the forum

I think a superior forum would be an appropriate use of donation money.
Something (a community in this case) grows based on the environment it is in.
While I use an ad blocker, I do see the ads in email notifications and... wow... nasty.

Features we are lacking:
- code tags with syntax highlighting
- polls
- user profiles
- user selectable themes/styles

comparison of open source forums

phpBB seems to have it all

NodeBB (used by Qt) supports markdown, which I like...

I also think it could help the community to make sub-forums for cad, cnc, engineering, architecture, surveying, geometric construction, etc...

By the way... what is the status of the donation link?  I don't have any money; but I have a feeling other people would donate.

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Part of the idea was to use donation money to take some of the work load off of you / existing team members.
If people want to donate, then let them; we can use it to enhance the forum.
I have not fully researched it yet, but there are alternatives like: http://www.prophpbb.com/
which has a $5 a month premium service (with no ads).

Expanding on my other suggestion:
I think generalized sub-forums can help the community grow.
For example, if someone wants to ask a question about cnc or engineering,
they don't have to leave the forum, they can see what our community knows.
Further, if we have some non-librecad thread that gets hits on search engines,
then we have people coming to the forum that could be unaware of librecad.

What do you think about the structure:
board → category → forum
http://floji.1126132.n5.nabble.com/
I could do the work.

Also, what about a "beta" or "nightly build" section?
I think the term "beta version" is more familiar than "nightly build".