Re: anyone interested in doing an open-source WebCatbasedforum?

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2002


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = I already do most of the functionality everyone is talking about on http://www.redeyeinteractive.com/I have the whole site driven on membership profiles and the forums reflect the members preferences and such. We actually just made some cool new features for the site as well: a coupon/discount option for the checkout, an option to sell additional check support per product, and a revamped members profile section with a messaging system for contacting other members privately.Check it out if you want. We at Redeye would be happy to help and share our code in any way we can. We can also provide a little nook to host this sort of thing off of the RedEye site.~danOn 8/1/02 6:29 PM, dale's stuff wrote:> Well, > > It seems the interest is there. I can set up a CVS repository where the > files can be checked into. > > Also, I can set up a list for discussions for this (until a version is > ready to go and we can use that for further discussion). As mentioned by > one poster, and as mentioned in my original post, one of the first things > to discuss is the structure of the forum. > > I do think trying to design it so it is extensible is a key thing, and as > message forums tend to get large, and while memory isn't that expensive, > many servers are limited to 2 (Xserver for one) - 4 gig of ram, the ability > to use a SQL back end I think would be important. Even if that is a later > feature, to design the code so that the database searches are self > contained, like in include files, which would make it easier to drop in a > new set of includes which would talk SQL instead is important. > > I will set up the repository and the list and then those that wish write > access can just email me. > > There are many free CVS clients on Mac, Linux and Windows (and probably > even Amiga) http://www.cvshome.org Another nice IDE with built in CVS > client is NetBeans - http://www.netbeans.org > > Dale > ===================================== Daniel Schutzsmith Web Designer/Developer Extraordinaire dsmith7@dsmith7.net www.dsmith7.com * www.dsmith7.net 914.629.1404 ===================================== ------------------------------------------------------------- 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 WebCatbasedforum? (Daniel Schutzsmith 2002)
  2. Re: anyone interested in doing an open-source WebCatbasedforum? (dale's stuff 2002)
  3. Re: anyone interested in doing an open-source WebCatbasedforum? (Donovan 2002)
  4. Re: anyone interested in doing an open-source WebCatbasedforum? (Palle B. Nielsen (PowerPalle) 2002)
  5. Re: anyone interested in doing an open-source WebCatbasedforum? (Donovan 2002)
  6. Re: anyone interested in doing an open-source WebCatbasedforum? (Donovan 2002)
I already do most of the functionality everyone is talking about on http://www.redeyeinteractive.com/I have the whole site driven on membership profiles and the forums reflect the members preferences and such. We actually just made some cool new features for the site as well: a coupon/discount option for the checkout, an option to sell additional check support per product, and a revamped members profile section with a messaging system for contacting other members privately.Check it out if you want. We at Redeye would be happy to help and share our code in any way we can. We can also provide a little nook to host this sort of thing off of the RedEye site.~danOn 8/1/02 6:29 PM, dale's stuff wrote:> Well, > > It seems the interest is there. I can set up a CVS repository where the > files can be checked into. > > Also, I can set up a list for discussions for this (until a version is > ready to go and we can use that for further discussion). As mentioned by > one poster, and as mentioned in my original post, one of the first things > to discuss is the structure of the forum. > > I do think trying to design it so it is extensible is a key thing, and as > message forums tend to get large, and while memory isn't that expensive, > many servers are limited to 2 (Xserver for one) - 4 gig of ram, the ability > to use a SQL back end I think would be important. Even if that is a later > feature, to design the code so that the database searches are self > contained, like in include files, which would make it easier to drop in a > new set of includes which would talk SQL instead is important. > > I will set up the repository and the list and then those that wish write > access can just email me. > > There are many free CVS clients on Mac, Linux and Windows (and probably > even Amiga) http://www.cvshome.org Another nice IDE with built in CVS > client is NetBeans - http://www.netbeans.org > > Dale > ===================================== Daniel Schutzsmith Web Designer/Developer Extraordinaire dsmith7@dsmith7.net www.dsmith7.com * www.dsmith7.net 914.629.1404 ===================================== ------------------------------------------------------------- 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/ Daniel Schutzsmith

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