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== Results and Recommendations: ==
The most fully featured options appear to be between Vanilla, GroupServer, Phorum, and
Between Vanilla and Phorum, I have to say Vanilla wins hands down due to ease of installation, ability to embed within the current site, and activity of both the user and developer communities.
FUDforum is a very powerful option and could be great, however I personally think it is overkill for what OH needs.
GroupServer looks amazing, however I was unable to get it to install even after several hours of trying. There is a hosted option, however I couldn't quire determine if it was free or if there would be a cost.
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At this stage, I don't feel that the django based forums are quite there yet, with the possible exception of the Q&A style forums, which we have established don't fit the use case for OH.
'''My recommendation would be using Vanilla and working on the cookie based login integration with the main OH site. While FUD is a reasonable option, it doesn't "look" quite right with the design of OH. This may come down to features vs how natural and clean we would want the forums to appear.'''
== Requirements: ==
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