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Tying GT Forum to Links SQL and other GT progs
Here are some notes on how I would like to use GT Forum with Links SQL (and hopefully Links 2.0 and DBMan).

1. Common login (I suppose we can take that for granted).

2. Option to redirect a Links SQL search to the forum, and vice-versa.

3. Direct mapping between a public forum and a Links SQL category, eg: in the Links SQL category we could have a clickable link "Discuss this topic", and in the forum we could have a clickable link "Internet resources related to this forum". It would be possible, but not obligatory, for each category to have a corresponding forum, and there would be an overall forum for the entire Links SQL resource. There would be an admin option to make the category editor the forum moderator.

4. Specifically, facilitate private forums for registered users and editors to discuss editing-related topics, like the Open Directory where editing permissions and forum access are both determined by the same login. For example, all registered Links SQL users would have access to a 'General' forum, but only those with editing permissions in Links SQL category 'Hot Pastrami' would have access to the 'Hot Pastrami' forum (but these defaults could be modified by admin).

5. Allow posting by email, like you can in PhorumMail (this is best done by subscribing the forum to a mailing list, it can be very effective).

The main idea (for us) is to encourage use of the Links SQL resource by allowing users to develop their categories in their own way -- provided that there is discussion and transparency.


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Re: [YoYoYoYo] Tying GT Forum to Links SQL and other GT progs In reply to
hehe ... you could use the forums as "comments on this link/data/etc..."

openoffice + gimp + sketch ... Smile
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Re: [YoYoYoYo] Tying GT Forum to Links SQL and other GT progs In reply to
As ALEX already mentioned in one of your other threads...GT FORUM WILL NOT BE DEVELOPED as a flat file system...ONLY SQL-BASED, like MySQL, MSSQL, Oracle, etc.
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Re: [AnthroRules] Tying GT Forum to Links SQL and other GT progs In reply to
But Links SQL is SQL-based. Links SQL is the only one I would be interested in using with GT Forum -- but would it be impossible to tie it to the flatfile programs?
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Re: [YoYoYoYo] Tying GT Forum to Links SQL and other GT progs In reply to
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but would it be impossible to tie it to the flatfile programs?

With a lot of hacking...but would be a waste of time, IMHO...mixing flat files and SQL-based systems is not efficient in terms of server resources and also is a waste of programming, testing, and maintenance time.
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Re: [YoYoYoYo] Tying GT Forum to Links SQL and other GT progs In reply to
Some where in the beginning of this forum -- the first posts that is ... this topic was raised.

Aparently much of the backend is the same -- as in the modules the LinksSQL use ... so the question would be if a user logs in will the that information also crossover between the scripts.

Yeah, I had a similar question about the flat-file scripts (links 2.0 / dbman) compatibility.
-- without an extra module probably no. Now, if a module were available to read in the user's data ... Cool

You never know ... if enough users rant about this ...

openoffice + gimp + sketch ... Smile
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Re: [QooQ] Tying GT Forum to Links SQL and other GT progs In reply to
Well it would be fairly easy with DBMAN as the login system is already there so the module would just have to authenticate off the GForum users table. Links2 would also be fairly easy to integrate and it would be a matter of adding a few fields and making a couple of templates.

(Obviously I simplified that explanation a bit )

If GT have no plans to integrate SQL/NON-SQL scripts then I may make a couple of modules to do so.

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PaulWilson: Sep 16, 2001, 5:32 PM