[dokuwiki] Forum integration (was Re: DokuWiki forum)

I thought I'd change the subject in deferene to the original intent of the 
thread: to get splitbrain.org online with a forum, regardless of what happens 
to dokuwiki proper.

Also, my two cents: Hide the forum integration details from dokuwiki via a 
wrapper or base class or such, so that it's easy (or easier) to use dokuwiki 
with whatever forum you like.  We could then choose a forum plugin according to 
the kind of forum we want integration with.

... had to say it, as all too often this good coding practice doesn't happen.

~joe

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From: Max Khitrov <max@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: dokuwiki@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [dokuwiki] Re: DokuWiki forum

> Hi everyone!
> 
> Wasn't a part of this discussion from the start, though my personal view 
> is that a PunBB integration with dokuwiki would be a great addition.
> 
> Regardless of whether this happens or not, I thought I could make a 
> small contribution and maybe get things started.
> 
> Spent the day today writing a mod for PunBB that would allow the forum 
> to read messages on the list, and then create topics and replies based 
> on the list content.
> 
> If you would like a demo, head over to my site: http://www.mxsoft.org/forums
> 
> (btw, my site's server has been having some issues lately, so if you 
> can't get in, just try a few minutes later)
> 
> There, at the bottom of the forum list, you'll see a dokuwiki forum that 
> is entirely populated through messages sent to the list. All it requires 
> is basically calling my script from a cron job, say once every 10 
> minutes. It looks at all the messages that have been posted, and then 
> either creates new threads (if it's a new topic), or posts replies to 
> existing threads.
> 
> Like I mentioned, I wrote this whole thing in one day, so it's bound to 
> have some issues at first, but so far it seems to be working without a 
> glitch. Either tomorrow or the day after, I'll also add support for 
> messages to be sent to the list when a thread or post is created on the 
> forums. This will basically make sure that the content on the forums 
> exactly mirrors the content on the list.
> 
> If you guys are interested in making this forum thing happen, then count 
> my vote for PunBB. I'll be happy to help in anything from writing code 
> for integration to moderating the forums. And if not, well, I'm sure 
> someone else out there will like this mod, and I have fun writing it :)
> 
> - Max
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