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linksku
03-19-2011, 12:09 PM
At first, I wanted to call it "WPBB", which stands for "WordPress Bulletin Board". Then I realized that not many non-tech-savvies know what a bulletin board is, they know it as a forum. If I call my software "WordPress Forums" or "WPF", will it be confused with the WordPress support forums or Microsoft's WPF?

I made another thread here because I wanted more suggestions, please remove this one if "cross-posting" isn't allowed, thanks: http://webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1144955

eval(BadCode)
03-19-2011, 01:06 PM
Well give a link to the forums or a demo (so we can see) of the software. Usually you'd name something for it's distinct characteristics.

lordspace
03-19-2011, 10:45 PM
I made another thread here because I wanted more suggestions, please remove this one if "cross-posting" isn't allowed, thanks: http://webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1144955

I was going to swear that I have already replied to such question :D

linksku
03-19-2011, 11:37 PM
Here's the url of the test forum: http://dev.linksku.com/wpbb/demo/
I didn't want to post it here at first because it's very glitchy at the moment. It may also generate Fatal Errors because I'm working on it right now.

Lordspace: I'll consider including "Neo" somewhere in the name, thanks!

People on the WordPress forums told me that WordPress doesn't like it if people use "WordPress" in the names of other softwares, they prefer "WP". So I guess "WPBB" is ok but "WordPress Bulletin Board" is not.

linksku
03-20-2011, 05:43 PM
How does "WP Forums" sound?

donatello
03-21-2011, 03:03 AM
When you get the bugs out of it, I'll use it!

I used to connect my WP sites to phpBB, and there is even a plugin to do just that, but the plugin was a bit buggy when a friend tried to use it.

Keep us posted as to the progress...

I'll put it on a couple of sites right away.

:)