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Robert asks:
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Are you talking about a server that's delivered as installed software,
and having a forum local to the server that would be accessible only
to that particular customer's employees?
On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 2:30 AM, Chris Despopoulos
<despopoulos_chriss -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
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... I'm really interested in the idea of setting up topic forums, but
for proprietary user communities. That is, for a product that is
delivered as a server, the help is served up from the same source as the
GUI. So I'd like to see a topic forum that isn't moderated, but that is
contained by that specific server. ...
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ANSWER:
That's precisely what I'm talking about. The GUI is served and the docs are served. I'd like a forum to be served... Looking for open source if possible.
But then it gets to other questions. What's the appropriate level for the forum -- Per Topic? Doesn't that depend at least a little bit on how many topics you have? Do people really use this capability? Does it need moderation?
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