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Posted:
18.Mar 2007 - 02:01
Here's the end goal for the site:
It would house accounts for each of the family members, in-laws, and if desired, out-laws.
They would have single-signon (preferably silent so they aren't asked more than once per visit) to the following capabilities:
- E-Mail, including webmail and POP3/etc
- Blogs
- Photo Galleries
- Forum
- Chat
- IM
- Wiki
- Files
- Calender
- Genealogy
Each of these capabilities would to be made available on multiple levels, including individual, family, and global.
Some examples of the desired community aspects are:
- Member1 can post to the global "news" blog, create and post to a personal blog, and create and post to various "family" blogs (eg: one for his household and one for his nearby relatives).
- The whole clan should be able to view a single member's calendar, or even an entire family's, but only see the events that are marked as visible to the clan. At the same time, every member should be able to invite other members to their events, etc.
Any suggestions on what modules to use, how to configure PostNuke (eg: permissions), or any other comments are appreciated.
Thanks for your help!
Professional
Posts: 1484
Posted:
18.Mar 2007 - 06:33
- pnForum for the forum
- photoshare or Mediashare for the galleries
- postCalendar for the calendar
- pnWikka for the Wiki
I don't know much about chat or IM. Not sure what you want to do with genealogy. PN has its own Downloads section for files to download - but there are a couple 3rd party options.
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Posted:
23.Mar 2007 - 08:51
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24.Mar 2007 - 03:53
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Freshman
Posts: 39
Posted:
29.Mar 2007 - 13:11
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I'm planning on putting together a "community" site for my family, and was hoping for suggestions on modules/configuration/etc to accomplish this. Both free and paid solutions are fair game.
Well, since you are using PostNuke, I recommend you try PostNuke Chat Module and Chat Block for 123 Flash Chat Server Software.It has lobby chat, private chat, and video chat function.
It can be seamlessly integrated with PostNuke so your family don't have to register or log in again. Once they are logged on to PostNuke, they can enter chatroom easily; the chat statistics can be displayed on your PostNuke, including how many chatrooms are available, how many people are chatting and who they are. Users can also choose a popular room to enter directly.
Maybe you can have a personal experience your self at its demo:
http://www.123flashchat.com/demo.html
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Posts: 1042
Posted:
29.Mar 2007 - 22:49
- Blogs: pnWebLog @ noc.postnuke.com/projects/pnweblog
- Forum: element @ invalidresponse.com
- Files: Folder module @ elfisk.dk
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Posted:
30.Mar 2007 - 01:50
I have also integrated TNG for a site but unless you are doing heavy duty genealogy I wouldn't recommend it although everything said about it is good. But in my experience it was too difficult for the 'older' members of the family to use since they aren't all very computer savvy. And it seemed that most people who were interested in genealogy were older. :) I would also recommend using the Pagesetter/pgCalendar combo for your calendering features since you can use workflow so members of the family will be able to submit events etc. :)
Please keep us updated on your progress and which modules you decided to use. I know there is a lot of information here and if you're new to PN then it can be somewhat overwhelming.
The only two features I don't know of modules for are email/IM -- I've seen some solutions in the past but can't recommend anything that integrates into PN seamlessly so if you find something let us know. Although, as someone mentioned above the 123FlashChat could be a solution to your real time communication needs :) -- and I know someone else is working on chat module too. You might want to check the NOC.
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Freshman
Posts: 2
Posted:
30.Mar 2007 - 07:47
At the moment, I'm going with "best of class" along with bridges to tie them all together, so far that includes:
Gallery
phpBB
WordPress Mu
mediaWiki
WebCalendar
TNG
And while TNG may seem hard, the members of my family most likely to use the geneology program are coming from a DOS based gedcom program, so I don't see much difficulty there, though I may be surprised.
Still, keep the suggestions coming, even if I don't end up with PostNuke, I'm sure others will appreciate them down the road.
Software Foundation
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Posted:
30.Mar 2007 - 13:16
BTW: just a note, it is going to a 'bear' maintaining all your seperate programs -- good luck! ;)
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27.Jun 2007 - 00:03
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