I have developped a plugin that will allow you to tightly link your Links SQL directory with Gossamer Forum. Namely, the plugin will allow you to create and synchronize forums for (parts) of your Links SQL directory.
What does it do? Who does it work?
I have set up a demo installation at: http://www.iyengar-yoga.com/linksforum/gforum.cgi
The plugin comes as a three day try-out version, after which it will cease functioning. If you want to keep it you are required to pay USD 40 for registration. The plugin is available for download from the GT server, i.e. you can download it directly from within your Links SQL admin area.
A word of warning: while the plugin will never delete any of your forum data, it will create categories and forums. Before you know it, your forum will be huge. Be sure to read the instructions carefully. I also advise you to set up a test forum first, before you run it on your production forum.
Ivan
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Iyengar Yoga Resources / GT Plugins
What does it do? Who does it work?
- The category structure of LInks SQL is mirrored in GForum, and for every link in the directory, there is a corresponding forum. Of course, you can still have "normal" forums and categories, the forums/categories generated by the plugin can be e.g. in a special category.
- As a webmaster, you can set up a forum area where visitors can discuss the links in your directory. Next to every resource in your directory, you can place a link "Discuss this Resource" (or similar), which will bring the visitor to the appropriate forum.
- The synchronization (which can be done whenever you feel like it) is such that it changes forum titles, descriptions, categories etc according to the changes in your Links SQL directory. If you delete a link, the correspondig forum will not be deleted (there might be a lot of valuable discussion about the link). However, there is a function that allows you to trace "lost forum", i.e. forums that once belonged to a link, but where the link has been deleted.
I have set up a demo installation at: http://www.iyengar-yoga.com/linksforum/gforum.cgi
The plugin comes as a three day try-out version, after which it will cease functioning. If you want to keep it you are required to pay USD 40 for registration. The plugin is available for download from the GT server, i.e. you can download it directly from within your Links SQL admin area.
A word of warning: while the plugin will never delete any of your forum data, it will create categories and forums. Before you know it, your forum will be huge. Be sure to read the instructions carefully. I also advise you to set up a test forum first, before you run it on your production forum.
Ivan
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Iyengar Yoga Resources / GT Plugins