Re: [tdf-discuss] LibreOfficeForum.org is now functioning

Hi Sam (I think it's you ;-)), all

sorry for not replying earlier, but time is much too short these days.

info@libreofficeforum.org schrieb:
> Subject: LibreOfficeForum.org is now functioning

Thanks a lot, Sam! This is great, because this list becomes more and 
more confusing even if I use threading on my SeaMonkey.

I'm quite sure that this will become better once we've established some 
more mailing lists.

We definitely need a forum, so this step is one in the right direction.

But one point we would like to do from the beginning (or at least as 
soon as possible):

Allow to login to all the DocumentFoundation / LibreOffice areas with 
one single login.

This has not been possible with OpenOffice.org: There have been 
different logins for the website, the wiki, the template and extension 
site and at the forum too (the latter I didn't try, I admit).

Probably this will mean some kind of central repository / entrance website.

I'm not a technical guy, but I like this goal very much.

So it might be possible, that your forum will be integrated in such a 
structure - or (if not possible) replaced by something like this.

But I support your point to start it right now - creating a sufficient 
infrastructure needs some time.

Let's use http://libreofficeforum.org/ for the moment and see how future 
will develop.

There is a great momentum in our community - let's use it!

Best regards

Bernhard

PS: Would you mind to add a category about The Document Foundation?
I think the forum should cover Community and Foundation topics too.

> Hello again to everyone,
>
> Thanks very much for your comments and suggestions! Sorry I haven't
> replied until now, I've been unable to reply due to a widespread internet
> outage where I live. Good thing I'm not self-hosting this thing.  ;-)
>
> So, I'll try to comment on a few of the issues that have been mentioned so
> far...
>
> I understand that a forum may be set up some day under the LibreOffice.org
> domain. At any rate, maybe this current initiative will save them some
> effort later on. And for now, I think we do need an easier way to
> communicate, I personally dislike mailing lists as many of you do. The
> entry point for a web forum is much lower, especially for beginners who
> just want to ask a one-off question without having their email flooded
> with unrelated messages forever after. Both methods tend to be vulnerable
> to spam, but forum spam is easier to moderate and prevent, in my opinion.
>
> As for multi-language, I'm willing to set it up for any language that has
> enough users to benefit from it. I think this can easily be accomplished.
> LibreOfficeForum.org is running on Drupal, on which I have several years
> of experience. Drupal is, in my opinion, the premiere platform for
> multi-language, high-traffic sites. I think the best way to accomplish
> this would be to setup LibreOfficeForum.org as  a launch page with links
> to different language subdomains such as en.libreofficeforum.org ,
> es.libreofficeforum.org , de.libreofficeforum.org etc. Does this sound
> good to you? And it should be possible to use the same login (one common
> database) for all the forums. Drupal also supports openID authentication.
> I just now enabled it on LibreOfficeForum.org, although I need to educate
> myself more about usage and implementation of it.
>
> The security of Drupal combined with the security permissions of my
> current host (DownTownHost) has given me 0 problems so far. Previously
> when I had a site with Joomla + SMF + Midphase hosting, I had all sorts of
> hacking problems. But other sites I have with Drupal + DownTownHost have
> been bulletproof so far; I've truly been impressed. The host also offers
> tiered bandwidth pricing as needed. I could always upgrade it to handle
> the load. I have two unobtrusive text-only Adsense blocks on the site,
> which should cover the hosting costs and make it sustainable for the long
> term. Users can easily get rid of them if they want to with an ad blocker.
> Or I could even add a user profile option for the user to disable Adsense
> if he really hates it. Does this sound like a reasonable option?
>
> Another thing that we'll need are moderators. I know that we have sort of
> a chicken-and-egg situation, not many post because not many people post,
> and therefore not many people post. :-) But I'm sure we'll be rolling
> within a few weeks. I've already had a few volunteers for English and
> Spanish- many thanks to them- and I'll work on getting them set up soon.
> Any others moderator volunteers for other languages as well? I'll also
> need help to know if the site language interface modules are properly
> translated, and I'll need help to translate the forum categories into
> other languages besides English and Spanish.
>
> Thanks again to LibreOffice for their initiative with this project, and
> thanks to all the friendly volunteers here on this mailing list.
>
> Take care, have fun!

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