Hope this is the right area to post this in. I have a couple questions

1. Are there any forum modules that are compatible with .8 version at this time?

2. Is the Multisite functional and where can i get information on its use and setup? Been looking around for this information but i must not be looking in the right spot lol

Also where can i find information to better understand the categories module.

Any help would be appreciated

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Yes pnForum works good with .8 version



No it doesn't works at this time.


No idea because I don't use it at the moment but as I understood, it works like Topics but with a tree organisation.

http://community.postnuke.com/Article2855.htm --for starters




edited by: AmmoDump, Dec 19, 2007 - 11:40 AM

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David Pahl
Zikula Support Team

Mark West will work on a powerfull Multisites module for 0.81 after the stable release be finished. The tables will be shared with ease between (sub)domains and looks pretty good.

And about the Categories module, it's a lot improved in the RC2 and you should look at the code of Pages or News module, to see how it's used by other modules

see ya!

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Will there be a workaround available for .80 ?

No, but the whole multisites thing in .7x was a hack anyway, so an automatic upgrade from the .76x version of multisites is unlikely to happen. Of course, if you're deperate for .8 multisites you could always finish the module...

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Please read the Support Guide

If you're hosting on linux and have root access, you can use symlinks to share common files at least. Database / table sharing is a different beast.

For anyone interested, I've put a small batch script (windows) for those running Vista that want to use the Vista mklink command to create symlinks.

What I do:

Place a .800 SVN in one location, then run the script to create all the common files (ie, core files that will not change)

Then, I only need to manage one SVN checkout and all my dev projects have the same core files updated at once. You would do the same thing in linux (which I do on my dev server) using ln -s.

NCM
SwitchBit / UHEweb

I was just wondering if there was going to be instructions to use the .7x method on .8 in the meantime?

I guess not!
if you use and need a multi-site, you *must* wait for 0.81 or the Mark West's implementations, that is a lot improved, and you'll be able to set the shared tables via Web.

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You can't use the .7x method on .8x because the required hacks to the core no longer exist (as far as I know). You could potentially share database tables with some clever use of DBUtil and some code changes, but that would of course be unsupported.

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Please read the Support Guide

I currently have a PN.764 site not using MultiSites, but I would like to go to a PN.8n that does and will start to play with RC3 soon. Will I be able to go from a live PN.8 without MultiSites, to the planned PN.81 with MultiSites fairly painlessly?

Silly question I know... but what's the schedule for PN.81? Will it be weeks/months/years after PN.8 is released?

Yes

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As there is stuff already piling up for .81, because of the feature freeze, and realistically there will probably be a need for some bugs to be fixed as we move from a more technical audience to a more general audience, and from 'test' sites to 'live' sites, I believe the hop form .8 to .81 should be fairly short, I would guess a few months.
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Zikula Support Team

Thanks for that. What about the migration path from PN.8 to Multisites PN.81?