Comments on: Blogs to replace Mailing Lists http://www.alexwilliams.ca/blog/2007/05/02/blogs-to-replace-mailing-lists/ High-Availability Guru Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:42:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Carl http://www.alexwilliams.ca/blog/2007/05/02/blogs-to-replace-mailing-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-2774 Carl Fri, 04 May 2007 22:09:12 +0000 http://www.alexwilliams.ca/blog/2007/05/02/blogs-to-replace-mailing-lists/#comment-2774 Someone reminded me today that Mephisto (a Rails based blog framework) allows multiple users. The bonus is that it allows you to have users that have the ability to create entries but do not have access to the admin features. The Mephisto site is currently unavailable because of the Registerfly debacle but you can get the source here: http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/mephisto/trunk/ Someone reminded me today that Mephisto (a Rails based blog framework) allows multiple users. The bonus is that it allows you to have users that have the ability to create entries but do not have access to the admin features. The Mephisto site is currently unavailable because of the Registerfly debacle but you can get the source here:

http://svn.techno-weenie.net/projects/mephisto/trunk/

]]> By: Alex http://www.alexwilliams.ca/blog/2007/05/02/blogs-to-replace-mailing-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-2734 Alex Thu, 03 May 2007 12:54:20 +0000 http://www.alexwilliams.ca/blog/2007/05/02/blogs-to-replace-mailing-lists/#comment-2734 Thanks Ilija for your comment. I'm going to look into that. Thanks Ilija for your comment. I’m going to look into that.

]]> By: Ilija Studen http://www.alexwilliams.ca/blog/2007/05/02/blogs-to-replace-mailing-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-2728 Ilija Studen Thu, 03 May 2007 09:30:25 +0000 http://www.alexwilliams.ca/blog/2007/05/02/blogs-to-replace-mailing-lists/#comment-2728 Like Carl said, forum is what you need. You can get a light weight forum (Vanilla or PunBB for instance) and change its look and feel to fit your needs. Like Carl said, forum is what you need. You can get a light weight forum (Vanilla or PunBB for instance) and change its look and feel to fit your needs.

]]> By: Alex http://www.alexwilliams.ca/blog/2007/05/02/blogs-to-replace-mailing-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-2719 Alex Thu, 03 May 2007 03:07:58 +0000 http://www.alexwilliams.ca/blog/2007/05/02/blogs-to-replace-mailing-lists/#comment-2719 I've tried Google Groups... doesn't suit my needs. I don't like the idea that I can't use my own custom domain for the mailing lists. It forces you to use @googlegroups.com. As for the forums, I actually didn't think of that. I think what i'm looking for is an amalgam between forums and blogs. I’ve tried Google Groups… doesn’t suit my needs. I don’t like the idea that I can’t use my own custom domain for the mailing lists. It forces you to use @googlegroups.com.

As for the forums, I actually didn’t think of that. I think what i’m looking for is an amalgam between forums and blogs.

]]> By: Carl http://www.alexwilliams.ca/blog/2007/05/02/blogs-to-replace-mailing-lists/comment-page-1/#comment-2715 Carl Wed, 02 May 2007 23:42:24 +0000 http://www.alexwilliams.ca/blog/2007/05/02/blogs-to-replace-mailing-lists/#comment-2715 This isn't a feature of blogs, but it is a feature of forums. Anyone can post as long as they are a member of the community. Google Groups is a great mailing list manager if you don't want to setup your own. This isn’t a feature of blogs, but it is a feature of forums. Anyone can post as long as they are a member of the community. Google Groups is a great mailing list manager if you don’t want to setup your own.

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