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==Seattle EVA==
 
==Seattle EVA==
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*User Management:
 
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**[[Special:Userlogin&type=signup]]
 
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**[[Special:Listusers]]
 
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**[[Special:Userrights]]
 
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**[[Special:Renameuser]]
 
  
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* [[Special:Allmessages|Namespace messages]]
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* Wiki HowTo
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** [[WikiPedia:How_to_edit_a_page#Wiki_markup|Editing Wiki Markup]]
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** [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_i18n documentation on customizing the interface]
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** [http://meta.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_User%27s_Guide User's Guide]
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** [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Layout_customization Layout customizations]
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** [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_look_and_feel MediaWiki look and feel]
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** [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents#For_system_administrators For system administrators]
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** [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/How_to_move_a_MediaWiki_Database How to move a wiki to another server]
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* http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_ascii.asp - ASCII encoding referance
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==User Management==
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*[[Special:Userlogin]] - Follow "Create an account" link.
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** Supply UserName, Full Name, and Email address, then click on "By email" link.
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** Attempt to create the new users initial page, describing who they are.
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*[[Special:Listusers]] - List of current users and their rights.
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** mysql -u root --password=$sp -D $DB -e "SELECT user_id,user_name,user_real_name,user_email FROM sevawiki_user;"
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*[[Special:Userrights]] - Change users rights and permissions.
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*[[User:WikiAdmin/Preferences]] - New user orientation page.
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==Namespace==
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* [[Special:Allmessages|Namespace messages]]
 
** [[MediaWiki:Whitelistedittext]]
 
** [[MediaWiki:Whitelistedittext]]
 
** [[MediaWiki:Loginprompt]]
 
** [[MediaWiki:Loginprompt]]
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** [[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]
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** '''[[MediaWiki:Sidebar]]''' - The Main Menu on the left side of all pages.
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** '''[[MediaWiki:Sitenotice]]''' - A place to put a notice which appears on all pages.
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** [[MediaWiki:Anonnotice]] (will supersede Sitenotice for anonymous users, so don't use)
 
** [[MediaWiki:Topbar]]
 
** [[MediaWiki:Topbar]]
 
** [[MediaWiki:Sitetitle]]      = {{INT:Sitetitle}}
 
** [[MediaWiki:Sitetitle]]      = {{INT:Sitetitle}}
 
** [[MediaWiki:Pagetitle]]      = {{INT:Pagetitle}}
 
** [[MediaWiki:Pagetitle]]      = {{INT:Pagetitle}}
 
** [[MediaWiki:Wikititlesuffix]] = {{INT:Wikititlesuffix}}
 
** [[MediaWiki:Wikititlesuffix]] = {{INT:Wikititlesuffix}}
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** [[Special:Interwiki]] - Management
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** [[MediaWiki:Spamprotectiontext]]
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*** [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Interwiki_links Interwiki Help]
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** [[MediaWiki:Common.js]]
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** [[MediaWiki:Common.css]]
  
 
<!-- /wiki/includes/MagicWords.php -->
 
<!-- /wiki/includes/MagicWords.php -->
 
<!-- Include pages {{:History}} {{:Mission}} -->
 
<!-- Include pages {{:History}} {{:Mission}} -->
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[[Special:Interwiki]] Management - [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Interwiki_links Interwiki Help]
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Use http://www.eaa-phev.org/wiki/index.php?flushcache to flush this servers cache.
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* E-mail templates
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** [[Template:EMailLinkWebguy]]  = {{EMailLinkWebguy}}
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** [[Template:EMailLinkAccounts]] = {{EMailLinkAccounts}}
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** [[Template:EMailTextList]]    = {{EMailTextList}}
  
 
* /etc/php4/apache/php.ini
 
* /etc/php4/apache/php.ini
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** upload_max_filesize = 80M
 
** upload_max_filesize = 80M
  
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[[File:Screenshot (277).png|200px|thumb|right|Used to look like this]]
 
* [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3597 Nested menus patches]
 
* [http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3597 Nested menus patches]
 
** Nested menus are working in MonoBook and CologneBlue based skins...
 
** Nested menus are working in MonoBook and CologneBlue based skins...
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* In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only. Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
 
* In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only. Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml
  
