Re: anyone interested in doing an open-source WebCat basedforum?

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2002


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texte = Dale,We have such a system within our Content Management System Redakto. One can chose to pull the data from the native db format or SQL or soon XML. The benefit of having this together with a CMS is that customers can use the existing CMS structure and just add a Forum, Newsletter, Shop-System, and more modules we have developed in one system and one look and feel, without having to configure the design and templates all the time.We are going to release Version 2.5 of our system to the public in about a month, but already have gotten 15 new customers within the last 2 months since doing demos with the system.The complete admin section is not pen source, but all the templates, which make up the site, forum, etc. are free to configure.Sincerely Nitai Aventaggiato CEOOn 1.8.2002 4:23 PM, dale wrote:> Hello, > > One project that comes up often is a message forum product > using WebCatalog/WebDNA. > > If there is anyone interested in such a project, I woul be > willing to setup a CVS project on my server to host it. > > My thoughts are this should be a forum that can be tied into > an existing site and membership system, as well having the > option to use its' own stand alone members database. > > A version (or option) to let it use a MySQL database as the > backend would also be a good feature as an active message > forum could easily become very large and require large amounts > of memory. > > So to make the message retrival done via include files would > allow the ability (I would hope) to just use which ever method > the admin wants, native WebCat db's or MySQL db's. > > The forum should use stylesheets and header/footer includes to > make it as easy as possible for someone to customize to their > site look and feel. Basically the forums should run with a > blank header and footer and validate properly. > > And yes, my ulterior motive is that I wish to have such a tool > for my sites and know I would benefit from the knowledge of > others, especially with the SQL part. > > But also, I think this would help many others use WebCat and > could be a great learning tool for them (provided of course > that the code is well documented). > > Dale > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-- Tools to energize your business Content Management & eBusiness SystemsComputerOil GmbH http://computeroil.com/ Hauptstrasse 12 info@computeroil.com 8252 Schlatt/Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)52 654 15 55 Fax: +41 (0)52 654 15 59 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. Re: anyone interested in doing an open-source WebCat basedforum? (Alain Russell 2002)
  2. Re: anyone interested in doing an open-source WebCat basedforum? (Palle B. Nielsen (PowerPalle) 2002)
  3. Re: anyone interested in doing an open-source WebCat basedforum? (Nitai @ ComputerOil 2002)
  4. Re: anyone interested in doing an open-source WebCat basedforum? (Peter Werno 2002)
Dale,We have such a system within our Content Management System Redakto. One can chose to pull the data from the native db format or SQL or soon XML. The benefit of having this together with a CMS is that customers can use the existing CMS structure and just add a Forum, Newsletter, Shop-System, and more modules we have developed in one system and one look and feel, without having to configure the design and templates all the time.We are going to release Version 2.5 of our system to the public in about a month, but already have gotten 15 new customers within the last 2 months since doing demos with the system.The complete admin section is not pen source, but all the templates, which make up the site, forum, etc. are free to configure.Sincerely Nitai Aventaggiato CEOOn 1.8.2002 4:23 PM, dale wrote:> Hello, > > One project that comes up often is a message forum product > using WebCatalog/WebDNA. > > If there is anyone interested in such a project, I woul be > willing to setup a CVS project on my server to host it. > > My thoughts are this should be a forum that can be tied into > an existing site and membership system, as well having the > option to use its' own stand alone members database. > > A version (or option) to let it use a MySQL database as the > backend would also be a good feature as an active message > forum could easily become very large and require large amounts > of memory. > > So to make the message retrival done via include files would > allow the ability (I would hope) to just use which ever method > the admin wants, native WebCat db's or MySQL db's. > > The forum should use stylesheets and header/footer includes to > make it as easy as possible for someone to customize to their > site look and feel. Basically the forums should run with a > blank header and footer and validate properly. > > And yes, my ulterior motive is that I wish to have such a tool > for my sites and know I would benefit from the knowledge of > others, especially with the SQL part. > > But also, I think this would help many others use WebCat and > could be a great learning tool for them (provided of course > that the code is well documented). > > Dale > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-- Tools to energize your business Content Management & eBusiness SystemsComputerOil GmbH http://computeroil.com/ Hauptstrasse 12 info@computeroil.com 8252 Schlatt/Switzerland Tel: +41 (0)52 654 15 55 Fax: +41 (0)52 654 15 59 ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/ Nitai @ ComputerOil

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