I thought Mambo had a plug-in that supported forums?
Thanks, Ryan
>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/15/05 10:07 pm >>>
I'm having good luck with phpBB2. As several folks have noted, subscribe
to phpBB2's mailing list and you'll get prompt notice of new versions. You
also get warned on your administration page if the version is not the
latest. Notice is so prompt that I'm usually waiting for the mirrors to
get the "changes" files.
Updates are pretty easy unless you've done a lot of customization -- I
think I've had to change two template files (ones I'd manually changed to
add Google Adsense ads) for changes during the last 3 updates -- that's
manually changing a total of 2 files across three updates. The update
program handled the rest.
You can always create some homepage that branches to CVS or Subversion and
to the forums. I'm working with the Mambo CMS system on another site that
will have its own set of forums. Mambo doesn't handle the forums -- I just
added a header link to jump to the corresponding phpBB2 installation. The
site is up and works, it's just not public yet. Hopefully soon.
Terry
At 01:52 PM 5/15/2005, you wrote:
>I couldn't find any forum/CMS web apps that support
>versioning, as having version imply group
>collaboration on a software/document project. The
>other required features you listed would be supported
>by most other popular forum/CMS web apps.
>
>So, I would recommend phpBB. Just make sure you keep
>it patched and you subscribe to the phpBB security
>announcements list.
>
>You could install a versioning system like Subversion
> or CVS and use that to keep/manage versions of
>documents/presentations. You could also build whatever
>hooks you need between the versioning system and the
>forum/CMS system.
>
>HTH,
>John
>
>--- Ryan McCain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>I'm not concerened about what language the webapp is
>>written in. I'm looking for something that works
>>90% out of the box.
>>
>>Here is a list of features I'm looking for:
>>-Polls
>>-Rating of documents
>>-Versioning (not required)
>>-Who's online
>>-Comments on posts
>>
>>
>>Thats basically it. Nothing too fancy..
>>
>>Thanks, Ryan
>>
>>--------------------------------------
>>
>>Ryan McCain
>>Northrop Grumman Corporation
>>Linux System Administrator 3
>>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>Phone: 225.219.0556
>>Fax: 225.219.0540
>>
>>Registered Linux User #364609
>>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/15/05 1:07 PM >>>
>>Ryan,
>>
>>You have a lot of choices. What programming
>>languages
>>would you want to support?
>>
>>For instance, I would recommend phpBB, but if you
>>would want to extend it, you would need to know PHP.
>>Likewise, LifeRay is another nice CMS webapp, but it
>>is written in Java.
>>
>>Also, if you could list a number of desired features
>>you would want in a CMS system, that would be
>>helpful
>>in finding the right app.
>>
>>John
>>
>>--- Ryan McCain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>John,
>>>
>>>Thanks for all that info.
>>>
>>>All,
>>>
>>>I am looking for a web app that allows basic
>>>versioning, rating, etc. Any ideas?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Ryan
>>>
>>>--------------------------------------
>>>
>>>Ryan McCain
>>>Northrop Grumman Corporation
>>>Linux System Administrator 3
>>>email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>Phone: 225.219.0556
>>>Fax: 225.219.0540
>>>
>>>Registered Linux User #364609
>>>>>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 05/14/05 1:51 PM >>>
>>>Ryan,
>>>
>>>First, let me say that opensourcepresentations.org
>>>is
>>>a great idea, and one that is sorely needed.
>>>Concerning how the site should be architected; you
>>>may
>>>want to take a look at how tldp.org is laid out.
>>>Also,
>>>I recommend using one of the forum/CMS webapps as
>>a
>>>base for your site, as it has lots of tools on it
>>>you
>>>might need, like forums, file downloads/uploads,
>>>account management, etc. Here's a good place to
>>>start
>>>browsing for what is out there:
>>>
>>
>http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=forum§ion=projects&Go.x=0&Go.y=0
>>>
>>>Second, I agree with Joey Kelly's point that
>>authors
>>>will not want to give up their copyright on
>>original
>>>works. You may not realize it, but when authors
>>>release a work under the GNU Free Documentation
>>>License
>>>(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/licenses.html#FDL),
>>>they
>>>do not necessarily give up their copyright:
>>>
>>>from the GNU FDL
>>>(http://www.gnu.org/licenses/fdl.html#SEC4):
>>>
>>>To use this License in a document you have
>>written,
>>>include a copy of the License in the document and
>>>put
>>>the following copyright and license notices just
>>>after
>>>the title page:
>>>
>>> Copyright (c) YEAR YOUR NAME.
>>>
>>>What the GNU FDL does is give an author a set of
>>>licensing terms specifying that readers
>>>immediately copy and derive further works from the
>>>original, _provided_ those derived works are also
>>>licensed under the GNU FDL. This required
>>provision
>>>is
>>>a major source of debate ("GPL vs. BSD")
>>concerning
>>>what freedom really means, but ultimately the
>>>decision
>>>is up to the author of the work.
>>>
>>>The original intent of copyright was to give the
>>>public the right to copy written works after 15(?)
>>>years, but of course now the meaning of copyright
>>>has
>>>been morphed way beyond the original intent (75
>>>years
>>>beyond the life of the author, I think is the
>>>current
>>>definition of copyright).
>>>
>>>I can understand how you would want to retain
>>>control
>>>of the copyright with only good intentions; to
>>>ensure
>>>fair use, etc. But I think most authors would
>>prefer
>>>to retain control of the copyright, even those who
>>>license their work under the GNU FDL. If you take
>>a
>>>look at the HOWTOS, you will see that most of them
>>>are
>>>licensed under the GNU FDL, but the copyright
>>>belongs
>>>to the author of the document. You could
>>the
>>>option of letting contributors give
>>>opensourcepresentations.org the copyright for
>>>presentations.
>>>
>>>You might also want to offer contributors the
>>>capability of licensing their works under one of
>>the
>>>Creative Commons license, which embraces the
>>concept
>>>of open source while offering more choices than
>>the
>>>FSF does:
>>>http://creativecommons.org/
>>>
>>>Finally, you may want to offer some resources to
>>>authors for creating presentations. I'm currently
>>>fascinated with http://www.debugmode.com/wink/ for
>>>creating lite-weight Flash based presentations.
>>Wink
>>>would be great for showing newbies how to do
>>various
>>>tasks on the Linux desktop that they may not be
>>>familiar with. I can easily imagine lots of other
>>>uses.
>>>
>>>John
>>>
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