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To Whom It May Concern,

I am interested in purchasing gossamerthreads but have a few questions before purchasing. One, is it possible to sort threads - for instance, if there was a list of links under "Software Development" could the user sort the list from A-Z or any other custom sort variable I defined?

Two, I plan to install the program on a shared server. At a later date, if the site generates lots of traffic, how easy is it to migrate to a mod_perl setup?

Any help most appreciated.

Best Regards,
Mike
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One more question - Are there plugin's available that allow GossamerThreads to tie bulletin board software(vbulletin) so that a user can register in gossamerthreads and his account will be functional in the forums as well?

Best Regards,
Mike

EDIT - I just realized GossamerThreads is the name of the company(DUH) Can you please move this thread under Gossamer_Links pre-sales questions. Thanks!

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mikeloi: Nov 1, 2006, 1:40 PM
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Hi Mike,

With some custom work, yes, we can make it so that the user can sort on different criteria, but it's not a trivial change, and each sort order would have to be created separately.

Starting on a shared server is no problem, and yes, you can easily upgrade to a bigger plan, a dedicated server, and implement mod_perl at any time.

We do have an Auth_VBulletin plugin, but it works the opposite way to what you described. The users would be managed by VBulletin and GLinks would authenticate off that database.

Just so you're aware though Mike, the program you're referring to is called GLinks or Gossamer Links, gossamerthreads, the name you used for the program, is actually the name of our company.

Let me know if you have any further questions.

Jack.
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Hi,

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I am interested in purchasing gossamerthreads but have a few questions before purchasing. One, is it possible to sort threads - for instance, if there was a list of links under "Software Development" could the user sort the list from A-Z or any other custom sort variable I defined?
Hi,

You should be able to do this with something like:

http://www.ultranerds.com/...;d=1;sb=Hits;so=DESC

..or to sort by "Title" ASC, with:

http://www.ultranerds.com/...;d=1;sb=Title;so=ASC

..and DESC;

http://www.ultranerds.com/...d=1;sb=Title;so=DESC

Hope that helps.

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk
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