On May 10, 2007, at 10:05 , Daniel Knöpfel wrote:
Hi
We use magnolia as cms system. Now one of our customers wants to
have a forum implemented. In the forum, any user should be able to
post. Are there existing magnolia applications that have already
implemented this? I believe magnolia was not made for content that
any user can update.
What might pose some difficulties is the following:
- The posts would only be available on the public instance as they
are posted there
And that's how it's meant to be, it is public data, not author'ed
data. In the case of the ("new") forum module, it uses a separate
workspace, so it shouldn't pose any "synchronization" issues.
- How can the author delete unwanted posts, as the are only
available on the public website
You have a complete admin interface on the public instance of
magnolia, too.
All "moderation" should happen on the public site.
- How to best save posts
Right now I tend to have a separate database for the posts. That
database could then be accessed from a custom template from the
author and the public instances. However, this would not be very
elegant as this is kind of not using magnolia and its
functionality. Are there any better ways?
Storing it in jcr like the new module does gives some extra
facilities that you don't really want to invent on top of a rdbms
(the tree structure and the references, for instance)
Yes I have seen this. From what I have read, this implementation
has got the major drawback that every time the forum page is
activated, all posts are deleted.
Uh ? Maybe this was based on the "old" implementation of a forum that
was made for Magnolia 2. The new implementation is really different;
if you could clarify your concerns, I'd be glad to answer, help or
see that what you need is somehow feasible with the new forum module.
This is why I am reluctant to use start playing with this source
(apart from the fact that is suppossedly not finished
There's no such thing as a free lunch...
and quite akward to get running anyway)
Uh ? Again, please clarify what your problems are, and I'll be glad
to help.
Cheers
g
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