On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 16:00 +0100, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > On 04/11/2011 15:56, drew wrote: > > On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 15:29 +0100, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: > >> Hey guys I know there has been alot of chatter about user forums. Here > >> is my suggestion. > >> > >> I am setting up my own forums using phpbb and here are a few points that > >> i would like to make in regards to using it. > >> > >> 1) Localization > >> > >> I only need one language, but localization administration seems quite > >> easy to do via the administrator control panel. > >> > >> 2) Forum security. > >> > >> Forum security is a big issue especially against spammers and those who > >> break the forum rules. Image based captcha comes as part of phpbb and > >> one needs to ensure the appropriate required packages are installed for > >> it to work. > >> > >> Another issue is those people who break forum rules. Bans can be made > >> using a persons email address as well as ip address and vice versa to > >> ensure that a given person cannot re register. > >> > >> Forum permissions are easy to manage as well as everyone ends up in a > >> group, and those groups are given particular permissions depending on > >> the group. > >> > >> I am not sure if one already has an account on the wiki if phpbb can use > >> existing accounts in a particular database or someone would be required > >> to reregister again. > >> > >> Another perk about using phpbb we can then customize it to have a TDF > >> look and feel. > >> > >> Regards > >> > >> Hi Jonathan > > Cool - I think there are multiple persons here that would be interested > > in working on and at a forum (and Q+A) site for sure. > > > > Well, I was starting a reply to Florian's > > - There are a couple of LibreOffice branded web forums up and running > > already and then of course the mailing lists. > > > > - it made sense to me to take a quick look at where things really are, > > at the moment, to which end I've started pulling (maybe finished) some > > numbers together here: > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:Drew/UserSupportTraffic > >
<snip> > > > One thing i did forget to mention. If nabble is goign to be kept we can > link hot topics in the forums to closed discussions on the mailing list > directly to their appropriate section of the forum as well. Right - well, actually one doesn't need Nabble for that at all - you can link directly to an email in the TDF archive. This is, I think, a better time to continue this conversation not so much from the view of a web form features - but a bit more to see how much interest there is from folks willing to help answer questions that way - looking at those numbers on the wiki again one specific number that should not be overlooked is the number of un-answered topics on the phpBB de language forum - even inside the domain it's not a slam dunk - the key is less the package (phpBB/Joomla/Drupal) and much more who is actively watching out for activity. //drew -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
