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[nycphp-talk] combining forum and list

Gary Mort bz-gmort at beezifies.com
Fri Jan 4 11:10:06 EST 2008


Allen Shaw wrote:
> I'm looking for something similar to the lists/forums at mysql.com, in 
> which forum messages are copied to the list, and list messages are 
> copied to the forums.  Anyone here know how they do that, or have 
> clues on how it could be done?
>
> I'm helping out with a small community site currently running Joomla 
> with Simple Machines Forum.  Almost all the site usage is in the 
> forums, but since it's a small community traffic is rather low (about 
> 150 posts/month).  There's been a suggestion that since some people 
> prefer forums over email lists, and vice verse, we might be able to 
> improve the conversation by allowing people to choose either format 
> and still be kept in the mix.
>
>
FUDforum - you can subscribe forums to email lists and crosspost between 
the two.

It has a simple API for logon, so integration with Joomla should be 
fairly simple.




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