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== SMF Forums ==
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'''Simple Machine Forum''' software was put into production on June 12th 2008 and is accessable via http://www.seattleeva.org/smf.
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The [[Forums Discussion]] page was used to discuss and vet the implementation of new Forums services for SEVA.
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=== Mods to evaluate ===
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=796 New RSS Button Mod] 2 buttons, one for RSS and one for quick add to Feed Mailer
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=38 Redirection Boards]
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*: potential conflict with the above ''New RSS Button Mod''
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=624 RSS Feed Poster] Allows you to add RSS Feed Posting Bots to your forum.
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*: get '''XML error: Reserved XML Name at line 2''' attempting to add seva wiki site recent changes rss feed.
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1010 Google Member Map]
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*: wants ftp access in order to change some file permissions?
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=222 Topic Digest (Post Chest)] '''Manual install?'''
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=539 Simple Awards System] '''Manual install?'''
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=351 Global Headers and Footers]
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1142 Digg In Topics]
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=977 Auto Embed Video/Audio Clips]
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* <s>[http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=936 YouTube BBCode] </s> ''prefer more generic mod above.''
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=319 Custom Profile Field Mod]
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=217 Users Online Today Mod]
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=718 NNTP Syndicate] new topics on your forum syndicated to one or more NNTP newsgroups
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=745 Order News] news administration page that lets an administrator re-order their news items
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1123 Post As An Alternative User]
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1059 Redirect Merged Topics]
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=579 Tagging System For Topics]
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=541 View Single Post]
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* [http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1210 Wikipedia BBCode]
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* <s>[http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=376 RSS Feed Icon for boards] Adds a feed icon on the board index for each forum.</s>
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* <s>[http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=473 SMF Gallery] </s>
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* <s>[http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=381 SMF Links] </s>
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* <s>[http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=1206 Your Button] </s>
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* <s>[http://custom.simplemachines.org/mods/index.php?mod=346 SMF Trader System]</s>
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=== Feature Requests ===
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These are some features that I would like to implement within the smf forum software.
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* A read only Category/Board with which to archive maillist messages.
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* A weekly digest of all forum activity which can be sent to the maillist.
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=== Categories and Boards ===
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In each Category-Board create a sticky post linking into related articles on the wiki!
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* General Category
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** <a href=http://www.seattleeva.org/wiki/Forums_Discussion>Please refer to [[Forums Discussion]]</a>
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**: Go Back to the Wiki to find out what this Forum is all about.
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**: Guest access, Read Only ''Link back to wiki, until a more appropriate site services menu is deployed.
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** General Discussion
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**: If you can't find an appropriate Category or Board this is the place for you.
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** Local Businesses
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**: A place for local EV businesses to talk about their products and services.
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** Maillist Archive
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**: A read only archive of the maillist for easier indexing and searching.
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** Events and SEVA Minutes
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**: A place to organize and discuss past and future EVents.
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**: !+Lock+Stick "See also the <a href=http://seattleeva.org/wiki/Current_events>[[Wiki:Current events]]</a> page."
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* Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV or just EV)
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** <b>Production</b> Electric Vehicles
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**: Talk about Production Electric Vehicles by major or minor auto makers.
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** Electric Vehicle <b>Conversions</b>
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**: Talk about EV Conversions, the highest form of automobile recycling.
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** <b>Hybrids</b> and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV and PHEV)
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**: Talk about stock Hybrids, PHEV's, and PHEV Conversions.
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** <b>Neighborhood</b> Electric Vehicles (NEV)
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**: Talk about low speed EVs that are not freeway capable.
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** Electric <b>Motorcycles</b> and other <i>unique</i> high speed vehicles.
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**: Talk about Motorcycles, Narrow, 3-wheel, or other miscellaneous full speed vehicles.
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** Electric <b>Bicycles</b>, Scooters, and mopeds.
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**: Talk about electric bikes and other low speed two or three wheel vehicles.
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** EV <b>Racing</b> and the National Electric Drag Racing Assoc (NEDRA)
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**: Talk about EV's of all shapes and sizes that go fast on or off the race track.
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* EV Components and Hardware
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** Electric <b>Motors</b>
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**: The electric equivalent to a gas Internal Combustion Engine (ICE).
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** Motor Speed <b>Controllers</b>
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**: The electric equivalent of the carburetor and ignition system.
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** Battery <b>Chargers</b> and Battery Management Systems (BMS)
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**: The electric equivalent of the fuel port and gas station pump.
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** Traction <b>Batteries</b>
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**: The electric equivalent of the fuel tank and it's fuel.
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** Miscellaneous Parts
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**: Other stuff like wiring, fuses, gages, DC-DC, AC, heaters, structural, etc...
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=== Initial Settings ===
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Be sure to add the SEVA Google Analytics Urchin code block somewhere within the global theme...
