I have yet to have my registration to the forums recognized. I am denied
entry with verified passwords. Don't tell me to register, I did
already, and I replied to the mandatory email.
Can anyone tell me how to get INTO the forums?
David Teague
Harold Fuchs wrote:
On 31/07/2008 22:31, Julian wrote:
Hello Harold,
Hello Julian,
Harold Fuchs wrote:
On 31/07/2008 18:50, James Knott wrote:
John Fistere wrote:
While the activity here is great, it is hard to keep up. Is there
a bbs type system for OpenOffice that provides for the creation of
discussion areas and topics?
BBSs are so 20th century. ;-)
But the "web forum" isn't:
http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/ ;-) Note that you
*must* be registered/subscribed to ask questions or post replies there.
Interesting that after I stated something akin to this idea, it
seems to have stirred some others to say a similar thing.
Sorry but I must have missed your post ...
FWIW, the forums under spybot.info run in a very nice way, but
only with regard to this one issue. Whenever a thread is considered
more relevant to be discussed under a different banner or thread (I
call a banner as a specific type of function or feature about the
product, or a specific type of situation about the product. The
thread is the particular idea presented within the premise of the
banner. There may be a more exact and proper set of words than what
I have used, but, right now it is the best I can do.), the moderators
will do two things: move that thread to another banner; and,
announce what has been done. This assures that one does not have to
wade through as much all the time.
I'm not at all sure I understand what you are getting at here. As far
as I know if someone posts a message, be it question or answer, in the
relevant section of the forum it won't get moved by the moderators.
Their forum does not allow for dissemination of messages from
within the forums, so one must go to the site. Also, it is not easy
tracking down a particular thread. As I said, this part is not
germane to our discussion; it is just good to know.
You must go to the site to ask and answer questions but if you ask a
question, and if you configured your profile correctly, you will be
notified automatically when there is a reply.
I think the real question being asked, is, "Does the E-Mail list
program/package, being used to have this discussion, have the tools
to allow the owner or moderators to effect things as queried? For
example, after someone might have first stated that query about
macros and electronic spreadsheets, could further discussion have
been moved to a "Spreadsheets" header?"
Within an e-mail discussion the way this gets done is to alter the
Subject. There was a debate here a while ago about how the mail
program should handle this. Seems some programs just display the new
Subject header but don't break the thread (which is controlled by a
"In reply to" header) whereas other programs group messages into
conversations using the Subject header. But moving a discussion might
not be considered polite as interested onlookers (listeners?) might
lose track of it. It was generally agreed that the only reasons for
changing the Subject header is (a) if the original is totally
meaningless like the "Moderated" that so often appears in this list or
(b) if the conversation has gone so far off the original topic as to
warrant a change.
Keep in mind that the principle reason any of us would like such a
thing is because there are so many versions of OO and so many uses
and abilities for and of OO that one never knows whether what is
being received is real messages or spam postings, because of the
sheer number of postings received.
I'm not sure what it is "any of you" would like
Thanks for putting up with my rant.
As a frequent ranter myself, I like rants ;-)
Regards,
Julian.
Regards, Harold
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