Hmm, not sure I would agree with that. PHPbb can't handle saved searches, and doesn't support RSS if I remember correctly.
On 09/03/06 21:10, Brady J. Frey wrote: > I will say that phpBB is much more powerful -- Vanilla couldn't handle > some of the advanced stuff that high end forums do, but porting over a > style... I don't know if that would be easy. You might find it faster to > just create the CSS to mimic the style of his look/feel. > > Geoffrey McCaleb wrote: > > Yeah, Vanilla seriously cooks with gas. You can have RSS out the wazoo, clean > > xhtml code, and each user can have their own stylesheet! > > > > Brett was mentioning he was in the process of building a template for phpbb. I > > wonder if it could be ported over easily? > > > > Geoffrey > > > > On 09/03/06 21:05, Brady J. Frey wrote: > > > >> Oooh, fun -- now we can CSS that baby to our hearts content, bless you > >> Geoffrey... > >> > >> Geoffrey McCaleb wrote: > >> > >>> Hi Everyone, > >>> Well give the people what they want I always say! > >>> > >>> I've installed a simple forum on a domain I run to test it out with the > >>> community. If we all like it and Thomas is happy, we can look into > >>> > > pointing a > > > >>> subdomain towards it. Or, we can migrate it over to SF. Either way is cool > >>> with me. My server has loads of bandwidth so I'm happy to host it for the > >>> time being. > >>> > >>> The system isn't based on PHPBB. I thought it fitting that since Roundcube > >>> > > was > > > >>> the first major Open Source webmail system born in the Web 2.0 generation, > >>> that the forum should be to. Its called Vanilla, and it has a lot of great > >>> features as well as a great community behind it (like ours). > >>> > >>> The forum is here: http://roundforums.verada.net > >>> If you want more information on Vanilla, go here: > >>> > > http://www.getvanilla.com/ > > > >>> If anyone wants to volunteer to moderate a category, feel free to email > >>> > > me. > > > >>> Any comments on the forum itself, please reply to all. > >>> > >>> regards, > >>> > >>> Geoffrey > >>> > >>> On 09/03/06 16:42, GunFro wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Hi all. > >>>> I just want to agree that a forum would be great, it's fun getting mail > >>>> > >>>> > >>> but... > >>> > >>> > >>>> RC is just the best. > >>>> Se You around. > >>>> /Gunnar > >>>> > >>>> On Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:38:20 -0800, "Brady J. Frey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>> ..and if you don't want the burden, I'm happy to pop it under my > >>>>> hosting too, and promote as needed. I can probably get some web > >>>>> developers who teach with me on codingforums.com to come over and try to > >>>>> answer some CSS/XHTML/HTML/Design/PHP/MySQL questions, or cross post to > >>>>> them, or get CSS Beauty in the mix. Either way, a forum would be useful. > >>>>> > >>>>> *Brady J. Frey* > >>>>> creative director // *dotfive* > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Brett Patterson wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>> You mentioned something about giving away space on SF for the forum. > >>>>>> I'm willing to head up the forum aspect (I don't have much on the skin > >>>>>> yet, but I can work on it in my free time (would be a pleasure!!)) and > >>>>>> manage it. Of course the devs would have access to "restricted" areas > >>>>>> of moderation/administration, or however you want to do it. Just let > >>>>>> me know what you need to allow me in, and I'll give it to you! My > >>>>>> email on Sf is "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (no quotes). > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I was initially going to use roundcube.bpatterson.net as the > >>>>>> forum-space; but if SF wants to host it, fine by me. Either will work > >>>>>> in my honest opinion. But SF would make it look more official. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Eagerly awaiting your reply!! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> ~Brett > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thomas Bruederli wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Geoffrey McCaleb wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I last banged on about this last December if memory serves, but why > >>>>>>>> exactly is there no support forums for Roundcube yet? I know the > >>>>>>>> developers wish to keep the mailing list going for development > >>>>>>>> threads, but surely we all agree that mailing lists are not the best > >>>>>>>> vehicle for end user support? > >>>>>>>> I know there was talk of setting up a wiki, but I haven't seen any > >>>>>>>> sight of it yet. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> The Wiki is on progress. Actually the wiki is ready but it's part of a > >>>>>>> Trac system that also hosts the source repository and integrates a > >>>>>>> bug-tracker. These are both not yet properly configured. You can start > >>>>>>> filling up the Wiki with useful information: http://trac.roundcube.net > >>>>>>> but remember that the tracker and the source repository are not > >>>>>>> up-to-date. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> I am happy to setup and host a forum, as long as there is a > >>>>>>>> consensus that it is needed. I have no desire to splinter the > >>>>>>>> community though. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> The decision to use mailing lists was made some time ago and I don't > >>>>>>> like to have multiple forums that I need to check periodically. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Anyone else agree? Or is this being worked on separately? > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Geoffrey > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Regards, > >>>>>>> Thomas > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > > > > > > >
