Forum script for Aolserver
November 8, 2007 8:51 AM Subscribe
Anyone know of any bulletin board scripts for Aolserver?
Kind of a long-shot, but does anyone know of any pure Tcl scripts designed to run on Aolserver that provide bulletin board or trouble ticket functionality ... basically just a threaded forum.
I expect I'll end up having to roll my own since google didn't turn up much, but perhaps the hive mind knows of something.
Kind of a long-shot, but does anyone know of any pure Tcl scripts designed to run on Aolserver that provide bulletin board or trouble ticket functionality ... basically just a threaded forum.
I expect I'll end up having to roll my own since google didn't turn up much, but perhaps the hive mind knows of something.
Response by poster: Hmm, I meant to mention that. OpenACS is not a possibility at the moment. We're not looking to change our current setup that drastically.
Nice to meet you, zap. We're not alone. :)
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 9:20 AM on November 8, 2007
Nice to meet you, zap. We're not alone. :)
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 9:20 AM on November 8, 2007
Hmm. I might have some code laying around that might be of use. I'll take a look. Using PostgreSQL on the backend by any chance?
I'd also suggest posting to the Aolserver list. There's gotta be someone else out there who wanted a lightweight implementation of just the sort you're after.
cheers.
posted by zap rowsdower at 9:30 AM on November 8, 2007
I'd also suggest posting to the Aolserver list. There's gotta be someone else out there who wanted a lightweight implementation of just the sort you're after.
cheers.
posted by zap rowsdower at 9:30 AM on November 8, 2007
Response by poster: You know, maybe OpenACS could work, after all. Install it for this project and slowly migrate our existing Aolserver apps over to it. I'll check into how much work that might be.
Is this the Aolserver list you're referring to?
Thanks for looking into what you might have. Very kind offer. We're currently using Informix, but I expect to have tweak whatever code I start with (though installing postgres is also a possibilty).
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 9:40 AM on November 8, 2007
Is this the Aolserver list you're referring to?
Thanks for looking into what you might have. Very kind offer. We're currently using Informix, but I expect to have tweak whatever code I start with (though installing postgres is also a possibilty).
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 9:40 AM on November 8, 2007
Yep, that's the list. It says in your profile that you're running a hosting service. Off the top of my head I can think of at least 3 people on the list that do something similar, and thus might have had the same needs as you.
I'll post back in here if/when I find some code to help you out.
posted by zap rowsdower at 9:46 AM on November 8, 2007
I'll post back in here if/when I find some code to help you out.
posted by zap rowsdower at 9:46 AM on November 8, 2007
I wrote one a long time ago. It's probably too ancient to interest anyone though. There's kind of a messy example here (My personal homepage message boards, low volume, mostly old crap)
To make matters somewhat more complicated, there is php support for AOLServer, and lots of php-based solutions. I ran SquirrelMail for a long time under aolserver with no trouble.
posted by RustyBrooks at 11:47 AM on November 8, 2007
To make matters somewhat more complicated, there is php support for AOLServer, and lots of php-based solutions. I ran SquirrelMail for a long time under aolserver with no trouble.
posted by RustyBrooks at 11:47 AM on November 8, 2007
Hm. I recognize Rusty ... but who are the other two commenters who use AOLserver?
It's such a pity that people automatically gravitate towards phpBB, even on AOLserver--it would be a fantastic open source project to implement just a stand-alone threaded message board in ADP for AOLserver.
posted by dossy at 1:26 PM on November 8, 2007
It's such a pity that people automatically gravitate towards phpBB, even on AOLserver--it would be a fantastic open source project to implement just a stand-alone threaded message board in ADP for AOLserver.
posted by dossy at 1:26 PM on November 8, 2007
Response by poster: That's cool, Rusty. Mostly I'm asked this question for purposes of scoping. I think I will just say 80 hours, whether we find some existing code or not. Should be simple enough, right?
Why, I'm me, dossy. :) Thanks, guys.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 1:41 PM on November 8, 2007
Why, I'm me, dossy. :) Thanks, guys.
posted by and hosted from Uranus at 1:41 PM on November 8, 2007
Hi dossy!
Actually my company has threaded forum software also (Lyris Listmanager). It's not AOLServer, it's tclHttpd, but I ported it to AOLServer once and it runs OK. It's really more meant as a web interface to mailing list traffic but you can post and read via it also.
Duplicating phpBB in tcl would take a lot more than 80 hours to get the full feature set. However, making a really basic message board system in 80 hours is totally doable. Mine took longer because I added all kinds of quirky nonsense to it at the time.
posted by RustyBrooks at 12:51 PM on November 10, 2007
Actually my company has threaded forum software also (Lyris Listmanager). It's not AOLServer, it's tclHttpd, but I ported it to AOLServer once and it runs OK. It's really more meant as a web interface to mailing list traffic but you can post and read via it also.
Duplicating phpBB in tcl would take a lot more than 80 hours to get the full feature set. However, making a really basic message board system in 80 hours is totally doable. Mine took longer because I added all kinds of quirky nonsense to it at the time.
posted by RustyBrooks at 12:51 PM on November 10, 2007
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2- Have you not looked at using OpenACS?
It might be a bit heavy-handed for your needs, but it is a robust architecture.
posted by zap rowsdower at 9:16 AM on November 8, 2007