99 to allow user self-registration. Otherwise, this is a great script. |
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| User: niep | Rating: | | September 06, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 3 | |
| Great script, but custumization could be made easier. |
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| User: webfavor | Rating: | | August 20, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 5 | |
| I have been using Discus on my site since April, 1998. It is easy to install, and the Pro version ($99) has powerful archiving features. The topic-oriented message structure plus keyword search features encourage discussion. Our board has become a popular and integral part of our site. Tech support is fantastic. |
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| User: Nursebot | Rating: | | August 16, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | |
| Discus is a very powerful and extremely easy script to set up and use. I first installed it over a year and a half ago and have been extremely pleased with this script ever since. |
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| User: Catari | Rating: | | August 08, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 3 | |
| Very easy to install, in fact it was the first CGI script I ever installed. I still prefer threaded discussions. |
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| User: mike_bar | Rating: | | August 04, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | Israel |
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| User: ex6 | Rating: | | July 14, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 3 | Estonia |
| Very nice bulletin board script with many nice features. I use it on my site, but I must say, that script customization was tough for me -- I wanted to show banners on every page and it was really tough to implement (many different files needed to be changed manually, so now upgrading to latest version is out of the question). |
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| User: charly | Rating: | | July 12, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 10 | Germany |
| Script does its job. Automatic setup is easy, manually is a mess. There are better scripts, which do the same job. |
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| User: JasonLevine | Rating: | | July 06, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 8 | California, USA |
| Very nice. Easy to set up with good documentation, but using the custom markup tags are a pain. Jury is still out on non-threaded messages. |
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| User: Bartman | Rating: | | June 12, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 4 | Texas, USA |
| Not the worst script I've seen, but there are better ones. |
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| User: rahulkhandelwal | Rating: | | June 12, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | India |
| A really great script with a really great setup program. |
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| User: Joerg | Rating: | | June 05, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | Germany |
| Powerful script with the best admin interface I have seen, yet it lacks threading and easy inclusion of URLs and images, setup is a horror and the powerful admin GUI eats up a lot of space on the webserver for graphics and HTML templates. |
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| User: bfprusia | Rating: | | June 02, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | |
| The easiest script I have ever installed. I am only 15 and I got this done in a flash, without opening the CGI file itself. |
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| User: Erzulie | Rating: | | June 01, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | |
| The linear format is a blessing! You might miss the threads at first, but without them, discussions don't become a big, insane web of links. It's an addictive format! There are users who have been at my board for a year. If it was threaded, with 170-200 messages a day, we'd have to clear the board every single day. But this way, there are discussions that have actually stayed alive for a full year. And you don't gotta click 200 times to read them! Everything about Discus is great! And EASY! |
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| User: Arkaz | Rating: | | May 28, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | Sweden |
| It's got the best installing system I've ever seen. |
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| User: hopemcg | Rating: | | May 25, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 8 | |
| It basically did everything for me! I was really amazed. It doesn't look like you'd expect, so it might take a little getting used to for your visitors, but they'll get over it! |
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| User: DeeAnn | Rating: | | May 18, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | |
| My biggest concern when I add a resource to my site: Is it stable? It doesn't need to have every feature in the world as long as what is in place works nicely, support is decent, and the user base is sufficient so that upgrades will be forthcoming. This fits the bill in all areas. Setup is easy. I was able to prepare and maintain a user list separately, from my main site, without too much hassle. Message searching is very nice. The threading issue hasn't been a problem. |
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| User: Naidu | Rating: | | February 23, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 6 | Russian Federation |
| Discus is good, but not good enough. Threading is one important feature that Discus lacks and the documentation tree on the navigation bar (left) is a disattraction... Scores well in installation and interface is OK, but nothing great or wonderfull. |
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| User: CristieLopez | Rating: | | February 09, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 5 | |
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| User: Shibumi | Rating: | | February 08, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 2 | Ohio, USA |
| Well done, guys! The implementation was pleasingly 'sophisticated' and made easy. While I agree the interface could be more contemporary, a little work and you are in the ballpark! Coming from a senior systems analyst, the script is well-written, stable and efficient - a natural choice for us. |
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| User: Gyxi | Rating: | | February 07, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 8 | Denmark |
| This script is extremely easy to install and extremely easy to use, but also very annoying. It consists of more than 140 files in 8 different locations! |
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| User: skiltech | Rating: | | February 06, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 8 | Maryland, USA |
| Highly recommended! The self-installing script is easy enough that someone with no CGI experience could get it right the first time. The Pro version ($99) is worth every penny. I've installed the free version on six sites and the Pro version on three others. All of them work like a charm and are very popular among users. |
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| User: Trouble666 | Rating: | | January 29, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | |
| For almost half a year now we have used first Discus and then Discus Pro, and it's definitely the best bulletin board software ever developed. I'm not a newbie to CGI programming but the quality of perl scripts used in Discus is really amazing. Forget threading, in fact Discus supports a similar idea, it just gives it to you in a different manner. Installation and support is simply great. |
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| User: DethBlade | Rating: | | January 25, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 8 | |
| A nice BBS, but I've seen better. If it was threaded, maybe I could give it another point. |
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| User: sharikou | Rating: | | January 20, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 6 | Alabama, USA |
| We like Discus, but the fact that it is not threaded like WWWBoard makes its usage limited. |
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| User: DolphinSplash | Rating: | | January 12, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 3 | Indiana, USA |
| I have found this BBS System to have the user friendlyness and ease of use that everyone is looking for. I will have to say that the self-installing of the script is GREAT! |
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| User: Jaz | Rating: | | January 11, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 3 | Colorado, USA |
| Beautiful interface, great installation, wonderful support. Fabulous script!! |
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| User: Terry | Rating: | | January 10, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | |
| I've just set up a forum with Discus and we're extremely pleased with it. The set-up procedure is brilliant and very easy to follow. Easy to customise and I thoroughly recomend it! |
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| User: Nomad | Rating: | | January 09, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 1 | California, USA |
| I give it a big two thumbs up! This self-installing script is the easiest and best message board that there is on the net. Even the free version is worth every penny that they are asking for the Pro version and more! |
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| User: bobkee | Rating: | | January 07, 1999 |
| | User's Avg. Rating: | | # of Ratings: 5 | Malaysia |
| One of the better BBS systems around with a real user friendly set up. |
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| Number of Ratings: | 14293 |
| Resource Rating: | 9.81 |
| Highest Rating: | 10 |
| Lowest Rating: | 1 |
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