Posted by
cjhowe on
May 24, 2006; 9:14pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Users-Forum-Knowledge-base-instead-of-mailing-list-tp139454p139470.html
So, uh, hey. I came across this rather flexible open
source framework project called Open for Business a
while back. I'm sure with minimal tweaking it could
provide this functionality as both a forum and a
mailing list. ;)
======David Jones wrote:
So, wait, are you talking about the need for
threading, or the idea of doing more granular topics
for different forums (which could also be done with
mailing lists)? There was a discussion about more
granular topics recently, might be of interest.
For threading, I'd say get a better mail reader ;),
like Thunderbird (which is what I use these days) or
something.
-David
Vinay Agarwal wrote:
> David,
> I feel that forums may actually increase the answers
to questions because
> people like me can answer certain questions while
not all questions. In
> addition, I am personally more interested in some
topics than others. For
> me, emails don't automatically get organized in
threads and, therefore, can
> feel overwhelming at times. Forums, on the other
hand, are always thread
> organized. They normally can send email notification
with an effect similar
> to the mailing list. I was originally thinking about
OFBiz forum but not
> sure if it has all these features.
> Regards,
> Vinay
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: users-bounces at lists.ofbiz.org
[mailto:users-bounces at lists.ofbiz.org]
> On Behalf Of David E. Jones
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 11:20 AM
> To: OFBiz Users / Usage Discussion
> Subject: Re: [OFBiz] Users - Forum+Knowledge base
instead of mailing list
>
>
> Backing up a little bit... what would be the
benefits of using forums versus
> mailing lists? Or is it forums versus the wiki?
>
> I've seen 2 in these messages so far:
>
> 1. "generally better at organizing information"
> 2. easier to search in a forum
>
> I'm not sure what #1 is supposed to mean, and I'm
not sure that #2 is
> actually true... I'd be interested in hearing other
benefits of using a
> forum...
>
> Unless the forum could be used like a mailing list,
ie get messages in email
> and reply to them with email, then you can use them
all you want, but
> chances are questions won't get many answers because
it will require more
> effort from those that do monitor the lists and
answer questions...
>
> -David
>
>
> Vinay Agarwal wrote:
>> Jacques,
>>
>> I agree that forums take some administration but it
certainly is less
>> than administration of Wiki. If we give forum admin
rights to more
>> people (committers + regulars on the mailing list),
forum administration
>> would not be a problem. The most difficult part
would be to set it up.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Vinay
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From:* users-bounces at lists.ofbiz.org
>> [mailto:users-bounces at lists.ofbiz.org] *On
Behalf Of *Jacques Le Roux
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 24, 2006 8:12 AM
>> *To:* OFBiz Users / Usage Discussion
>> *Subject:* Re: [OFBiz] Users - Forum+Knowledge base
instead of mailing
> list
>>
>>
>> Hi Vinay,
>>
>>
>>
>> You certainly guess that this has alreday been
asked in the past. If you
>> search in MLs you will find answers. But yes, it
was a lot easier
>> when MLs had an internal search option (and even a
plugin to search from
>> firefox-google field).
>>
>>
>>
>> The other way is to use Google option
"site:lists.ofbiz.org" but you
>> have to crawl between every ML and svn ml is
prominent...
>>
>>
>>
>> In think the reason is that it's a lot less time
consuming to admin a ML
>> than forums... Because forums to be good tools must
be regularly
>> administred.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jacques
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>
>> *From:* Vinay Agarwal <mailto:VinayKAgarwal at
hotmail.com>
>>
>> *To:* 'OFBiz Users / Usage Discussion'
<mailto:users at lists.ofbiz.org>
>>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, May 24, 2006 4:19 PM
>>
>> *Subject:* [OFBiz] Users - Forum+Knowledge base
instead of mailing
> list
>>
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>>
>>
>> Is it worthwhile to switch to forum format
(possibly with a
>> knowledge base) since forums are generally
better at organizing
>> information? Many new OFBiz users may benefit
for this format and,
>> as a result, reduce questions whose answers can
be found easily on
>> the forum. Also, if OFBiz forum component is
operational, it may be
>> a good test for it.
>>
>>
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Vinay Agarwal
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
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