[mapserver-users] slightly offtopic -- mapserver forums

[Puneet Kishor]

Well, I am glad Erwin you spoke up. I was kinda feelin' lonely here.

I have tried the Yahoo groups mirror set up by Daniel (DM's email of 12/17).
It is a good deal better than this listserv, but still has major problems --

1. For example, I can't refer to an existing email with a link. Above I
referenced DM's email, but there is no way for me to point a reader who has
jumped in the discussion now back to that email. That is possible with a
web-based forum... just insert a URL.

2. Yahoo groups is much faster than this list... I see postings on that
website that arrive in my email box sometimes hours later.

3. I can't post unless I am subscribed (to prevent spammers), but if I
subscribe then I am deluged with emails. So, the Yahoo groups takes me only
part of the way.

I still firmly believe that the web-method is far, far superior...
searching, references, attachments, threaded views, etc. etc. But, I think I
said that already...

pk/

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Consult IT!, E. Perik [mailto:perik at consultit.nl]
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2001 2:54 PM
> To: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Cc: Puneet Kishor
> Subject: RE: [mapserver-users] slightly offtopic -- mapserver forums
> 
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> i've been reading the discussion started by Puneet regarding 
> starting a
> forum and liking that idea.
> 
> Related possibilities, besides the forum, could be:
> 
> * News
> * Bugs
> * Howto's
> * User list
> * Tips & Tricks
> * Screencaps
> * Search
> * Wishlist
> * Hardware Info
> * References
> * Upload section (?)
> * ...
> 
> And the usual:
> * Links
> * Download Section
> * Manuals
> 
> An forum example based on the phpBB free web forum is:
> http://www.behindfilm.com/pearlharbor/phpBB/
> 
> Download the phpBB at http://www.phpbb.com
> 
> At http://www.nukeaddon.com/ a complete default-website can 
> be downloaded.
> It embeds the phpBB forum as mentioned above.
> Setting up a full working site in 5 minutes. A lot of the 
> first list above
> are already woven into NukeAddOn.
> 
> There are lot's of modules (like a forum) which can be 
> 'installed' in the
> NukeAddOn site.
> If it is running and topics etc. are configured then there's almost no
> maintenance.
> 
> Hoping this could be usefull for having a more flexible source of
> information regarding Mapserver.
> 
> Greetings,
> 
> Erwin
>