gotcha, btw do you want me to install a copy of the freeware version (bbs)
now? kinda free this afternoon...
----- Original Message -----
From: Ng Kai Hoe Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 3:16 PM
Subject: Re: [SLP] Re: Slashdot-like script
> Caleb wrote:
>
> > Raymond,
> >
> > So you mean that we purchase the various 'components' and then link them
> > together ?
>
> Not really, I cannot see how can the components
> be slashdotted. Red Dawn seems to be slashdotting
> the newsline now. The separate BBS that we may be
> buying will be purely for general discussions that are
> too mundane to make it to the main newsline.
>
> Main newsline at http://linux.com.sg/news/index.shtml
> should only deal with main open source events and their
> respective discussion.
>
> The forum, you can discuss about Ng Kai Hoe's birthday
> and his girlfriends.
>
> Well, you all get the idea, I hope. :)
>
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ng Kai Hoe Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 2:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [SLP] Re: Slashdot-like script
> >
> > > Red Dawn wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi
> > > >
> > > > I have been to that page before. wasn't terribly impressed with it.
> > anyway
> > > > i've already started work building the interface we require. should
be
> > able
> > > > to launch it on Friday, the meeting day.
> > >
> > > Let's make sure we get everything right here, I want the
> > > slashdot like bbs, to be embedded right into our present
> > > newsline http://linux.com.sg/news/index.shtml, upon clicking,
> > > goes to the main article, _with_ all the comments that
> > > users can add and read.
> > >
> > > The BBS that you all have been discussing, we can buy it
> > > for Singapore Linux Portal if it is really useful, and I think it
> > > is. That forum will be used for technical support or discussion
> > > of general issues. Topics that aren't right to appear on our
> > > main newsline. We can chip in money or ask some
> > > sponsor to sponsor the money for the forum.
> > >
> > > I think an extra feature is useful too, set some stupid script
> > > which _automatically_ posts all emails addressed to
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] to one of the
> > > folder, that will serve as an archive for slugnet emails and
> > > something for Linux Users to refer to. Thanks.
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > boon hwee
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ng Kai Hoe Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > > Subject: [SLP] Re: Slashdot-like script
> > > >
> > > > >Caleb wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >> Hi Raymond, Just would like to draw your attention to a rather
good
> > > > >> script which incorporates the features of a slashdot-like
program.
> > > > >> http://www.roosh.com/news_publisher/ What tt basically does is
allow
> > > > >> multiple authors to login to the script and post the news.
> > Afterwhich,
> > > > >> it is automatically inserted to the respective areas in your page
via
> > > > >> SSI calls and customised to fit your site design in the process.
The
> > > > >> good part is viewers can post comments about any particular news
> > > > >> articles which have been posted. my $0.02 RegardsCaleb
> > > > >
> > > > >Can Boon Hwee, Elvin, Eugene and Andy take a look
> > > > >at Caleb's suggestion? Evaluate it and tell me how good
> > > > >it is.
> > > > >
> > > > >Caleb, give me your PGP key, I may mail you your password
> > > > >so you can login and experiment with the script, and of
> > > > >course, I will give you a call before all that. I feel that is
> > > > >more personal that way.
> > >
>
