[OFBiz] Users - OfBiz Forums

Thu Apr 14 14:02:28 EDT 2005

What do you guys think if I created and maintained a weekly blog just to 
categorize and highlight the SVN commits and the changes to OFBiz?  
Would that be helpful to everybody?  It wouldn't be useful for support 
or anything but might be a good, higher-level way to track what's going 
to the code base.  Of course, feel free to drop me emails or add 
comments to it.

Also, this question in particular to David & Andy--would you mind if I 
named it "ofbiz" or "ofbiz-devel"?

Si

Daniel Kunkel wrote:

>Hi Lester
>
>I agree it would be helpful to have all the messages categorized in
>theory... but in practice I've found it only turns into more work, since
>so many messages cross subjects, and then you have to repeat your search
>in each different category to make sure you didn't miss anything.
>
>If someone really had some time to devote to creating a more organized
>knowledgebase, I think organizing and transferring the important
>information from the mailing list to wiki is probably the best use of
>time.
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>Ray...  Thanks for those google tricks...  that's excellent!
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>Thanks
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>On Thu, 2005-04-14 at 06:05 -0700, Lester M. Albury wrote:
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>>I like the structure that a forum can give, so if I'm interested in POS I can
>>go to the standard forum topic and see the latest discussion, and track back,
>>and interject my comments into any sub-thread at the appropriate spot - even if
>>I wasn't listening at the time of the comment I want to respond to.
>>
>>The Wiki does give structure, but discussion is clumsy - it would be nice if
>>the Wiki had a "Discussion" component that could be attached to any page, that
>>would then act like a forum topic.
>>
>>Then again, I'm a newbie, and can only digest little nuggets at a time -
>>advanced OfBizers are probably not overwhelmed by the mailing list, as they are
>>dealing with everything all the time.
>>
>>Regards ... Lester.
>>
>>--- "David E. Jones" <jonesde at ofbiz.org> wrote:
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>>>So, what exactly would a forum give us that the mailing lists don't?
>>>
>>>We used to have forums for OFBiz, but eventually disabled and abandoned 
>>>them because conversations in them tend to go REALLY slow because very 
>>>few people regularly check them, and people frequently ask support 
>>>questions there and then wonder why they don't get any response...
>>>
>>>On the other hand, if you turn on email notifications then it's 
>>>basically just a mailing list that you have to post to through a 
>>>browser. With histories by date, thread, etc on our mailing list 
>>>server, it's really even more flexible than most forum software...
>>>
>>>So, it leaves me wondering, what is it about forums that is so 
>>>appealing?
>>>
>>>-David
>>>
>>>
>>>On Apr 11, 2005, at 8:41 PM, Ang Huey Min NCS wrote:
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>>>>I agree with Lester. A forum hosting would be great! I have joined the
>>>>mailing list and have been trying to install the ofbiz but to no avail.
>>>>If we have a forum to group related topics for all, it would be
>>>>wonderful. I second the idea. The power of community could not be
>>>>ignore.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>From: users-bounces at lists.ofbiz.org
>>>>[mailto:users-bounces at lists.ofbiz.org] On Behalf Of Lester M. Albury
>>>>Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 10:35 AM
>>>>To: users at lists.ofbiz.org
>>>>Subject: [OFBiz] Users - OfBiz Forums
>>>>
>>>>Hi Folks,
>>>>
>>>>OfBiz seems great, but it's often hard to find how to do something that
>>>>others have already done. I find that Forums are often easier to
>>>>collaborate on than Mailing Lists or Wiki's. I would be willing to
>>>>administer or even host a forum if people ( and the OfBiz guys) would
>>>>think it useful. And if I've missed a forum that already exists, then I
>>>>think it needs more promotion, as I have done my investigations, and
>>>>even contributed to the mailing lists and wiki
>>>>http://ofbizwiki.go-integral.com/Wiki.jsp?page=StartWinAdminSVN
>>>>regarding POS on Windows - although my big plan it for Insurance 
>>>>Systems
>>>>(production and workflow) on OfBiz.
>>>>
>>>>I intend to subscribe to the Undersun docs and attend conferences and
>>>>training, but I believe that the power of the community is invaluable 
>>>>to
>>>>the total effectiveness of this solution.
>>>>
>>>>Regards ... Lester.
>>>>
>>>>
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