OpenEuphoria

1. RE: Forum not sending posts to Topica?

• Posted by "Andrew Hall" <barnacle83-euforum at yahoo.com> Jun 10, 2004
• 473 views

Dan Moyer wrote:
> But I like getting the posts via email
<snip>

I still choose to get the e-mails, too. I've used the web interface as well,
and I think it's convenient to have both right now (providing Topica doesn't
do something unintelligent again in the near future).  I think the ideal
discussion method for groups like EUforum is a Web-based message board like
a few here have tried to launch, but this listserv gets the job done.
 
Andrew Hall

<soapboxrant>
Honestly, when I first discovered Euphoria, I was surprised to see that
there was no Web-based forum.  Most languages out there have a
well-established system like the excellent phpBB; communication in such an
environment is extremely efficient (not to mention well-organized).  I keep
silently wishing that RDS would "officially" launch a Web forum like phpBB
to supplement this list.   I believe it could even be set up to function
as a mailing list on the back end, sending posts made on the Web interface
to the list, and vice-versa -- much like what we have now, but more robust.

Note that I'm not trying to demean the work that Rob and Junko have done; I
think the system we have now is the best that EUforum has had.  A system
like phpBB would simply take away the burden of developing and maintaining a
homemade interface, while requiring minimal administration (as delegated
among forum moderators).

OK, I'm done now. 
</soapboxrant>

3. RE: Forum not sending posts to Topica?

• Posted by "Andrew Hall" <barnacle83-euforum at yahoo.com> Jun 11, 2004
• 468 views

Lucius Hilley wrote:
<snip>
> Andrew Hall wrote:
> > I think the ideal discussion method for groups like EUforum is a
> > Web-based
> > message board like a few here have tried to launch, but this listserv
> > gets the job done.
> 
> I disagree because I like to store my hundreds of thousands of semingly
> meaningless
> messages.  Now, this may appear redundant.  But I ask you.. Can you DL or
> find
> any of the files that had been posted a long time ago?  Many actually made
> it through
> the forum to the individuals that recieved the emails but the forum didn't
> save those
> neat little attachment things.  Those are usually just annoying
> pictures or
> viruses.
> Right?  Not in a programmers environment.  Those are likely to be tiny
> neat
> little
> tools that you may never see again anywhere else.

Well, I don't mean to be rude, but how often do you see attachments around
here?  At least in the time I've been here, it's been rare.  Attachments are
usually code anyway, which can be pasted easily between some <code> or

tags on a phpBB.  Besides, if a file must be sent, there's still
good ol' e-mail...  

True, though it isn't especially easy to get to what you want quickly.

<snip>

Check it out:

http://www.phpbb.com/

A Web forum is completely searchable (and it's very easy to do, too). Look at a demo forum:

http://www.phpbb.com/demo.php

[Mental note to self: Should have posted this link earlier. ]

<snip>

Andrew Hall }}}

5. RE: Forum not sending posts to Topica?

• Posted by irv mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Jun 11, 2004
• 452 views

Andrew Hall wrote:
> 
> Andrew Hall wrote:
> <snip>
> > A Web forum is completely searchable (and it's very easy to do, too).
> > Look
> > at a demo forum:

> <a href="http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/">http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/</a>
> 
> It's phpBB's own forum.

I think the general feeling is that it would be better if the pages were 
generated by Euphoria, not php. If Euphoria is a "real programming language",
it should be able to do that, right?

Irv