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.
http://drupal.org/project/advanced_forum Michelle On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Daniel Carrera < daniel.carrera@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. -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
Thanks! Looks perfect. I see that installing this is not as simple as "unzip and enable", but that's fine (at least they made this clear). I'll be reading through the documentation. Thanks again. Cheers, Daniel. Michelle Cox wrote:
http://drupal.org/project/advanced_forum
Michelle
On Sun, Jan 24, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Daniel Carrera <daniel.carrera@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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. -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
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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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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. -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
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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@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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. -- [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ]
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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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org> <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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. > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. >
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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@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org> <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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. > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. >
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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@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@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org> <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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. > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. >
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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@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@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org> <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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. > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. >
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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@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@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@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org> <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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. > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. >
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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@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@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@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@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org> <mailto:daniel.carrera@theingots.org <mailto:daniel.carrera@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. > -- > [ Drupal support list | http://lists.drupal.org/ ] > > > > -- > This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and is > believed to be clean. >
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