[gobolinux-users] Gobolinux Forum?

[Michael Homer]

On 5/29/07, Carlo Calica <carlo at calica.com> wrote:
> On 5/28/07, molfar <molfar.ua at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I finally made up my mind)))
> > Having tried both SMF and Vanilla in demo mode
> > (http://www.opensourcecms.com/) I decided that Vanilla is a a bit more
> > more fun and joy to use. It feels very slick and lightweight...
> > Thus, I vote for Vanilla!
> >
>
> I do like vanilla.  It feels like a dot news site.  I also REALLY like
> how the RSS feeds are handled.  Each topic published rather than each
> post.  Really improves the S/N ratio.
>
> > On 5/28/07, Carlo Calica <carlo at calica.com> wrote:
> > > I guess we need a few member of the community to step up and
> > > volunteer.  For this to be a go we really need at least 5 moderators.
> > > That should be enough so a couple can have real life interfere and the
> > > world won't end.
> > Well, as the one who started all the fuss I feel that I have no real
> > alternative but to volunteer))
> > However, I'll won't be able to render any specific substantial help to
> > the newcomers, since I am Gobo-newbie myself, and sometimes it would
> > be me who would ask for help :). But we'll see...
> > Let's just hope that the developers appear there once in a while and
> > answer some questions :)
> >
>
> Simply forwarding to the user list and ensuring follow up will make
> the forum feasible.  Otherwise it'll stagnate.  It won't take long
> until you'll get a feel for what info we'll need to diagnose and the
> whole process will be much smoother.  Along the way you'll learn a lot
> too.
>
> > And one more thing to add. I am rather against the idea of having the
> > forum off-domain. In order to succeed it should be smth like
> > <forum.gobolinux.org>. Part of the main site. And having an "official"
> > notion to it.
> >
>
> Won't be problem.  Whomever is hosting will setup a vhost rather than
> a subdir.  Simple to do.
On which note, since the consensus seems to be forming around Vanilla
I've set it up, provisionally at least, as a vhost responding to
forum.gobolinux.org. Since that isn't in the DNS, you have to edit
your hosts file to get to it right now (add a line "69.12.216.45
forum.gobolinux.org").

It looks quite nice and not too out-of-place with the default theme,
but it would be good if somebody could make one to fit in with the
general look of the main site. I don't have the artistic talents to do
that.

I have also installed the language packs for all the languages the
main page is translated into (except Russian, because I don't have
unrar lying about right now), and an extension letting people pick
their interface language. Which of those are going to have forums in
them (to begin with)? Any? It really depends on who's moderating.

Other comments? Suggestions?
-Michael