[tdf-discuss] phpbb for the official LO forums

Hey guys I know there has been alot of chatter about user forums. Here 
is my suggestion.

I am setting up my own forums using phpbb and here are a few points that 
i would like to make in regards to using it.

1) Localization

I only need one language, but localization administration seems quite 
easy to do via the administrator control panel.

2) Forum security.

Forum security is a big issue especially against spammers and those who 
break the forum rules. Image based captcha comes as part of phpbb and 
one needs to ensure the appropriate required packages are installed for 
it to work.

Another issue is those people who break forum rules. Bans can be made 
using a persons email address as well as ip address and vice versa to 
ensure that a given person cannot re register.

Forum permissions are easy to manage as well as everyone ends up in a 
group, and those groups are given particular permissions depending on 
the group.

I am not sure if one already has an account on the wiki if phpbb can use 
existing accounts in a particular database or someone would be required 
to reregister again.

Another perk about using phpbb we can then customize it to have a TDF 
look and feel.

Regards

Jonathan Aquilina

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