Plugins forum suggestion

colak · 2007-02-28 13:34:08

And here are the ones posted up to now in alphabetical order:)

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Mary · 2007-03-01 01:23:55

Thanks Yiannis and Els.

Let me know (anyone) if you know of others (like yourself, for instance). :)

I created a new sub-forum, and a new user group. Only members of the new member group can create new topics. For the few users that are also moderators, I will have to add you as moderators to the new forum. I don’t expect you to moderate it, but its the only way to give you the same permissions as the other plugin authors in that forum, as PunBB does not yet support multiple user groups.

This will allow for the main plugin forum to catch anything else that might fall through the cracks, and allow new plugin authors to create their thread and be added to the group.

Is it okay to have a new plugin thread for a new plugin version?

I think if you do that the old version’s thread should be closed.

Yes, go for it. We would close the original thread and move it to the Expired forum. I would think that I or a moderator would notice it and do so, but if not, drop me a line. I’ll be doing so for my own threads, but I don’t want to do it for everyone’s by default.

Process : a developper open a plugin page on the TextRessources website. This will automatically create a thread on the TXP Plugin’s forum. The forum by itself is otherwise closed to new thread. No need for another website, clean, simple.

This would be cool if it could be done… can it?

Not really. It is technically possible, but would involve a lot of work. Part of the problem being that the sites are only on the same server, but not within the same account. That entails funky workarounds which require tight security, etc.

colak · 2007-03-01 04:08:38

For the few users that are also moderators, I will have to add you as moderators to the new forum.

No problem… I’ll be away until mid next week so I’ll continue with the plugin authors research when i come back

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Mary · 2007-03-01 06:19:15

All the plugin authors currently accounted for.

ruud · 2007-03-01 08:40:12

There’s “plugin development”, “plugin requests”… wouldn’t it be clearer to name this new forum “plugin support”?
What is the purpose of the main plugins forum? That seems to be covered by all the plugin sub-forums now… or is this just a temporary state and will the main plugins forum be what ‘author support’ is now (‘support’ it’s probably the most active of the plugin forums, so it might make sense to have that as the main plugins forum)?

Jeremie · 2007-03-01 08:42:10

Mary wrote:

Not really. It is technically possible, but would involve a lot of work. Part of the problem being that the sites are only on the same server, but not within the same account. That entails funky workarounds which require tight security, etc.

Or not.

Once a article is first published live (in the right section) in the txp.org’s TXP, it ping txp.com’s PunBB with some data : name of the author (or username if that’s saved in a TXP custom field), name of the plugin, etc. And PunBB creates it. It doesn’t even need to be on the same server.

Even if someone makes a false txp.org article or something like that, that’s what moderators are for.

The only trouble is to find someone with some PHP skills to devote an hour or so to it.

Mary · 2007-03-01 09:58:33

Even if someone…

You’re making a naive assumption: that no one else would easily find out what the ping url is. There is zero chance of me implementing here any script that trusting when it has the power to do mass naughtiness. I repeat: it “require[s] tight security”. I can tell you that it most certainly is not going to happen in an hour, because it requires two different plugins (one for Txp and one for PunBB) and requires testing before actually being used in a live situation.

What is the purpose of the main plugins forum?

This will allow for the main plugin forum to catch anything else that might fall through the cracks, and allow new plugin authors to create their thread and be added to the group.

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