Re: xPL Project Migrating away from Yahoo Groups.

["Frank Mc Alinden" <frankmc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian

Will we have an area were we can upload files and pics etc ???

Thanks
Frank


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Lowe" <ianlowe@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 28, 2005 8:38 PM
Subject: [ukha_xpl] xPL Project Migrating away from Yahoo Groups.


>
> Hi Folks.
>
> I trust everyone is having a good festive season - we have been busily
> testing a new forum system for xPL support, discussion etc. We are now
> happy
> that the system is working fine and ready for use, so we are going to
be
> migrating away from Yahoo groups over the next couple of months.
>
> We know that some people prefer web forums, whilst others prefer email
> mailing lists - what we have is the best of both worlds - people can
use
> the
> forums or mailing lists, and the conversations will be passed from one
to
> the other seamlessly.
>
> *So, What Do we Have?
>
> On www.xpl-home.org we have a PHPBB forum system which contains a
variety
> of
> forums - "Using xPL", "Developing in xPL" etc.
>
> This also runs a system called M2F - Mail to Forum, which is hosting
> mailing
> lists for these forums -
>
> xpl-user@xxxxxxx
> xpl-dev@xxxxxxx
>
> If a user is a member of the Forum, they can post using the web
interface,
> however, they also have the option of subscribing to the mailing list
for
> the forum (it uses the email address you sign up to the forums with).
>
> *How does it Work?
>
> Basically, it works as transparently as you could wish for - any new
> thread
> posted in the forum is sent out to the mailing list as a new subject,
all
> replies to this thread on the forums are sent out with a suitable
"re:"
> subject so that threaded mail readers will work fine. A reply from an
> email
> user sent to the maillist is properly attached as a reply to the forum
> post,
> and a fresh mail from the mailing list starts a new thread.
>
> It's pretty impressive, and lets people use their preferred method of
> working (Web Forum vs Mailing List) and have the two work seamlessly
> together.
>
> The only thing folks have to remember to do is... Trim your posts!
>
> *What do I do?
>
> Firstly, sign up for the forums -
>
> http://www.xpl-home.org/forums/profile.php?mode=register
>
> Use the email address that you will want to use for mailing list
purposes
> (unless, of course, you would prefer to just use the web forums direct
> rather than using the mailing list interface!).
>
> In the forums you wish to "subscribe" to, click "forum
subscriptions" at
> the
> top of the page
>
> Select the lists(s) you wish to subscribe to and hit
"subscribe" - that's
> it. You will then be able to use either the forums or the mailing list
(or
> both) easily.
>
> The Yahoo group will be closing down no later than 1st March, so we'd
> encourage everyone to move across to using the forums by then.
>
>
>
>
>
> xPL Links: http://www.xplproject.org.uk http://www.xplhal.com
> http://www.xpl.myby.co.uk
> To Post a Message: ukha_xpl@xxxxxxx
> To Subscribe:  ukha_xpl-subscribe@xxxxxxx
> To Unsubscribe:  ukha_xpl-unsubscribe@xxxxxxx
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>
>
>
>