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These forums you're looking at will be available as an add-on by the end of the year. If there are features you'd like to see in it that you're not looking at, let us know...

We've already got a spellcheck we just turned off.. what else?

frz
 
Slacker replied on at Permalink Reply
Slacker
I would just say that some people like a WYSIWYG editor for posts, and maybe some smilies?

- Quick reply box would be another idea.

Haven't tried but does [QUOTE]quote[/QUOTE] works?
Slacker replied on at Permalink Reply
Slacker
users own posts are not editable, would be a good feature to have.

Also, the forums image addon requires you to resize manually your picture if within bounds. You can notice in my AV that the quality has really gone down. Original size for my avatar was 18KB, bigger than what your settings are tho but some forums keep the quality when resizing.
Slacker replied on at Permalink Reply
Slacker
Without having to remember how many posts there were in the thread, just display last poster and time posted...
Styves replied on at Permalink Reply
Styves
It would be great.
Will replied on at Permalink Reply
Will
quote with message body


Will
Will replied on at Permalink Reply
Will
i don't remember seeing some of the features now available to the forums, when was the last update?? not complaining, they are appreciated.

Will
dwood0001 replied on at Permalink Reply
how will it work with the permissions? Will we be able to make have multiple separate forums where access can be controlled by page permissions?
frz replied on at Permalink Reply
frz
yup.

what we have right now is a discussion list page type and a discussion page type. You can tie permissions to a group or individual though the same permissions interface as anywhere else.

So, for example, as we add pages for blocks and apps we'll be able to add a forum and issue tracker to each one of those pages and let the block owner administrate it.
ohuf replied on at Permalink Reply
ohuf
... a search box inside each forum, in order to search only the postings in that specific forum.

... add the date/time of the initial posting
Styves replied on at Permalink Reply
Styves
Have the possibility to display :

- all my latest messages
- all my messages unanswered
- all the new messages since my last visit
deadbeatdad replied on at Permalink Reply
deadbeatdad
When it was said the forum add-on would be available at the end of the year was the the end of 2009? Looking forward to it :)
frz replied on at Permalink Reply
frz
well my complete inability to actually find the thread where we brought up what got done in 08 and what didn't probably points to the limitations around search in our forums today....

to rehash.. yes, we intend to release it soon, no, not tomorrow. It works well for us but it's got a ways to go before its a shrink-wrappable product.
Avant replied on at Permalink Reply
Very cool. Look forward to this greatly.
pihead replied on at Permalink Reply
Oooh I can't wait for this.
I have a forum running externally but it'll be great to be able to integrate this into my C5 site.
Thanks for so much quality. :)
typoguy replied on at Permalink Reply
typoguy
Any news on the development.
We have a University who could be interested in using C5. All classes and courses will have there own forum.
Remo replied on at Permalink Reply
Remo
A few members of the beta crew are currently testing it..

It's not completely finished I think, but I seems to be quite stable so far!

Not sure if it's ready for a project like yours...
sam12345 replied on at Permalink Reply
Hi Remo,

Hey can we transfer phpbb3 forums (Users + threads in database) to the concrete 5.
Means is there any script by which we can migrate forums from phpbb3 to concrete 5 forum(add on).

Thanks in advance.
hexacreative replied on at Permalink Reply
hexacreative
That look nice block. I still waiting for this block for the forum on Concrete5 Indonesia Site ;)

Maybe forum block looks nice if have :

Costumizeable forum theme, like a c5 site
;)
hexacreative replied on at Permalink Reply
hexacreative
That look nice block. I still waiting for this block for the forum on Concrete5 Indonesia Site ;)

Maybe forum block looks nice if have :

1. Who's guest, moderator, admin and user login/just view

2. Costumizeable forum theme, like a c5 site
;)
chikshank replied on at Permalink Reply
Hmmmmm... end of the year... 2008...

What's the current ETA?
frz replied on at Permalink Reply
frz
Dunno.

there is a copy of what we use here that a few folks are beta testing, but i already have a list of features we need to add to it before i'm comfortable releasing it.

As has been pointed out in other threads, we're still in a position where this development is happening in free time, so a large gig we're just now wrapping up has pretty much desomated any schedules we might have had for this project. Until we're financially in a situation where managing the core and building add-ons is all we worry about (and thats in the works), its just silly for me to make promises about when things will get done.

Wish i had a better answer.
jiinus replied on at Permalink Reply
jiinus
Any news on this one? I'm wondering should I start to integrate separate forum engine (probably phpBB), start to build a simple forum myself or is the release just around the corner? Appreciate your efforts though, it's better to make it good before release, than to make a bunch of patches afterwards. :)
frz replied on at Permalink Reply
frz
having the ability to site share users between phpBB and concrete5 would be valuable in the big picture.

forums are a beast.
griebel replied on at Permalink Reply
griebel
Take a look athttp://www.minibb.com/synchronizing_minibb.html...

I have a site running with miniBB and c5. C5 is the back-end for user registration.
jiinus replied on at Permalink Reply
jiinus
Thanks Griebel! Have to try MiniBB too, looks promising.