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 Right now the libreoffice web forums are actually having a bit of a hard time, IMO, getting a lot of traction. While the mailing lists are performing fairly well I think, (it's all based on the size of the user base, bottom line..right?) Now the fact we don't link to any of those web properties directly (or not liberally might be a better term) from the main project site(s) is part of why the numbers are what they are, I believe. So - I really would agree with where Florian is going when he says he prefers the idea of - If a new site (forum), then lets do it within the formal site structure..which I know you offered to setup/admin same on a VM with the TDF infrastructure, I think that's a wonderful offer. anyway - A few more thoughts as I can fit in later this morning. Best wishes, Drew Jensen -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.documentfoundation.org/www/discuss/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
