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I have used Joomla and while it might be a little overkill to setup (depends on your needs), it is a good overall solution if you are ok with PHP. Get a theme/system which you can install and configure to reduce your efforts (and ensuing headache).<br>On .Net front, I think it will take some time before an open source solution can meet such requirements.&nbsp;
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Thanks Chinmay. &nbsp; I was thinking more on the line of <a href="https://www.oxwall.com/" rel="ugc">https://www.oxwall.com/</a>, <a href="https://www.humhub.com/en" rel="ugc">https://www.humhub.com/en</a>, <a href="https://vanillaforums.com/en/" rel="ugc">https://vanillaforums.com/en/</a>&nbsp;etc. &nbsp;I know for sure the first two have to be on Apache and not IIS.
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what about WordPress? Mediawiki ? <br />
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of the 3 you mentioned only humhub is 'free' and open source &nbsp;from a general view I can't see why it can't be adapted to use IIS ... Apache Web server runs fine on Windows Server as well.
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Thank you David, &nbsp;All of those have a community edition and I have tried to make them work and no luck without going into the gory details. It is just a couple of small things that trip everything up there. &nbsp;I have a windows server that is on plesk and I have tried to run both in the past and one issue is you have to allocate memory to Apache and more than is what is really needed. I don't think Plesk supports Apache for Windows anymore. <br />
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I was really trying to find a ready made system to run the community and not just a CMS where I can closely manage membership and have forum as well as have options to integrate some other custom features. &nbsp;What seems to be promising now is OpenSocial <a href="https://www.getopensocial.com/" rel="ugc">https://www.getopensocial.com/</a>&nbsp;which has a free community version that runs alongside Drupal <a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/social" rel="ugc">https://www.drupal.org/project/social</a>. &nbsp;For now, my fallback is probably going to be <a href="https://laravel.io/forum" rel="ugc">https://laravel.io/forum</a>&nbsp;found at <a href="https://github.com/laravelio" rel="ugc">https://github.com/laravelio</a>
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I am looking for a good looking open source/free community site that I can host on my windows server. PHP, .NET is fine. This is for a couple hundred non-tech types so easy to use and modern look is what I am after. &nbsp;<br />
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As far as specific features, they all do about the same thing and so I am more interested in all around ease of use and modern looks. <br />
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I am interested in what you have used as an admin or user.
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I am looking for a good looking open source/free community site that I can host on my windows server. PHP, .NET is fine. This is for a couple hundred non-tech types so easy to use and modern look is what I am after.  

As far as specific features, they all do about the same thing and so I am more interested in all around ease of use and modern looks. 

I am interested in what you have used as an admin or user.

Suggestions For A Free/Open source Community Site For A Windows Server (PHP or .NET)

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