On Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:16:14 +1100 Ian Holsman wrote: > > is anyone else interested in joining? I was thinking of similar to > what phpBB does. > > If so I propose we open up a sourceforge project, or perhaps we could > even host it on code.djangoproject.com if they let us ;-) > > any volunteers?
If you need a bbcode parser that outputs valid XHTML, I have one that I wrote for my current Django project (surprisingly, I couldn't find one written in python on the 'net, and all the PHP ones I found generated tag soup). But, like Jeffrey said, do we need yet another forum, especially if it's just a clone? I think there can be good reasons for writing your own forum. My current Django project has a message board system that 1) is quite a bit simpler and less intimidating than phpBB, 2) includes features specific to my site, 3) is fairly tightly integrated into the rest of the site. These things make the forum I've written not at all suitable for re-use as a standalone project. In short, if I wanted a standalone project I can just drop in, I'd use phpBB (or similar). If I need something much more integrated, I'm going to write it myself, as a generic forum system probably isn't going to cut it, even if it's written in Django. I guess there could be a case for some writing some Django models and views that would be easy to drop in to any other Django app, but you would have to think carefully about how you designed them I think. Luke -- "I'm at peace with the world. I'm completely serene. I know why I was put here and why everything exists. I am here so everybody can do what I want. Once everybody accepts it, they'll be serene too." (Calvin and Hobbes) Luke Plant || L.Plant.98 (at) cantab.net || http://lukeplant.me.uk/
