Re: [Sheflug] Post Nuke

["Rob Keeling" <rob [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Rob
> I looked at post, php and my phpnuke amongst others when I set up my first
> portal.  I now support three sites using myPHPNuke which at the time I
> thought was the better one.  I can't see any way of limiting login /
> registration other than removing the register box from the side bar and
> editing user.php to stop people that know the parameter to pass to
user.php
> that brings up the registration page from typing in the url directly.
>
> If you just want a forum and don't need to go the whole portal route you
> could set up just a forum using phpBB or similar.  You can find out loads
at
>
http://www.hotscripts.com/PHP/Scripts_and_Programs/Discussion_Boards/index.h
> tml
>
> Some forum scripts are now including more portal style notices for their
> front page.
>
> Another one to consider is mamboserver but this is more of a CMS than a
> portal and although it can have a BB I don't think it installs by default
> with one.
>
> I'm not sure about user management on these.
>
> If you are in Sheffield the LEA are setting up a new forum system for
> technicians in schools that will replace the not so well used (or
> publicised) existing forum.  I started using it (the old one) about 2
years
> ago but there was little activity and the forum software was old and
lacked
> features like "mail me when I get a reply" which is really important.  I
> didn't use it for long.  I have been asking recently about when the new
one
> will go live but "soon" is as accurate as I can get.  The school
technicians
> I work with would really benefit from a well publicised and well used
forum
> as they are in effect in most cases working in isolation.  The LEA does
not
> hold/host a technicians meeting which I think is termly where they can all
> get to gether but its day to day contact that would be more beneficial.
>
> If you need more help let me know.

Chris,

This is what we are trying to set up between 15 Derbyshire schools. We have
no
LEA support, but a set of enthusiastic network managers and technicians, I
have offered to
host a website forum. Didn`t realise there were so many versions of nuke
though!

Just looking really for a low maintenance reliable solution. With a good
Forum (don`t think Postnuke is going to work
for this) and a reasonable portal system.

Any recommendations?

Thanks for your help.

Rob Keeling

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