Re: [WebDNA] Poll: Discussion Forum
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2009
It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = Dale Lists wrote: > Hello Patrick, > > A couple of years ago I started working on one as part of completely > re-writing the site it would have been used on. The one big suggestion I > have would be to make it in a modular fashion so that the forum could be > a "plug-in" to an existing site by just syncing the user variables. Also > design it so that it would be relatively easy to add additional modules > to it. That would make it more extensible. Others could write add-ons to > the base forum and either release the as free or as a paid add-on. > > Dale I second this. If I were to do another revision of my forum, I'd heighten those aspects. Though my forum is fairly modular in using includes.. I would go the next step and create functions with a little more controlled input and output generally. Here is my $.02... Along with the above.. I would say the management of time is the most difficult hurdle to get through efficiently.. 1.) Keeping efficient track of time down to the second. hint: use "seconds since epoch". 2.) Management of time based on GMT. hint: The app needs to be able to be set to an offset of GMT. hint: The user needs to be able to set their offset of GMT. Donovan -- Donovan Brooke WebDNA Software Corporation http://www.webdna.us **[Square Bracket Utopia]**
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Dale Lists wrote: > Hello Patrick, > > A couple of years ago I started working on one as part of completely > re-writing the site it would have been used on. The one big suggestion I > have would be to make it in a modular fashion so that the forum could be > a "plug-in" to an existing site by just syncing the user variables. Also > design it so that it would be relatively easy to add additional modules > to it. That would make it more extensible. Others could write add-ons to > the base forum and either release the as free or as a paid add-on. > > Dale I second this. If I were to do another revision of my forum, I'd heighten those aspects. Though my forum is fairly modular in using includes.. I would go the next step and create functions with a little more controlled input and output generally. Here is my $.02... Along with the above.. I would say the management of time is the most difficult hurdle to get through efficiently.. 1.) Keeping efficient track of time down to the second. hint: use "seconds since epoch". 2.) Management of time based on GMT. hint: The app needs to be able to be set to an offset of GMT. hint: The user needs to be able to set their offset of GMT. Donovan -- Donovan Brooke WebDNA Software Corporation http://www.webdna.us **[Square Bracket Utopia]**
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