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Add these lines to '''Themes/default/Themes.template.php''' before the line ''// Show the [home] button.''
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// Add a link to wiki site, inactive
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//echo '<td class="maintab_back"><a href="http://www.seattleeva.org/wiki">SEVA wiki home</a></td>';
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// Add a link to wiki site, active
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//echo '<td class="maintab_active_' , $first , '">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top" class="maintab_active_back">
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//<a href="http://www.seattleeva.org/wiki">SEVA wiki home</a></td><td class="maintab_active_' , $last , '">&nbsp;</td>'; 
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// Add a link to wiki site, active link and in it's own maintab bar
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echo '<td class="maintab_active_' , $first , '">&nbsp;</td><td valign="top" class="maintab_active_back">
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<a href="http://www.seattleeva.org/wiki"><img style="clear:left; float:left;" src="/skins/monobook/mw-21x15.png"
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height=15>&nbsp;SEVA wiki home</a></td><td class="maintab_active_' , $last , '">&nbsp;</td>';
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echo '<td class="maintab_' , $last , '">&nbsp;</td>';
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echo '<td class="maintab_' , $first , '">&nbsp;</td>';
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Add a rss feed link to subscribe to all categories.
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// Show an rss feed link for all categories
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echo '<td class="maintab_back"><a href="/smf/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;limit=100;type=rss2">
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<img style="clear:left; float:left;" src="/smf/Themes/default/images/rss.gif">&nbsp; RSS All</a></td>';
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Add this to enhance the Forums own "Home" link.
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// Modify the "Home" button text
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$txt[103] = '<img style="clear:left; float:left;" src="/smf/Themes/default/images/new_some.gif" height=15>&nbsp; SEVA Forums Home';
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* News
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** Testing a link back to <a href=http://www.seattleeva.org/wiki/Forums_Discussion#Software_to_Evaluate>Wiki:Forums Discussion</a> within a News item.
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** Settings: Permission(Mod,Mod), enable RSS.
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* Features - Basic
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** Enable Poll,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,,300
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** enable (stats, views, logging)
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** require reactivation
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** 1,1,1,1
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** 800,600
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** 1,10,45,20
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* Features - Layout
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** 1,5,today & yesterday,1,1,1,90,1,0,1
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* Features - Karma
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** enable karma +&-,0,1,1
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* Server - Core
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** Title:Seattle Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA) Forums
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** Webmaster Email:webguy2008@seattleeva.org
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* Server - Features
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** enable compressed output
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** use database driven sessions
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* Server - Cache
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** ''Yes, install some caching!''
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* Theme - settings for default
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** recent posts on index:5
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** who is viewing:show member names
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** 1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,?,5000,1,1,1,1,0,0
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* Board - ''Construct Categories and Boards per above list''
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** Settings:give moderators permission, count child posts.
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* Posts
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** code: enable basic html
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** Censored: ''Use it to convert works into wiki links perhaps?''
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** Topic settings:1,1,...,Max topics:150,enable prev/next links
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* Calendar
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** Enable, set perm (all,mem+mod,mem+mod,mod),1,0,7,all,all,all,EVents Board,1,1,...,span days,7
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* Search, ''consider search indexes in the future''
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** Settings: perm(all),1,30,0
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* Attachments - Settings
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** all,0,,1,default,512000,10240,10240,10,1,1,300,300
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* Attachments - Avatars
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** perm(all),perm(all),download at given url,perm(all),65,65,1,1,ataachment dir
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* Members and groups, ''defaults for now, but we can create new groups''
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* Registration - New - Require user to activate the account
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* Registration - Settings
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** Member activation,1,1,medium,medium,13,reject''(COPPA compliance, we reject registration of minors)''
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* Permissions - Settings
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** enable permissions for post count based groups. (additive to "regular members")
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** allow global moderators to manage permissions.
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* Permissions - by membergroup ''Might not apply these unless there is a problem with attachments''
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** Modify Regular Members - Remove Post attachment permissions.
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** Modify Jr. Members(50 posts) - Add Post attachment permissions.
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=== Software to Evaluate ===
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Here are some forum applications to look into:
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* <s>[http://www.phpbb.com/about/ phpbb] (phpbb2 is an available ubuntu package) phpbb3 is also available.</s>
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* <s>[http://www.punbb.org/ PunBB][https://help.ubuntu.com/community/PunBB ] is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board.</s>
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* [http://www.simplemachines.org/ Simple Machines Forum] SMF is a free, professional grade software package for online community.
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A maillist to forum conduit which may come in handy for integrating the maillist into the forum:
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* [http://code.google.com/p/mail2forum/ mail2forum] (m2f) is a PHP-based message centre.
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Also available at the server but not in use by SEVA:
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* ''[http://wordpress.org/ wordpress] is already installed and in use at the server at other domain names.''
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Just an handy site for looking into CMS:
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* ''[http://cmsmatrix.org/matrix/cms-matrix CMS Matrix]'' A list of various CMS (Content Management Systems)
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<!--
 
