Re: [sword-devel] Forum software (was Re: mvnForum on HTTPS)

2013-10-22 Thread Manfred Bergmann
Am 22.10.2013 um 06:57 schrieb Raoul Snyman ra...@snyman.info: No one whose opinion is of any worth likes the forum software. For what it's worth, we're using Vanilla for the OpenLP forums and it works well for us. It also has a built in mobile theme which works quite well. Having

Re: [sword-devel] Forum software (was Re: mvnForum on HTTPS)

2013-10-22 Thread David Haslam
Whatever forum software we choose, we need to ensure that there are adequate measures to prevent SPAM postings and deal with any that do manage to get through. The Go Bible Forum http://jolon.org/vanillaforum/ uses an old version of Vanilla. This was set up by Jolon before CrossWire adopted Go

[sword-devel] Forum software (was Re: mvnForum on HTTPS)

2013-10-21 Thread DM Smith
I know we've talked about it in the past, but I think we need different forum software. Last time I looked, there was no migration path from what we have to anything. I'd suggest that we shut down the current forum. Leave it as read-only on a different URL. And start fresh. Just my 2 cents.

Re: [sword-devel] Forum software (was Re: mvnForum on HTTPS)

2013-10-21 Thread Nic Carter
I like the sound of that. Especially keeping a read-only copy somewhere so we can link back to it when required. Personally, I'd love to see something that will work nicely on a small screen (mobile device?) so that I can migrate more help requests to the forums instead of email. I do link to

Re: [sword-devel] Forum software (was Re: mvnForum on HTTPS)

2013-10-21 Thread Chris Little
On 10/21/2013 12:55 PM, DM Smith wrote: I know we've talked about it in the past, but I think we need different forum software. Last time I looked, there was no migration path from what we have to anything. I'd suggest that we shut down the current forum. Leave it as read-only on a different

Re: [sword-devel] Forum software (was Re: mvnForum on HTTPS)

2013-10-21 Thread Pola Edward
the site, wiki and forum in one software which may make life easier . http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/communication/forum --Pola From: dmsm...@crosswire.org Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 15:55:49 -0400 To: sword-devel@crosswire.org Subject: [sword-devel] Forum software (was Re: mvnForum

Re: [sword-devel] Forum software (was Re: mvnForum on HTTPS)

2013-10-21 Thread Greg Hellings
I haven't looked at the forum software we have, but here's a quick and dirty list of open source Java message boards: http://java-source.net/open-source/forum-software --Greg On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 8:53 PM, Chris Little chris...@crosswire.orgwrote: On 10/21/2013 12:55 PM, DM Smith wrote:

Re: [sword-devel] Forum software (was Re: mvnForum on HTTPS)

2013-10-21 Thread Raoul Snyman
No one whose opinion is of any worth likes the forum software. For what it's worth, we're using Vanilla for the OpenLP forums and it works well for us. It also has a built in mobile theme which works quite well. Having said that, it is written in PHP. My 2c -- Raoul Snyman ra...@snyman.info