Troy, You are exactly correct. The update could take on form or the other, or both, depending on the needs of the group. Mike On Dec 14, 2007 11:16 AM, Troy Murray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Mike, > > If I follow your logic here, please correct me if I'm wrong, would that mean > I could subscribe to a document that say John has uploaded and when he makes > a revision to it I could see some type of notification of it (RSS, email, > etc)? > > -t > > > > > > On Dec 14, 2007, at 10:56 AM, Mike McLeod wrote: > One of the reasons we built SWAP was so that we could create > customized information products depending on the needs of the client. > Since the architecture is open and transparent, it's easy enough to > construct whatever sort of information type would be most useful. For > example, the system can generate email messages, it can generate RSS > feeds, it can allow users to subscribe to particular threads and > receive updates on just those - or it can do ALL of those things. The > data can be repurposed into pretty much any form necessary. > > Mike > > > On Dec 14, 2007 10:51 AM, Troy Murray <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > John, > > The presentation yesterday by Trevor Barnes showed that you could subscribe > to a thread, or a whole forum, and receive email when there are new posts > either as they happen, daily digest or weekly digest, so yes. Seems that > might still give others the "push" communication they like from the list > serve, and then if they want to respond clicking on the link to take them to > the forum. > > Not sure if SWAP has that or not. > > -t > > > > > > > On Dec 14, 2007, at 10:27 AM, John Gorentz wrote: > Do any of these bulletin board systems give you the ability to post as well > as receive messages via e-mail? (I just now took a quick look at the > vbulletin faq and didn't see obvious evidence of such a feature.) > > John Gorentz > > At 01:19 AM 12/14/2007, Peter J Murray wrote: > To complicate things a bit. > > PHPbb3 is now gold and out. http://www.phpbb.com > vBulletin 3.7 will be adding several SWAP like features. > http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showthread.php?t=249460 > Being added: thread tagging, user created groups, improved member profile > page, and more. > > As evidenced by the flurry of messages on NAG after the meeting, despite > votes to the contrary, it seems that asynchronous communications are > important to the group, and a forum would be a great way to keep our > respective mailboxes clean, and still engage in lively discussions. As > someone else mentioned, it would do 80% of what we want. > > Peter Murray > James Madison > > Ehren Benson wrote: > > > > Troy, > > > > What I mentioned was PHPbb3 (version 3). This is an option that's on the > same functional level of Vbulletin, however offers (I think) more features > both for administrators, moderators and users. Of course the other benefit > is it is open source. It also has built in LDAP and other directory connect > ability. As I mentioned RC8 of it just came out December 1, so the full > version should be available sometime late this month or in January. > > > > I would love to see a forum at least spring out of this that may be a bit > more user friendly than an email list, and given the fact that something of > its nature is fairly simple to get going that even if it's not the top rank > could rank high in the ease of implementation. > > > > I too was surprised that there were so many "other" votes and not many > "other" options brought forward when the floor was opened up. > > > > /Ehren > > > > Ehren J. Benson, MCSE > > > > *Windows Systems Administrator* > > > > [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > > 517-355-9200 x2569 > > > > *From:* MSU Network Administrators Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On > Behalf Of *Troy Murray > > *Sent:* Thursday, December 13, 2007 2:07 PM > > *To:* [log in to unmask] > > *Subject:* [MSUNAG] Collaboration Option "D" - Other > > > > This morning at the MSU IT Exchange we were shown three collaboration tools, > vBulletin, SWAP and Angel. During the voting we were asked which one we'd > choose, along with an option "D - Other". As I remember, there were a number > of votes for "D - Other", but when it was opened up to suggestions there was > only one, PHPvB I believe. > > > > This lead me to wonder why "D - Other" was voted so much; was it because > what was seen in the three solutions wasn't liked, because it was felt there > is a better solution but not sure what it is or felt there is a better > solution but were hesitant to mention it during the session? > > > > Just curious what your thoughts were. > > > > -- > > Troy Murray > > Developer > > Michigan State University > > Biomedical Research and Informatics Center (BRIC) > > 100 Conrad Hall > > East Lansing, MI 48824 > > Phone: 517-432-4248 > > Fax: 517-353-9420 > > E-mail: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > Calendar > > HTML - http://www.icalx.com/html/troymurray72/month.php?cal=BRIC+Work > > iCalendar - http://www.icalx.com/public/troymurray72/BRIC%20Work.ics > > > -- > > Troy Murray > Developer > Michigan State University > Biomedical Research and Informatics Center (BRIC) > 100 Conrad Hall > East Lansing, MI 48824 > Phone: 517-432-4248 > Fax: 517-353-9420 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Calendar > HTML - http://www.icalx.com/html/troymurray72/month.php?cal=BRIC+Work > iCalendar - http://www.icalx.com/public/troymurray72/BRIC%20Work.ics > > > > -- > > Troy Murray > Developer > Michigan State University > Biomedical Research and Informatics Center (BRIC) > 100 Conrad Hall > East Lansing, MI 48824 > Phone: 517-432-4248 > Fax: 517-353-9420 > E-mail: [log in to unmask] > Calendar > HTML - http://www.icalx.com/html/troymurray72/month.php?cal=BRIC+Work > iCalendar - http://www.icalx.com/public/troymurray72/BRIC%20Work.ics >