On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 23:56:19 -0600, Brad Knowles wrote:
On Dec 21, 2009, at 1:49 AM, John Fitzsimons wrote:
Hi Brad,
Are there currently *any* web forum(s) that enable forum/mailman mirroring ? In other words a Mailman email going to a web forum and vica versa ?
Search the FAQ wizard for "web forum". You should find a link to an article that talks about Joomla. That's the best integration I know of, although I'm sure there are others.
Found it. Thanks. Backupcentral suggests that their bridge works BUT I don't know whether it will work with Mailman 2.1.11 PLUS Joomla 1.5 PLUS phpBB3.
My hosting server only allows me three databases so I don't want to install Joomla, and phpBB3, (using maybe two databases) and then find out that everything will not work together.
They have a mailing list called "testy" for it but when I asked a few questions I got a partial answer from only one person. There are a number of unanswered questions I still have.
These are really VERY basic questions. For example, what files go in what directories ? Does it matter how deep the directories are etc. ? Does one need shell access ?
They say...
"1. Install the component via standard install procedures."
What are "standard install procedures" ? For windows users that is simply double clicking an .exe file. What does that mean when translated to unix ? If it is as simple as FTPing files then why not say so ? Then tell people where they need to go.
They then say "Point your admin browser to Components..." What's an admin browser ? Is that any different than a web browser ? Or are they talking about a telnet connection ?
It is interesting how that site talks about an email to web forum bridge but they discuss it in a mailing list only. If the bridge works then I appear to have missed where the testy web forum address is.
Also, why Joomla ? Previous software bridges that I have investigated have been from Mailman to phpBB2. No mention of Joomla being needed.
So why the above comments ? So that people on this list, who aren't unix experts, can think twice before they try to install a product that probably doesn't work with current installations and has almost zero support.
I believe that something like this could work with phpbb2 but not the current release. Can anyone help please ?
I'm not personally aware of anything, but that doesn't mean that it doesn't exist.
I am still looking. :-(
A pity, as it would have hugely increased the popularity of Mailman had it worked. There are many web forums around. Adding an email list to them would make them/Mailman far more popular.
Regards, John.