How Do You Use Vanilla?

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I’m doing some research for an article I’m writing, and I thought it might be better to once again reach out to the people who use Vanilla.

How do you use Vanilla?

ie. A support forum? A fansite? etc

How has Vanilla been helpful to you in achieving your goals?

ie. My customers got the answers they needed; We grew a great community of fans; etc

Has Vanilla saved you money? time?

Please share as much information as you want. You can post in the comments here on this blog, or email me at mark [at] lussumo [dot] com.

Thanks!

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4 Responses to “How Do You Use Vanilla?”

  1. Mike.XIII • June 22nd, 2009 at 2:37 am

    I use Vanilla primarily as a support forum for a small community of gamers coming from a game server I work on as a hobby.

    In additional to that, I also use it to post random things one usually expects to find on a blog, but since there’s this great add-on that makes life so easy for me ( http://lussumo.com/addons/index.php?PostBackAction=AddOn&AddOnID=364 ) I figured I might as well integrate it so everything shares the same login credentials and session.

    Vanilla has saved MANY hours of my time, mostly because the add-ons are just so quick and easy to install.
    It also serves as my personal blog as previous mentioned, and also an integrated website thanks to another wonderful add-on ( http://lussumo.com/addons/index.php?PostBackAction=AddOn&AddOnID=60 ).
    Because of these two add-ons I didn’t have to waste time finding alternate applications for each individual purpose and furthermore, didn’t have to waste time or even pay someone else to write a bridge integrating each application.

    When I first switched to Vanilla from an alternate forum solution my user-base didn’t really like it because it was missing features x and y, but after a week or so of adjustment everyone seems happy with a simpler approach and it’s working out great. ;)

    Well, that’s my “success story” for now ;p
    Good luck with your article!

  2. S • June 25th, 2009 at 10:30 am

    Like community forum

  3. shahan • August 16th, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    How do you use Vanilla?
    internal company discussions

    How has Vanilla been helpful to you in achieving your goals?
    YES! Its a great communication tool used internally. every posts there ideas, thoughts, at their own time and convenience. its better than sending group e-mails with cc’s, bcc’s. The pLug-ins thing is what makes Vanilla rock!

    Has Vanilla saved you money? time?
    Time: Its saved us a hassle of using email for discussions.

  4. Ben Smith • September 14th, 2009 at 10:46 am

    Vanilla is the software I use to run our support forum. It has definitely saved my company money because it reduces e-mail support.

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