Re: [tdf-discuss] phpbb for the official LO forums

On 04/11/2011 16:45, drew wrote:
> On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 16:00 +0100, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> > On 04/11/2011 15:56, drew wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 15:29 +0100, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> > > > 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
> > > >
> > > > Hi Jonathan
> > > Cool - I think there are multiple persons here that would be interested
> > > in working on and at a forum (and Q+A) site for sure.
> > >
> > > Well, I was starting a reply to Florian's
> > > - There are a couple of LibreOffice branded web forums up and running
> > > already and then of course the mailing lists.
> > >
> > > - it made sense to me to take a quick look at where things really are,
> > > at the moment, to which end I've started pulling (maybe finished) some
> > > numbers together here:
> > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/User:Drew/UserSupportTraffic
> <snip>
> > One thing i did forget to mention. If nabble is goign to be kept we can
> > link hot topics in the forums to closed discussions on the mailing list
> > directly to their appropriate section of the forum as well.
> Right - well, actually one doesn't need Nabble for that at all - you can
> link directly to an email in the TDF archive.
>
> This is, I think, a better time to continue this conversation not so
> much from the view of a web form features - but a bit more to see how
> much interest there is from folks willing to help answer questions that
> way - looking at those numbers on the wiki again one specific number
> that should not be overlooked is the number of un-answered topics on the
> phpBB de language forum - even inside the domain it's not a slam dunk -
> the key is less the package (phpBB/Joomla/Drupal) and much more who is
> actively watching out for activity.
>
> //drew
Is there a way for all moderators to be emailed when there is a new 
thread or post to a thread with out requiring all posts to be approved 
by moderators?

Regards

Jonathan Aquilina

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