Re: [libreoffice-website] choice of forum software - with regard to Askbot?

Hi,

Am 06.12.2011 um 15:50 schrieb Christian Lehmeier:

> userbase shared login: OK, should be doable and would be nice to have.
> But sharing karma would probably involve quite a bit of adaption, etc.
> So I'd not vote for sharing more than just the plain login.

Sharing karma should not be done, as the amounts of karma gain/loss and thresholds must be very 
carefully adapted.
Also, gaining karma in the forum doesn't mean that the user should gain more rights in askbot.

> Forums also searching in askbot: depends, I doubt askbot provides an
> api for that, so quite some effort.

Writing a view that exposes the search results as json/xml/csv/whatever is quite easy, I think 
between 10 and 50 LOC, depending on the needs.

> > [...]
> > PS:
> > On http://djangopackages.com/grids/g/forums/
> > Askbot is also listed as forum? - probably meant in a wider sense or is
> > there a hidden feature?
>
> Depends on your definition of "forum".
> (no, there is no "hidden feature" that would turn it into something
> like Jforum or phpBB - it is a question & answers site)

It is definitely meant in a wider sense here.

Cu,
Alex

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