==DigiPen==
 
==DigiPen==
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A restricted wiki setup...
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A restricted wiki setup....
  
 
===Setup Notes===
 
===Setup Notes===
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     -> IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass' WITH GRANT OPTION;
 
     -> IDENTIFIED BY 'some_pass' WITH GRANT OPTION;
  
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===Search Enhancements===
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Added to skins/DPSkin31.php at about line 407
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==Search Enhancements==
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per [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/How_to_add_Google_search_to_your_MediaWiki_Search_Results_Page] In includes/SpecialSearch.php there is a function showResults( $term ) which formats and outputs all the search results from a query, near the top add:
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$wgOut->addHTML( wfMsg( 'Googlesearch', $term ) ); # add
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$wgOut->addWikiText( wfMsg( 'searchresulttext' ) );# above this
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* [[MediaWiki:Googlesearch]] fix $3 and cleanup?
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* [[MediaWiki:Nogomatch]] remove prompt to create page?
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* [[MediaWiki:Searchresulttext]] cleanup/clear
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In LocalSettings.php
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# $wgDisableTextSearch = true;
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# $wgSearchForwardUrl = 'http://www.google.com/search?q=$1';
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# $wgSearchForwardUrl = 'http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Adigipen.edu+%22$1';
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$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault = array(
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-1 => 0,      # Default setting
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  0 => 1,      # Main
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  1 => 0,      # Main talk
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  2 => 0,      # User
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  3 => 0,      # User talk
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  4 => 1,      # SiteName
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  5 => 0,      # SiteName talk
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  6 => 1,      # Image
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  7 => 0,      # Image talk
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  8 => 0,      # MediaWiki
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  9 => 0,      # MediaWiki talk
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10 => 1,      # Template
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11 => 0,      # Template talk
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12 => 0,      # Help
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13 => 0,      # Help talk
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14 => 1,      # Category
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15 => 0);      # Category talk
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No longer used: Added to skins/DPSkin31.php at about line 407
 
  // Begin New Portions to search more namespaces
 
  // Begin New Portions to search more namespaces
 
  $s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns0\">";  // Main
 
  $s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns0\">";  // Main
 
  //$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns1\">";  // Talk
 
  //$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns1\">";  // Talk
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//$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns2\">";  // User
 
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//$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns3\">";  // User:Talk
 
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$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns4\">";  // www.digipen.edu
 
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$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns5\">";  // www.digipen.edu:T
 
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$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns6\">";  // Image
 
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$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns7\">";  // Image:Talk
 
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//$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns8\">";  // MediaWiki
 
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//$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns9\">";  // MediaWiki:Talk
 
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$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns10\">"; // Template
 
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$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns11\">"; // Template:Talk
 
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$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns12\">"; // Help
 
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$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns13\">"; // Help:Talk
 
