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    You’re right, but most in demand full integration with the forums which unfortunately no
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      I would just like to say that I agree with both of you; Jason is correct in saying that MODx Revolution-powered apps have far more flexibility than any standalone-app. But, Compeek is right in saying utilizing that flexibility is not always easy, or an option.

      I do think that as Revolution progresses, more people will start to see the power of Revo-driven apps like Discuss, but some people will still use targeted solutions like SMF.

      To be honest, Discuss is not, nor ever was intended to be, a SMF-killer. That’s not my goal. I like SMF. But I also see the need for a quick, templatable, powerful solution specifically for MODx that offers SSO. (Also, let’s note Discuss is threaded, SMF is not.) Not everyone will use it. That’s fine. I’m totally ok with that. I just love writing software that people can use however they want to, without restrictions. So I jumped at the chance to write a threaded forum. smiley

      Quote from: Compeek at Feb 12, 2010, 08:20 PM

      If Discuss turns into forum software that does all I could possibly want, then I will certainly give it a shot. Again, I’m not trying to discourage work on this project; I think it’s great that Shaun is making this. But when you have projects with tens or hundreds of contributers (phpBB) and a project with one (Discuss), it’s pretty difficult for the latter to compare to the others, especially at first.
      While I agree partially, it’s also worth noting that adding too many contributors, or hitting the "code-bloat threshold", can have a deleterious effect.


      Thanks for your thoughts, Compeek. We definitely appreciate them, and I hope you feel that we do. I hope to hear more of those thoughts, too, as we progress. We need them.
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        Shaun, re-reading what I wrote (what you quoted), I need to take it back. You are definitely right that the "code-bloat threshold" can have a very undesired effect, and it’s definitely not what I meant. Discuss doesn’t need every feature I could possibly want. SMF doesn’t have them all, and neither does phpBB (which I mention because it’s all I’ve really used myself). Nothing has everything, and nothing should. What I really meant was that, for a project in which I would normally use something as powerful as SMF, I’m not going to be willing to use Discuss unless it can match those features.

        And like you said, your goal isn’t to kill SMF in the first place. I think they’re in different categories, and perhaps I shouldn’t have compared them in the first place. If I need a quick, light, customizable solution like Discuss, then I will definitely go for it. laugh

        Great work, by the way! I looked at the screenshots, and it seems you’ve come a long way already.
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          I’m not familiar with coding and stuff like that and have struggled with trying to use SSO for different parts of my websites. This is great work and would certainly use a simple threaded forum and even sacrifice some features for the sake of a single sign on to the users.
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            @shaun,
            How about providing options for the 2 kind of forum types: flat and threaded.
            I know some of the forum softwares are able to do this.

            But anyway,
            What is the roadmap of this forum?
            Have you think about this: http://www.forummatrix.org/wiki/features ?

            I really want to help you on developing this.
            Have you consider to put this into Git?
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              Hey goldsky,

              The roadmap is in the Known Issues here:
              http://rtfm.modx.com/display/addon/Discuss

              And it’s on GitHub, here:
              http://github.com/splittingred/Discuss/issues/

              I’ve also added instructions on how to develop it on the GitHub readme.
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                cool, thx.

                have you think to add a CMP for this?
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                  It’s been discussed goldsky, but time has been lacking due to other project priorities.
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                    Quote from: goldsky at Aug 10, 2010, 03:55 AM

                    have you think to add a CMP for this?
                    A custom manager page? Yes, there is one for it. Ignore Ryan.
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                      Shaun,

                      1. the registering needs an email confirmation.
                      what do you suggest for my localhost dev machine?
                      ps: for now, I just change the mysql directly.

                      2. how do you think the user management should be done?
                      separates or included area with modx site?
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