What is involved in building a site like this?

The needs of a volunteer community group can be as diverse as its members. Free-flowing discussion and access to vital information about the activities of the group are essential to maintaining continuity and keeping members involved and in touch with one another despite their varied personal schedules. This site was designed to augment the regular weekly meetings of an Internet community group whose members are based in and around the West Los Angeles.

What types of software technologies are used on this site?

Using custom Active Server Pages for discussion, an email list server, and full site search capability, it is structured in a way that will maintain consistency, yet allow the types of interaction, creativity and growth that truly reflect the nature and purpose of this group. Some key technical features of the site include:

• A completely threaded, custom, Discussion Group designed using Active Server Pages. Unlimited number of groups (controlled by the administrator) and an unlimited number of threaded subjects within the groups. You can include a thumbnail photo with your message (you can see my mug if you go there).

• There's a search page that lets you search by subject, name, email address, message, etc.

• An administration section where you can modify and delete specific messages, list and delete by author, list and delete by subject.

• A full text search engine for searching the contents of the site.

• E-Mail list server for a moderated discussion group, including ActiveX based component use for SMTP POP3 automated join/leave processing.

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