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$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns14\">"; // Category
 
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$s .= "<input type=\"hidden\" value=\"1\" name=\"ns15\">"; // Category:Talk
 
 
  $s .= "<input type='hidden' name=\"searchx\" value=\"" . htmlspecialchars( wfMs( "Go" ) ) . "\" />";
 
  $s .= "<input type='hidden' name=\"searchx\" value=\"" . htmlspecialchars( wfMs( "Go" ) ) . "\" />";
 
Also change this
 
Also change this
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  #$this->mName = $request->getText( 'wpName' ); # To:
 
  #$this->mName = $request->getText( 'wpName' ); # To:
 
  #$this->mName = strtolower( $request->getText( 'wpName' ) );
 
  #$this->mName = strtolower( $request->getText( 'wpName' ) );
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Latest revision as of 04:50, 14 June 2020

Seattle EVA

User Management

  • Special:Userlogin - Follow "Create an account" link.
    • Supply UserName, Full Name, and Email address, then click on "By email" link.
    • Attempt to create the new users initial page, describing who they are.
  • Special:Listusers - List of current users and their rights.
    • mysql -u root --password=$sp -D $DB -e "SELECT user_id,user_name,user_real_name,user_email FROM sevawiki_user;"
  • Special:Userrights - Change users rights and permissions.
  • User:WikiAdmin/Preferences - New user orientation page.

Namespace


Special:Interwiki Management - Interwiki Help

Use http://www.eaa-phev.org/wiki/index.php?flushcache to flush this servers cache.

  • /etc/php4/apache/php.ini
    • post_max_size = 80M
    • upload_max_filesize = 80M
Used to look like this
  • Nested menus patches
    • Nested menus are working in MonoBook and CologneBlue based skins...
    • Changes made to includes/Skin.php, skins/MonoBook.php, skins/CologneBlue.php, skins/common/cologneblue.css, skins/monobook/main.css, and custom skin.

Licenses

SMF Forums

Simple Machine Forum software was put into production on June 12th 2008 and is accessable via http://www.seattleeva.org/smf. The Forums Discussion page was used to discuss and vet the implementation of new Forums services for SEVA.

Mods to evaluate

Feature Requests

These are some features that I would like to implement within the smf forum software.

  • A read only Category/Board with which to archive maillist messages.
  • A weekly digest of all forum activity which can be sent to the maillist.

Categories and Boards

In each Category-Board create a sticky post linking into related articles on the wiki!

  • General Category
    • <a href=http://www.seattleeva.org/wiki/Forums_Discussion>Please refer to Forums Discussion</a>
      Go Back to the Wiki to find out what this Forum is all about.
      Guest access, Read Only Link back to wiki, until a more appropriate site services menu is deployed.
    • General Discussion
      If you can't find an appropriate Category or Board this is the place for you.
    • Local Businesses
      A place for local EV businesses to talk about their products and services.
    • Maillist Archive
      A read only archive of the maillist for easier indexing and searching.
    • Events and SEVA Minutes
      A place to organize and discuss past and future EVents.
       !+Lock+Stick "See also the <a href=http://seattleeva.org/wiki/Current_events>Wiki:Current events</a> page."
  • Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV or just EV)
    • Production Electric Vehicles
      Talk about Production Electric Vehicles by major or minor auto makers.
    • Electric Vehicle Conversions
      Talk about EV Conversions, the highest form of automobile recycling.
    • Hybrids and Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEV and PHEV)
      Talk about stock Hybrids, PHEV's, and PHEV Conversions.
    • Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV)
      Talk about low speed EVs that are not freeway capable.
    • Electric Motorcycles and other unique high speed vehicles.
      Talk about Motorcycles, Narrow, 3-wheel, or other miscellaneous full speed vehicles.
    • Electric Bicycles, Scooters, and mopeds.
      Talk about electric bikes and other low speed two or three wheel vehicles.
    • EV Racing and the National Electric Drag Racing Assoc (NEDRA)
      Talk about EV's of all shapes and sizes that go fast on or off the race track.
  • EV Components and Hardware
    • Electric Motors
      The electric equivalent to a gas Internal Combustion Engine (ICE).
    • Motor Speed Controllers
      The electric equivalent of the carburetor and ignition system.
    • Battery Chargers and Battery Management Systems (BMS)
      The electric equivalent of the fuel port and gas station pump.
    • Traction Batteries
      The electric equivalent of the fuel tank and it's fuel.
    • Miscellaneous Parts
      Other stuff like wiring, fuses, gages, DC-DC, AC, heaters, structural, etc...

