Hi Luke. my aim is not to do a drop-in replacement for a phpBB. but more for integrating discussions into other parts of applications, and to do this I think it needs to in django.
I have got a wiki page up, http://wiki.zilbo.com/ForumDesign (yes it took me this long to get the silly thing running) to put a list of features up. and just to flesh out the idea a bit more.. I don't think this needs to be a 'phpbb' killer to be successful, just something which can: - be used as a sample of how to build a django app - be used/dropped into your django app easily. my main use for this would be for me to write applications like mp3.com and tv.com. On 11/1/05, Luke Plant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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/ > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ++61-3-9877-0909 If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti
