(Echoing some of keymaster's comments) And while many will disagree, I like having the available post formatting options available with most forums. Syntax highlighting for code, headers, etc. are all nice to have. The search feature here is good, but no better than the search engines provided with SMF, phpBB, vB, and other major forums (they make up for their lack of search expertise by designing their search tool specifically for forum content).
The main feature that I enjoy with forums is topic categorization. I know where to go for new user questions, development questions, general discussion, etc. For example, this post clearly belongs in "Forum Suggestions" or "General Discussion." Then, those who come here looking for answers to development questions know which subforum to use. Free hosting is nice, but I'd gladly contribute if I knew that my contributions supported our own community software with richer features than a Google Group. Thomas On Oct 29, 12:06 pm, keymaster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I would guess the main reasons the admins prefer a google group are: > searching capability, maintenance simplicity, and free bandwidth/ > storage. > > The searching aspect is by far the most important for me. I rely > heavily on this group for information. > > Nonetheless, there are features provided by other forum systems which > would be nice to have. Perhaps Google might at some point decide to > provide them: > - subscribe for future updates to a particular thread > - include inline formatted code into a post > - subforums. > > On Oct 29, 10:42 am, AD7six <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Oct 28, 11:45 pm, 703designs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Just an idea. I think that the Bakery's in a good position right now > > > (as the heart of the Cake community), and that the CakePHP knowledge > > > base and its usability would improve if discussions took place in a > > > regular web forum rather than on a mailing list. Thoughts? > > > I've always been curious as to whether people asking for a forum have > > used the group web interface or > > not?http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php/topics > > > What concrete advantage is there in using a forum. > > > AD > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
