Comments on: tigtog gets a needed nudge: brains trust input sought

By: Ariane

Ariane — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:04:50 +0000

This is awesome – Reebkka I don’t have a need for your skills right at this moment, but I’ve thought about it before, and I’ve no doubt it will come up again – now I know where to look!

By: Rebekka

Rebekka — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:01:49 +0000

I’ve added my skillz!

By: Jo Tamar

Jo Tamar — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:56:56 +0000

Great idea – and looks great! Thanks!

By: tigtog

tigtog — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 06:22:26 +0000

OK, have added the volunteer admins who have registered at the new forum to the admin roster there. Thanks for sticking your hand up!

By: Ariane

Ariane — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:23:41 +0000

I’ll stick my hand up to help with the admin. I’ll go check out test run.

By: su

su — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:34:50 +0000

I can help with admin stuff too if need be. My only experience of the kind was as a spam guard person on a forum that was vulnerable to mass spam attack but I’m sure I can learn if you need another person.

I love the idea.

By: tigtog

tigtog — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:14:08 +0000

Trying out a simple forum, which can have other features added as time goes by if it appears useful.

Take it for a test run:

http://community.hoydenabouttown.com/bbpress/

By: Mindy

Mindy — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:21:11 +0000

Happy to do admin type things. Always happy to be a reader of things.

By: Liam

Liam — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:15:42 +0000

Hmmm. Perhaps a dedicated forum like phpBB would work better, with space as you say for work wanted requests and skills available notices?
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Having had a quick look at meloukhia’s shesource link, something of that nature would suit a more powerful CMS like Drupal fairly well, without having to hack or improvise as in your wpdesigner link—you could set it up relatively quickly with existing modules. Expression Engine is another I’ve heard good things about.
Anyway, so as not to clog up your thread, you have my email.

By: tigtog

tigtog — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:49:33 +0000

Could well be the go, Liam – but how well does a wiki handle people posting requests for particular goods/services? That would be the other side of the project – requests like Ariane’s posted so that they can get responses/quotes/recommendations.