Forum archive
About the forum
The Anvil discussion board was built on the Discus discussion board software, a widely used system for running threaded conversations on a web server.
How the board worked
The forum ran as a set of topics, each holding one or more conversations, with messages displayed in threads. Readers could move between the main index, the topic areas and individual conversations using the navigation at the top of each page. The board was readable by anyone, and posting could be done with an account or as a named guest.
The people who kept it running
The board was maintained by volunteers from the Anvil team, who moderated the conversations and answered questions from readers. Their work, like that of the journal's editors, was given freely.
Why it is now an archive
The forum has closed, and the pages here are preserved for reference. They record the shape of a conversation that ran alongside the journal for several years, and they may still be useful to readers who want to see how the board was used.