Added to the web2py powered-by list (http://web2py.com/poweredby).
Excellent work. Thanks for sharing this (and pyForum). Anthony On Dec 19, 12:47 am, Julio Schwarzbeck <ju...@techfuel.net> wrote: > Dear community, > > I am pleased to inform the release the first (beta) revision of > pyStack.com, an open source questions and answers web application > loosely based on the successful stack overflow web site. pyStack aims > to be a simple to use Q&A app with all the fat trimmed off and at the > same time easy to use for the inexperienced user and complex enough > for the hard-core one. > > It is based on a "reputation" system in which the user "earns" points > by means of voting up (or down) anyone's questions or answers, the > system uses a role-based authentication system in which a new "role" > is earned by means of accumulated points. As the user earns new roles, > more options are available to him/her, such as ability to close a > question, upgrade another user to a new role, ban questions, etc. The > basic user can only add questions and answer, whereas the "SysAdmin" > user can control the fate of the entire site. I made this site in > hopes that web2py gets an even better reputation and to pay homage to > the Open Source movement, something I heavily support. > > Links: > > pyStack (BETA):http://beta.pystack.com/ > pyStack Discussions:http://www.pyforum.org/ > > Here's where I would really need help on: I need testers, you may > create your own account (or use google's integration, no google > password is stored in the DB EVER if the user logs in using google > auth), Currently there are several Q&A posted (many of them simple > "blah blah this is a test" and others with "questionable" subjects, > I'll get rid of all of that once the app is ready for "production", so > please if you need any help creating an account, I can do this for you > just ping me and I'll see what I can do, the forums is a nice place to > put your comments since there is categories for them, sucgh as bugs, > requests and general discussions, I will be updating the forum as time > permits. > > When the system goes out of beta, I'll place a link to download the > source code but for now, if you wish to take a peek at it, let me > know, I am using mercurial for source control and will soon make it > available in google code. thanks to all.
