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

On Fri, 2011-11-04 at 16:49 +0100, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
> 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.
<snip>

> > 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.
<snip>
> >
> 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?

Well, one does not need to be a moderator to have behavior, phpBB
specifically, and with all of the packages I know off, any registered
user can set a watch flag on a specific board(s) - though the BBS
software packages have evolved to use a notification pattern weighted to
be as un-obtrusive as possible.

What that means is that when someone watches a list (or group of lists)
a notification email is sent when the first update happens on (a new
topic or new post - no packages I know of trigger an email if the only
change is an edit to an existing post) that list - and does NOT send
additional notifications until you login to the site next _and_ read at
least one of the updates message threads. This can throw people at
first.

//drew


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