Re: Rails mailing list <-> web forum gateway

andreas-ARtvInVfO7ksV2N9l4h3zg@public.gmane.org
Sat, 12 Nov 2005 17:20:05 -0000

codeslush-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org wrote:
> What did you use to import the emails?

The mailing list connectivity is contained in the latest version of
RForum (http://rforum.andreas-s.net, not yet released).

> Users:  Select a user.  Put an option there to see all posts by that
> user!  Maybe also put profile info, like how long they have been a
> member, total posts, etc...

This already works for users who post from the web forum. Example:
http://rforum-demo.andreas-s.net/user/show/1

> Search:  Allow search by forum instead of complete search.

I''m working on that right now.

> If I''m a registered user AND I am logged in, show me a list of
posts
> that are new since my last login.

Topics with unread posts are displayed bold in the topics list when you
are logged in. I plan to add a feature that you will automatically be
directed to the first new post in the topic when you click on a topic
that contains new posts.

> On the main page, show the most recent 10 items from each forum that
> have been updated/created.
>
> On the main page, show the most popular (i.e. most viewed, most replies,
> etc..)
>
> Then, host this thing somewhere solid and have a direct link from the
> ROR documentation/community site.

I''m going to do this as soon as possible.

> As a bonus - if we had categories for the posts then all the better!
> i.e. Engines, Components, ActiveRecord, etc...  Perhaps this isn''t
> possible (w/o admin overhead) from the main mailing list, but I can only
> imagine that a forum like this would become quite popular and people
> making posts directly on the forum would have the option of putting them
> in the right category/sub forum.

Tagging a lot of other features are planned and will be implemented as
soon as I have time.

Thanks for your suggestions!

Andreas