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Re: Users - Forum+Knowledge base instead of mailing list

Posted by Florin T.PATRASCU (work) on May 24, 2006; 5:28pm
URL: http://ofbiz.116.s1.nabble.com/Users-Forum-Knowledge-base-instead-of-mailing-list-tp139454p139478.html

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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:* [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] *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:[hidden email]>
>
>     *To:* 'OFBiz Users / Usage Discussion' <mailto:[hidden email]>
>
>     *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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