PHP MySQL version of Dell's Idea Storm
October 26, 2007 2:00 AM Subscribe
I'm after a PHP+MySQL app along the lines of Dell's Idea Storm site.
It needs to be able to support user registration, allow anyone to post an idea and for people vote and comment on the idea. I'm open to any ideas and don't mind hacking the odd thing around to knock something into shape. I have some budget so it doesn't have to be free, but that's obviously preferable!
It needs to be able to support user registration, allow anyone to post an idea and for people vote and comment on the idea. I'm open to any ideas and don't mind hacking the odd thing around to knock something into shape. I have some budget so it doesn't have to be free, but that's obviously preferable!
ExpressionEngine with the entry rating module add-on.
posted by kirkaracha at 8:23 AM on October 26, 2007
posted by kirkaracha at 8:23 AM on October 26, 2007
That solution is provided by salesforce.com - if you decide you don't want to build it - you can get it from them when it's generally available in a few weeks.
posted by Wolfie at 10:16 AM on October 26, 2007
posted by Wolfie at 10:16 AM on October 26, 2007
Response by poster: Okay, after a few days of playing:
Pligg looked really good, but sucked in some fairly massive ways including the fact that their download had a bug in it that stopped anyone being able to register! It took about an hour of investigation, downloading and MySQL table altering to fix what should have been in the download to start with (the updates were made available as separate files in September!). Additionally, if you're trying to run this on an intranet where your servers are behind a corporate firewall, it's going to need more work: to submit a new story, you have to supply a URL which the app tries to connect to before you can enter any detail. Additionally it comes with built-in CAPTCHA which, although good for some, is unnecessary on an intranet. It was at this point that I consigned Pligg to the scrap heap: it needs a lot more work before it's properly deployable.
ExpressionEngine: I've heard loads of good things about the power of this app, but each report also mentions the initial steep learning curve. On this project I don't have time for that - I need to get it completed ASAP.
The salesforce thing looked interesting but slightly to CRM-y, and then I realised...
Wordpress but allowing any registered user to make a post and installing one of the many available voting extensions! I've skinned many a Wordpress install and know it fairly well. So that's what I've done.
posted by TheDonF at 2:22 PM on October 30, 2007
Pligg looked really good, but sucked in some fairly massive ways including the fact that their download had a bug in it that stopped anyone being able to register! It took about an hour of investigation, downloading and MySQL table altering to fix what should have been in the download to start with (the updates were made available as separate files in September!). Additionally, if you're trying to run this on an intranet where your servers are behind a corporate firewall, it's going to need more work: to submit a new story, you have to supply a URL which the app tries to connect to before you can enter any detail. Additionally it comes with built-in CAPTCHA which, although good for some, is unnecessary on an intranet. It was at this point that I consigned Pligg to the scrap heap: it needs a lot more work before it's properly deployable.
ExpressionEngine: I've heard loads of good things about the power of this app, but each report also mentions the initial steep learning curve. On this project I don't have time for that - I need to get it completed ASAP.
The salesforce thing looked interesting but slightly to CRM-y, and then I realised...
Wordpress but allowing any registered user to make a post and installing one of the many available voting extensions! I've skinned many a Wordpress install and know it fairly well. So that's what I've done.
posted by TheDonF at 2:22 PM on October 30, 2007
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posted by hatmandu at 3:06 AM on October 26, 2007