Today I am also pleased to announce my first project for the New Year, called Town Hall. Town Hall is an all new forum/bulletin board community, with a focus on being both lightweight and a low learning curve, which is not common with a lot of bulletin board systems out there currently.
While Town Hall (TH) is going to be free (as in beer), it is not open source software. There are several reasons for this, mainly the fact that custom modifications can portray the same software, yet be completely different. That being said, a plugin system or modification area will be considered at one point or another.
Right now we (the team that will be announced in my final New Year’s Eve post) do not have a date set for the release of Town Hall, hell, even an idea when we will show off a working version of the software, but we will do our best to keep you updated on all of the progress we are making with the software, via this blog and possibly a development blog.
I have attached a few screenshots to this post to show you some of the designs we have come up with regarding the overall user interface (board front end) of TH. To be frank, I haven’t even started a design for the administration panel, but I believe firmly that what I come up with will be a revolution in terms of bulletin boards. ‘That sounds kind of egotistical, doesn’t it?’ In a way, it does. But this will be the crowning achievement of the software because it will balance the power of the board, providing access to every customizable option of the forum, in an interface that won’t leave users cocking their heads in confusion.
So, I welcome you to the first project of the New Year, and of ____________ ___________, but you will learn more about that soon enough ;).
Town Hall Forum View
Town Hall Post Icons
Town Hall Post View
