I uploaded a new release of FoxForum http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/FoxForum (prerequisites: PmWikiversion 2.2.0-beta, latest Fox)
Features: * one page per topic. * topic name can include spaces and special characters. * one forum per group, multiple fora possible. * display layout of messages (posts) via templates, independent from posted content pages. * possibility of different layout for first post (topic post) and subsequent posts (comment posts), useful for blogs. * styling of display layouts via stylesheet, default classes included in fox.css (see Fox), colour integration with Gemini, FixFlow and Triad skins. * author can set display preferences on the author's Profiles page. * author can set email address and website url, as well as personal info including an avatar image on the author's Profiles page. * individual posts can be deleted. * post counter. * access code field to prevent spam bots postings. Captcha could be integrated. * subject (subheader), text and author name field. * automatic breaking of page into subpages with easy navigation. * easy creation of fora with different names (each in a different group). * possible mail notification using FoxNotify, in various formats, including whole post content could be mailed to list of subscribers. I also released updates for Gemini, FixFlow and Triad skins, which contain new colour style definitions for the message box classes I use in FoxForum. The forum can be used with any skin. To make it integrate nicely with the skin's colour scheme one can define new attributes for classes messagebox, messageheader, messagesubject, messageauthor and messagefooter. These are the default class names used in the templates provided with FoxForum. Of course you can create your own template and style it the way you like, with whatever style classes. Or skin authors may wish to add colour and style support for these classes. If you come up with good templates, please let me know, perhaps I can add them to the other display templates. Your feedback, especially bug reports, requests for future development, hints for improvements are most welcome and very needed. Developing this forum recipe has been a major work, I am amazed how much is possible within Pmwiki. I still like to extend this to create a blog bundle. Also the "ForumX" version of a 'one comment per page' forum is still to come for this new improved templating support. ~Hans _______________________________________________ pmwiki-users mailing list [email protected] http://www.pmichaud.com/mailman/listinfo/pmwiki-users
