Re: [phpslash-users] New user questions

[Joe S. <joe...@us...>]

Hi there,

On Thu, Mar 20, 2003 at 06:15:38PM +0000, Prof. David Costa  Robert Kennedy College, Suisse wrote:
> Hello!
> I am the project leader at CollegeLinux, a new small linux distribution 
> (www.collegelinux.org). I spent the last hours on installing and configuring 
> php slash. We currently use postnuke and we wanted to try out an alternative.
> 
> Before moving further I have a couple of questions:
> 
> a) I realized that I should insert expire rate "0" in order to see new blocks 
> on the homepage immediately is this accurate?
> 

Pretty much.  With the release of 0.7, there is an output cache that 
caches most output for 15 minutes.  So it confuses the issue some.

If this is too long, or you don't want the output cache on, there are a couple 
of configuration variables to change in config.php ( not config.ini.php):

        274:  $JPCACHE_TIME         =   900; // Default number of seconds 
to cache a page
	277:  $JPCACHE_ON           =   1;   // Turn caching on/off

In addition - if you "view" a block in the Block Administration it will 
disregard the expire rate you mentioned and update the block.  If a block 
is updated the output cache for pages that contain it are expired.

> b) Is there any way to allow users (registred users) to post a new story 
> without the screening of the administrator? 
> 

Add storyNew, storySave, storyEdit, and storyList permissions to the 
user's group.  This will allow the user to post stories and edit their own 
stories.

> We need this because as the site has not forum by default, this could be used 
> for certain sections (like support) to allow users to post a question as they 
> would possibly do in a forum. 
> 

Unfortunately the ability to limit them to only post to certain sections 
didn't make it into the release.  The code almost supports it, there just 
currently are no checks.

> or it's better to keep a separate forum?
> 

Possibly for now.  This is an area that the software is heading to, but 
hasn't been pushed too far.

If you want to continue using phpBB, you might give Aric a ping:

	http://peoplecatcher.net/forums/index.php

thanks,

Joe

> Thanks in advantage,
> Very much obliged,
> 
> David Costa
>