On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 07:17:16PM +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Ira Abramov wrote:
> > > > Note that the semantics of the site are different than the Zope one. To
> > > > post an article, you need to be a registered member. A comment can be
> > > > posted without registration but it will be posted as anonymous.
>
> Honestly, why do we need registered users? What purpose does it serve?
>

The problem is that I don't know how to configure PostNuke otherwise.
If I knew how to make sure it accepts posts from non-registered users,
while asking for their name, I would. Do you know how to do it?

> I think that many, if not most, of the news items were posted by people
> whoponly posted one or two items . It is not worth "registrating" for
> one item, and I'm not so sure that even for two.
>
> BTW: it would have been nice if the moderation posts would include a
> direct link to the moderation page (a-la-mailman). This would allow me
> to moderate directly from my mail client (the site is lynx-browsable, I
> hope)
>

I'll have to check what is the URL for that, and add it.

> > >
> > > the Nuke family of PHP portals is a problematic one and there are 1-2
> > > security holes found in it each month. I think it's not a good direction
> > > to look in, but if you insist, then why not dotKof?
> > >
> >
> > Does dotKof supports an English layout? Does PostNuke not support messages
> > in Hebrew? Is dotKof still based on PHP-Nuke or did it move to Post?
> >
> > Its homepage (http://dotkof.org/) displays some cryptic message. Where can
> > I download it from.
>
> Stay away from it, unless you want to maintain it yourself.
>
> If you're looking for reasons, ask the people of What's Up why are they
> busy preparing a replacement for their DotKuf site.
>
> BTW:GeekLog is another PHP-Nuke decendent. Here's one Hebrew version:
>
> http://www.1212.co.il/linux_org_il/public_html/
>
> Oh, and if I mention existing alternatives: Ilya's static page.
>
> http://furr.shiny.co.il/linux.org.il/
>
> If we assume that this site provides resources, but not breaking news.
>

We can't assume that. We need the news.

Regards,

        Shlomi Fish

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