Options for new discussion forums

[TGsell]

Agee with all on this thread- I wouldnt have any SAGE capabilities if not for this site -the help has been priceless. thanks goodness the archival is hopefully safe.
Tom

[KryptoNyte]

If I were to put up $250, and another knowledgeable Sage user capable of setting up a forum in a webspace hopped in (and helped maintain it), what would that get us?

When I look for forum hosting blindly (and I mean blindly for someone like me), it would appear $250ish would get us 3 years of pretty decent hosting on an SSD based server. Is there a cheaper, better way, where a forum could be hosted on a home computer and linked somehow?

What's it gonna take?

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by Narflex

You are correct for new discussions...somebody else needs to come up with a new option or it'll end up being Google Groups.

I will definitely keep a static copy of the existing forums alive for archival purposes...I am allowed to do that. So please don't try to download your own copies of the forums right now...it's just going to slow down my work trying to create the official archive of them.

Jeff,

Will Google offer to free host a server if the community gets volunteers to set it up and maintain it?

k

[VCRUser]

Originally Posted by Opus4

Unless someone has other options, what do people think of Discord, as opposed to google groups? I don't remember if anyone had another hosting option posted previously.

Discussions there are less threaded, but there are thread and pseudo forum channel options there.

Personally, I prefer Google Groups over Discord. Discord just seems painful to me. What about GroupsIO?

[Narflex]

Originally Posted by jusjoken

Jeff,

Will Google offer to free host a server if the community gets volunteers to set it up and maintain it?

k

No.

[wnjj]

I don't know what features are supported or even if you can set this up for free, but Github has "Discussions".

https://docs.github.com/en/discussions

If not on the google/sagetv Github with the project source code, then on the opensagetv site where the binaries and plug-ins are hosted.

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by wnjj

I don't know what features are supported or even if you can set this up for free, but Github has "Discussions".

https://docs.github.com/en/discussions

If not on the google/sagetv Github with the project source code, then on the opensagetv site where the binaries and plug-ins are hosted.

This is a great suggestion. It seems it is free and I would suggest if we go this route we would use the opensagetv github so we as a community have more control.

Here is a blog post with examples...

https://github.blog/2022-01-13-how-f...b-discussions/

k

[wnjj]

Originally Posted by jusjoken

This is a great suggestion. It seems it is free and I would suggest if we go this route we would use the opensagetv github so we as a community have more control.

Here is a blog post with examples...

https://github.blog/2022-01-13-how-f...b-discussions/

k

I actually have owner privileges for OpenSageTV but would need/want help on how to organize it. Stuckless is the only other owner currently.

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by Narflex

No.

In a really simple version, what are you looking for the community to do for us to continue having access to previous and new info/exchanges going forward, as I'm not quite clear about this.
On June 1st, is it the community who needs to have come up with a solution, plan, budget, direction?

I use this forum daily (below) and find it easy to navigate, communicate, exchange ideas etc. Do you recognize the formatting - platform?

https://xwebforums.com/forum/index.php

I'm trying to get some info from their sys admin about how it runs, cost etc...

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by wnjj

I actually have owner privileges for OpenSageTV but would need/want help on how to organize it. Stuckless is the only other owner currently.

If this is the decided forum approach I would be willing to assist as an owner/moderator. It would be great if Opus4 (Andy) would also function in this role as he has for as long as I have been involved.

But first we need more feedback and have to determine how as a community we make a decision like this as we don't want to head in multiple directions for sure.

Should we create a poll for the options currently suggested in this thread so far..is it majority rules? Or do we ask for volunteers to setup the new forums and based on skill set we make the decision based on what the volunteers are willing and able to support?

Thoughts

k

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by tvmaster2

In a really simple version, what are you looking for the community to do for us to continue having access to previous and new info/exchanges going forward, as I'm not quite clear about this.
On June first, is it the community who needs to have come up with a solution, plan, budget, direction?

I use this forum daily (below) and find it easy to navigate, communicate, exchange ideas etc. Do you recognize the formatting - platform?

https://xwebforums.com/forum/index.php

I'm trying to get some info from their sys admin about how it runs, cost etc...

The forum you linked to is based on the Xenforo platform.

https://xenforo.com/

I believe its a paid solution.

k

[KryptoNyte]

Originally Posted by jusjoken

If this is the decided forum approach I would be willing to assist as an owner/moderator. It would be great if Opus4 (Andy) would also function in this role as he has for as long as I have been involved.

But first we need more feedback and have to determine how as a community we make a decision like this as we don't want to head in multiple directions for sure.

I would trust whatever you decide.

[VCRUser]

Will the archived forum be searchable similarly to the current search capabilities?

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by jusjoken

The forum you linked to is based on the Xenforo platform.

https://xenforo.com/

I believe its a paid solution.

k

Okay, I’ll hopefully know the details in a day or two, and will report back.
Did you like the format?

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by VCRUser

Will the archived forum be searchable similarly to the current search capabilities?

That’s what I’d like to know as well

[AlphaCrew]

Originally Posted by KryptoNyte

I would trust whatever you decide.

Same Here.

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by VCRUser

Will the archived forum be searchable similarly to the current search capabilities?

Jeff has already stated no... At least not from within the site. However, he said you could use Google to search the site (which is something I often do now as the site search has limits).

k

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by Narflex

You are correct for new discussions...somebody else needs to come up with a new option or it'll end up being Google Groups.

I will definitely keep a static copy of the existing forums alive for archival purposes...I am allowed to do that. So please don't try to download your own copies of the forums right now...it's just going to slow down my work trying to create the official archive of them.

ok, but if and when we can, please let us know. June 1st is coming awfully soon.

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by jusjoken

If this is the decided forum approach I would be willing to assist as an owner/moderator. It would be great if Opus4 (Andy) would also function in this role as he has for as long as I have been involved.

But first we need more feedback and have to determine how as a community we make a decision like this as we don't want to head in multiple directions for sure.

Should we create a poll for the options currently suggested in this thread so far..is it majority rules? Or do we ask for volunteers to setup the new forums and based on skill set we make the decision based on what the volunteers are willing and able to support?

Thoughts

k

Yes for me as well, but a poll would at least solidify the concept from future doubt. I wish we had six months instead of two weeks though
Volunteers abilities are the best way I imagine? Without that we’re pretty stuck…

[tvmaster2]

Originally Posted by Opus4

Unless someone has other options, what do people think of Discord, as opposed to google groups? I don't remember if anyone had another hosting option posted previously.

Discussions there are less threaded, but there are thread and pseudo forum channel options there.

I don’t know anything about ‘Discord’, is the link I’m posting the right place?
If not, can you post a link to a good example of a Discord forum…

https://www.ionos.com/digitalguide/s...itro%20service.