I dont like to have a clugged email box. So, for instance, I dont receive email updates from this group, and from no other, really.
A forum is better organized given that it has sub forums and the threads are more easy to search-find. Google groups has been ok when the user base is still a newborn. But we must prepare for bigtime, and the best way is a forum. On Aug 30, 7:25 pm, Richard <[email protected]> wrote: > I really like pyforum and consider it the best available web2py app > out there. > > However Google Groups has worked well - no downtime, low amount of > spam, good search support, email updates, etc. (It is a much better > system than Yahoo Groups.) > Is pyforum ready for all that? > And I like with Google Groups that I can use my existing Google > account and not have to remember another password. Are there plans to > add OpenID support to pyforum? > > Also what would be done about the discussions created until now? Could > they be exported? Because I personally use this group more for > searching old threads with the same problem as me than asking new > questions. > > If people are keen on pyforum perhaps the new python-developers > mailing list could try it first. > > Richard > > On Aug 30, 6:18 am, Julio <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am up for it :) > > > I do believe pyforum is ready for prime time (though for obvious > > reasons I am a bit biased), Being in this wonderful group I kinda know > > who is who in a way, so I'd be happy to give admin to anyone here that > > requires it, just so you get a "feel" of the administrative area of > > pyForum, something few have been able to experience. > > > The way I see it, pyForum is a good "start" and it's been stable since > > the 1.x release, another interesting thing about it is that the server > > is physically located in Chicago IL (though I live in Washington > > (state)). > > > pyForum has some nifty things that are handled in the back-end, such > > as batch notification emails ran via cron job, auto-removal of out-of- > > date administrator requests, also has a PM Messaging system for member- > > to-member communications, complete user management and system > > configuration TTW, I do still think though, I need a (new) logo/title > > for the site, as I think my strengths are more in the back-end process > > rather than UI. > > > Even if Massimo/Yarko want to move it to their own servers I am also > > fine with that., as with all software there are several "gotchas" (I'd > > like to thing of them as "paradigms" or "patterns" :) ) that one need > > to understand to implement it properly, but it is still an easy system > > to install. > > > Cheers, > > > Julio > > > On Aug 29, 11:51 am, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Also, I think a web framework that eats it's own dog food is more > > > convincing. > > > > On Aug 29, 1:34 pm, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Whoops! I was looking at the topic count but I still think google > > > > groups suck. It seems like the search doesn't go back very far and > > > > nothing is categorized so it's not a good reference. > > > > > On Aug 29, 12:04 pm, Jonathan Lundell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Aug 29, 2009, at 9:33 AM, mr.freeze wrote: > > > > > > > Google is eating our messages. It shows only 4625 messages. > > > > > > Massimo > > > > > > does that many in a week :) web2py should use pyforum instead and > > > > > > take back control! > > > > > > Are you sure? When I looked just now > > > > > <http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en > > > > > >, it had 29347 messages. I haven't noticed any dropped messages; I > > > > > wonder if perhaps somebody's spam filter isn't doing the eating (in > > > > > which case switching pyforum isn't going to help). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/web2py?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
