[webteam] forum?

[Susan]

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On Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:38:29 +0000
Bart van Bragt <jabber at vanbragt.com> wrote:

> Kevin Smith wrote:
> > To what end? Forums are great for support requests, etc, but
> > projects have their own for those - for general chat we could
> > promote some chat rooms on c.j.o? That said, I don't hate the idea
> > of having forums, I just don't see a need yet :)
> IMO Forums are much needed, mailinglists are great for tech savvy
> developers that are motivated enough to subscribe to the relevant
> mailinglists. Forums are great for less 'techie' discussions (i.e. by
> our 'managers' and also the endusers). Forums are also more suited to
> build an actual community around the site in specific and Jabber/XMPP
> in general. Currently a large part of the community is spread out
> over the projects (for example Psi) and currently there is nowhere to
> discuss 'what client/server/service' to choose except for juser (with
> 5 messages/month) which is really not suitable for your average
> internet user.

I think someone mentioned forums for end-users and mailing lists for
techies.  This would be a lovely compromise.  I realize the need for
forums, but they get annoying when, like most techies, you follow a
number of projects.
 
> So I think we really should setup and integrate some forum system in
> phase 2 (or 3 :D). Being an ex-phpBB developer I'm biased towards
> phpBB (3.x) ofcourse but I can at least offer to properly integrate
> the forum into the site/drupal. The forums in Drupal itself are too
> limited when it comes to moderation and usability :\
> 
> Bart

Please, please, no phpBB.  No offense to you, Bart, but I really
can't see anything good coming from using phpBB.  It's insecure, it's a
royal PITA to maintain due to its lack of modularity, and you can't
integrate phpBB login with Drupal login (nor should you, as that would
make Drupal vulnerable to phpBB's security vulnerabilities).  

That said, I'm curious to hear what features you feel are missing from
Drupal's forums.  I readily admit that the forums are a bit anemic in
Drupal 5.x and prior (expect some improvements in 6.x), and we Drupal
folks have been talking a lot about the direction that forum
development should go in.

Susan
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