BellCraft Forums
 Screenshot of the BellCraft Forums on September 24th, 2007. | |
| URL | https://bellcraft.com/forum (Defunct) |
|---|---|
| Successor(s) | TMAFE Forums |
| Language(s) | English |
| Country | United States |
| Owner(s) | Gordon Scott Bell |
| Created by | Gordon Scott Bell |
| Launched | 2004 |
| Written in | HTML, CSS, JavaScript |
The BellCraft Forums was an Internet forum released by Gordon Scott Bell in 2004. It was a subdirectory of the BellCraft site and allowed for the discussion of BellCraft products and Microsoft Agent.
Categories & channels
MASH Forum
The MASH Forum contains channels which are used for discussion related to MASH or Microsoft Agent.
General Questions
The General Questions channel is used for asking questions about MASH and/or Microsoft Agent.
Microsoft Agent Characters
The Microsoft Agent Characters channel is used for sharing new Microsoft Agent characters, galleries, or public ACF links.
Text-To-Speech (TTS) Engines
The Text-To-Speech Engines channel, as its name suggests, is used for discussing text-to-speech engines and SAPI 4.0.
Speech Recognition Engines
The Speech Recognition Engines channel, as its name suggests, is used for discussing speech recognition engines and the Speech Control Panel.
Websites, VBScript, Javascript
The Websites, VBScript, and Javascript channel is used for discussions involving programming Microsoft Agent in VBScript and JavaScript.
PowerPoint Presentations
The PowerPoint Presentations channel is used for discussion involving using MASH with Microsoft PowerPoint.
Suggestions
The Suggestions channel, as its name suggests, is used for suggesting ideas and features to be added to MASH and/or the BellCraft Forums.
MASH Templates
The MASH Templates channel, as its name suggests, is used for discussion involving script templates for MASH.
Sightings and Announcements
The Sightings and Announcements channel is used for discussing any sightings that have been seen around the internet, such as new Microsoft Agent characters, websites, and programs.
DeskBot Forum
The DeskBot Forum contains channels which are used for discussing topics related to DeskBot.
General Questions
The General Questions channel is used for asking questions relating to DeskBot.
Suggestions
The Suggestions channel, as its name suggests, is used for suggesting ideas and features to be added to DeskBot.
Test Forum
The Test Forum contains only one channel, the Testing Forum.
Testing Forum
The Testing Forum is used for having new members learn how the forum works, and keep all tests (such as replying, editing, and deleting posts) in one place rather than them being all around the forum.
Gallery
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Screenshot of the BellCraft Forums on September 24th, 2007. -
Screenshot of the BellCraft Forums on October 2nd, 2018.
Trivia
- The BellCraft Forums were shutdown in 2019, two years after the Microsoft Agent Ring domain became a redirect to the BellCraft site, and six years before BellCraft shutdown for good.
- Sometime in 2017, the BellCraft Forums would be redesigned to focus on the newer BellCraft programs, Background Bot and Pixie.
- However, it would soon shutdown two years late in 2019.
- The BellCraft Forums would soon become inspiration for the Microsoft Agent Forums by Konnor88, the BellCraft Forums' theoretical successor.
