You guys have noticed the new PHP version of the forum by now. The main link still points to the PERL version, but once the PHP one is out of beta, it looks like we\'ll be switching to it. Don\'t worry, they\'re the same program essentually (WWWThreads) and run off of the same database; just one uses perl and the other php.
One neat feature of the PHP version (besides speed) is that it doesn\'t require your browser to accept cookies. It\'ll still send one to you, but if your browser doesn\'t support cookies (or you have them disabled) you can still login and read messages, post, etc. The only difference is that you\'ll have to relogin for each visit, while if you accept cookies you don\'t have to.
Only question is, though, is how integrated should I make the forum with the main site? It would be possible, for instance, to let you choose the same stylesheet to be used for the whole site and not just the forum (in case you haven\'t noticed, registered users can change the default stylesheet for the forum). Changes like this would require you to either login each time you visit the site, or to accept a cookie (you can still browse anonymously, just can\'t customize the site any). Is anything like this even worth trying?
