[support] Forum module?

[Michelle Cox]

There's some ideas here: http://drupal.org/node/227121

Michelle

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 1:32 AM, KOBA | Hans Rossel <hans.rossel at koba.be>wrote:

> Have a look at some of the modules that author pane supports like
> userpoints and user titles. They very nicely integrate.
>
> Hans
>
> 2010/1/25, Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera at theingots.org>:
> > I just began using it and it's a huge improvement over the default
> > Drupal modules. Now I'm looking at what other modules I can install to
> > improve forums further.
> >
> > Thanks Michelle!
> >
> > KOBA | Hans Rossel wrote:
> >> I agree Advanced Forum in Drupal 6 is really no more than enabling the
> >> module (and the required author pane module), just have a look at the
> >> settings after installation and thats it. And its a great and easy way
> >> to enhance the basic Drupal forum a lot. I use it for all forums,
> >> thanks Michelle!
> >>
> >> Hans
> >>
> >> 2010/1/25, Michelle Cox <shellmultimedia at gmail.com>:
> >>> That warning is mostly from 5.x where you had to paste in code due to
> the
> >>> limitations of the theme system. I should probably take that off now
> that
> >>> 5.x isn't supported anymore. It's really not that complex to set up. If
> >>> you
> >>> want the full forum experience, you need a bunch of helper modules but
> AF
> >>> itself is pretty simple.
> >>>
> >>> Michelle
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 4:48 PM, Daniel Carrera <
> >>> daniel.carrera at theingots.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Thanks!
> >>>>
> >>>> William Smith wrote:
> >>>>> Most likely your theme is phptemplate based (almost all are), but you
> >>>>> can verify by going to your theme directory and checking the .info
> file
> >>>>> contained in that directory.  There should be a line that says
> "engine
> >>>>> =
> >>>>> phptemplate"
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Daniel Carrera
> >>>>> <daniel.carrera at theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera at theingots.org>>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     To use this module I need to use a theme that is based on
> >>>> phptemplate.
> >>>>>     How do I know if my theme is based on phptemplate? I use Pixture
> >>>>>     reloaded. I hope I don't have to change it...
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     Daniel.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>     Michelle Cox wrote:
> >>>>>      > http://drupal.org/project/advanced_forum
> >>>>>      >
> >>>>>      > Michelle
> >>>>>      >
> >>>>>      > On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Daniel Carrera
> >>>>>      > <daniel.carrera at theingots.org
> >>>>>     <mailto:daniel.carrera at theingots.org>
> >>>>>     <mailto:daniel.carrera at theingots.org
> >>>>>     <mailto:daniel.carrera at theingots.org>>> wrote:
> >>>>>      >
> >>>>>      >     Hello,
> >>>>>      >
> >>>>>      >     Can anyone recommend a *good* forum module, that works
> well,
> >>>>>     actually
> >>>>>      >     *looks* like a standard web forum, and doesn't have
> external
> >>>>>      >     dependencies?
> >>>>>      >
> >>>>>      >     I have one website that uses the standard Drupal forum
> >>>>>     module. It sort
> >>>>>      >     of works, but very poorly. It's really just taking the
> >>>> "comments"
> >>>>>      >     feature and pretending that it's a forum, and it doesn't
> >>>>> work
> >>>>>     very well.
> >>>>>      >     It doesn't look like a forum at all.
> >>>>>      >
> >>>>>      >     I have another website that uses Simple Machines Forum.
> >>>>> These
> >>>>>     modules do
> >>>>>      >     look great, but SMF is a separate dependency and the
> >>>>>     integration with
> >>>>>      >     Drupal is imperfect. You often get a lot of the SMF admin
> >>>>>     controls
> >>>>>      >     poping out. Some times you have to login again to SMF, and
> >>>>> so
> >>>>>     on. I have
> >>>>>      >     to hide the smf URL to avoid the risk of someone creating
> an
> >>>>>     account at
> >>>>>      >     SMF directly without a corresponding Drupal account. So
> this
> >>>>>     solution is
> >>>>>      >     not great either.
> >>>>>      >
> >>>>>      >     Is anyone aware of a better alternative? Something that
> >>>>>     really works
> >>>>>      >     inside Drupal but actually looks like a standard web
> forum?
> >>>>>      >
> >>>>>      >     Thanks for the help.
> >>>>>      >
> >>>>>      >     Cheers,
> >>>>>      >     Daniel.
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