Using page nodes as a CMS for articles?

[Deepmartini]

Does this make sense? Good idea? Bad? I have articles to post and feel stupid putting them in a forum called "articles". How soon can we get a fully integrated CMS? 1.1? Later?

 

[Deepmartini]

I like plugins but get scared because vbulletins broke all the time so it was a pain to upgrade. I am worried my site will break and get errors if the software changes.

 

[Walter]

I like plugins but get scared because vbulletins broke all the time so it was a pain to upgrade. I am worried my site will break and get errors if the software changes.

Xenforo is much better in this regard.

 

[Deepmartini]

How so? I don't understand?

 

[Digital Doctor]

How so? I don't understand?

http://xenforo.com/community/thread...ddons-plugins-less-likely-with-xenforo.11172/

 

[ragtek]

Add-ons can always stop working because of some architecture changes in the application
For example => http://xenforo.com/community/threads/backward-compatability-breaks.13290/

 

[sgthoskins]

Is there a thread I can subscribe to that will inform me when the beta CMS is out? I like what I see so far with this forum software but I really need a CMS before I consider committing to a conversion.

Thanks in advance, I am impressed.

 

[Deepmartini]

What about when you de-activate a plugin. Where does the data and extra tables, etc. go? Just dissapear?

 

[Paul B]

If you're just disabling it then the data remains.
If you uninstall it, then assuming the developer has coded it correctly, it will remove any data and relevant tables.

Any files uploaded to the server will have to be manually removed though.

 

[Deepmartini]

Is there a vetting process for apps and add-ons? Would be great if Xenforo had certified them as "xenforo approved", meaning that they adhere to all coding guidelines and won't bork somebody's forum.

 

[Paul B]

That would be an impossible task.

Kier and Mike would never have time to go through every line of code of every add-on.

 

[ragtek]

What about when you de-activate a plugin. Where does the data and extra tables, etc. go? Just dissapear?

If you're just disabling it then the data remains.
If you uninstall it, then assuming the developer has coded it correctly, it will remove any data and relevant tables.

Any files uploaded to the server will have to be manually removed though.

that's true, BUT there is a small issue in the nodelist

http://xenforo.com/community/thread...activated-add-on-nodes-still-displayed.12623/

 

[DoctorWatsOn]

Requires login to view, boo.

Well register.

I'm working ATM on an article system.
If you're interested i need some testers in 2-3 weeks

*puts hand up*

 

[Markos]

There are a system for making a page commentable by members?

 

[Paul B]

There are a system for making a page commentable by members?

That isn't possible currently.

 

[DoctorWatsOn]

That isn't possible currently.

I am liking 'currently', I think, are you suggesting it's planned?

For now I am going to stick a link for comments at the end of certain pages to a thread in the forums, that thread will have a link to the page in it's OP - not ideal, but it will work for now.

 

[Paul B]

I am liking 'currently', I think, are you suggesting it's planned?

Hmmm, maybe I shouldn't have added the "currently".

For the record, I haven't seen or heard anything about members being able to post on Pages.

 

[Markos]

I think that with "commentable pages" users can easily modify the page for suiting the basic cms functions (example for an article system).

 

[DoctorWatsOn]

I think that with "commentable pages" users can easily modify the page for suiting the basic cms functions (example for an article system).

+ 1

See here - [Suggestion] An option to add comments to pages

 

[Paul B]

+ 1

See here - [Suggestion] An option to add comments to pages

I just merged that with an earlier suggestion(s).

 

[ajnos]

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live demo @ http://ragtek.org/xenforo/