So, I've been making enhancements to Ray's Galleon Forums to suit my
most important wants and desires...
Here are some things that I've done to this version of Galleon:
- BBML/BBCode Support similar to phpBB (configurable option)
- Make Sticky option on topic entry
- phpBB Style Message Save Behavior (configurable option)
- Enhanced Direct Message Linking
Things I want to add "right away":
- Signature support (configurable option)
- Avatar Support (configurable option)
- Friendlier/better quoting support (part of BBML support)
- Easier/Better Administration
- Ability to do more forum management without having
to go to the forum admin screen (like deleting messages and
locking topics)
- Ability to ban users by email, IP, or network.
- Ability to control more settings in admin interface
Also, i'm contemplating the way Galleon handles message subscription
updates. It doesn't scale to a busy environment. For example, the
typical "Game Day Thread" in the Carolina hurricanes forum (running
phpbb) generates 300+ responses in a single day.
The way phpBB works, you only get one message until it records that
you've logged in and viewed the thread... it doesn't notify you EVERY
time. This is good behavior but requires that you remain logged in with
a persistent cookie, or else it won't know (obviously) that you viewed
the thread.
I tried to do this in CFMBB and BlogCFM but added the control of forcing
people to log in by adding an "&updateSubscription=Yes" URL parameter..
then if you weren't already logged in, it made you log in.
Though i've found that to be obnoxious. =)
I'd love comments on my enhancements and proposed enhancments, and
comments about the issue I just mentioned.. but it's not particularly CF
related so feel free to reply off list or simply go to my example
message board and post there.
http://www.opensourcecf.com/forums/threads.cfm?forumid=E59D074E-B7E9-8C0C-576745DC4C1B1307
Rick
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