Initial Settings

Be sure to add the SEVA Google Analytics Urchin code block somewhere within the global theme...

Add these lines to Themes/default/Themes.template.php before the line // Show the [home] button. 

// Add a link to wiki site, inactive

//echo '<a href="http://www.seattleeva.org/wiki">SEVA wiki home</a>'; 

// Add a link to wiki site, active

//echo '  //<a href="http://www.seattleeva.org/wiki">SEVA wiki home</a> '; 

// Add a link to wiki site, active link and in it's own maintab bar

echo '  

<a href="http://www.seattleeva.org/wiki"><img style="clear:left; float:left;" src="/skins/monobook/mw-21x15.png"

height=15> SEVA wiki home</a> '; echo ' '; echo ' ';

Add a rss feed link to subscribe to all categories. 

// Show an rss feed link for all categories

echo '<a href="/smf/index.php?action=.xml;sa=recent;limit=100;type=rss2"> <img style="clear:left; float:left;" src="/smf/Themes/default/images/rss.gif">  RSS All</a>'; Add this to enhance the Forums own "Home" link. // Modify the "Home" button text $txt[103] = '<img style="clear:left; float:left;" src="/smf/Themes/default/images/new_some.gif" height=15>  SEVA Forums Home';

  • News
  • Features - Basic
    • Enable Poll,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,,300
    • enable (stats, views, logging)
    • require reactivation
    • 1,1,1,1
    • 800,600
    • 1,10,45,20
  • Features - Layout
    • 1,5,today & yesterday,1,1,1,90,1,0,1
  • Features - Karma
    • enable karma +&-,0,1,1
  • Server - Core
    • Title:Seattle Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA) Forums
    • Webmaster Email:webguy2008@seattleeva.org
  • Server - Features
    • enable compressed output
    • use database driven sessions
  • Server - Cache
    • Yes, install some caching!
  • Theme - settings for default
    • recent posts on index:5
    • who is viewing:show member names
    • 1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,1,1,?,5000,1,1,1,1,0,0
  • Board - Construct Categories and Boards per above list
    • Settings:give moderators permission, count child posts.
  • Posts
    • code: enable basic html
    • Censored: Use it to convert works into wiki links perhaps?
    • Topic settings:1,1,...,Max topics:150,enable prev/next links
  • Calendar
    • Enable, set perm (all,mem+mod,mem+mod,mod),1,0,7,all,all,all,EVents Board,1,1,...,span days,7
  • Search, consider search indexes in the future
    • Settings: perm(all),1,30,0
  • Attachments - Settings
    • all,0,,1,default,512000,10240,10240,10,1,1,300,300
  • Attachments - Avatars
    • perm(all),perm(all),download at given url,perm(all),65,65,1,1,ataachment dir
  • Members and groups, defaults for now, but we can create new groups
  • Registration - New - Require user to activate the account
  • Registration - Settings
    • Member activation,1,1,medium,medium,13,reject(COPPA compliance, we reject registration of minors)
  • Permissions - Settings
    • enable permissions for post count based groups. (additive to "regular members")
    • allow global moderators to manage permissions.
  • Permissions - by membergroup Might not apply these unless there is a problem with attachments
    • Modify Regular Members - Remove Post attachment permissions.
    • Modify Jr. Members(50 posts) - Add Post attachment permissions.

Software to Evaluate

Here are some forum applications to look into:

  • phpbb (phpbb2 is an available ubuntu package) phpbb3 is also available.
  • PunBB[1] is a fast and lightweight PHP-powered discussion board.
  • Simple Machines Forum SMF is a free, professional grade software package for online community.

A maillist to forum conduit which may come in handy for integrating the maillist into the forum:

Also available at the server but not in use by SEVA:

  • wordpress is already installed and in use at the server at other domain names.

Just an handy site for looking into CMS:

  • CMS Matrix A list of various CMS (Content Management Systems)




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