[xwiki-users] Which forum to use with XWiki

[Esbach, Brandon]

Jforum is very fast and lightweight from what I've noted since
installing it (running Xwiki and Jforum on the same server atm).  The
real bonus is that you need no additional software on your server for
the Jforum; other than the few configurations needed it's painless.
All that's needed to make it even more user friendly is single-sign-on.

-----Original Message-----
From: shivshan [mailto:shivshan at hotmail.com] 
Sent: 29 May 2007 11:12
To: xwiki-users at objectweb.org
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] Which forum to use with XWiki


Hi
I have been thinking of integrating XWiki into a portal for sometime.
The ideal scenario would be to have a wiki, forum and blog all
integrated within the Portal, which is the company's knowledgebase.
Am debating whether to use SSO for different standalone apps like XWiki,
JForum etc or take a plunge into Exo/JBoss.
Any inputs/experiences would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Shiva


Antonio Goncalves wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the information. I think that like Paul I'm going first to 
> install and use JForum (and give up phpBB), and then set it up so SSO 
> is used between both applications.
> 
> Antonio
> 
> 
> 2007/4/19, THOMAS, BRIAN M (ATTSI) <bt0008 at att.com>:
>>
>>  Antonio:
>>
>> This response is probably not much use, but it might be, and besides 
>> I enjoy showing off my brilliance...
>>
>> Because JForum is a J2EE implementation of phpbb, moving to it will 
>> probably be less difficult for users (and maybe administrators as
well).
>> We
>> have installed JForum (and Roller for blogging) on the same appserver

>> with our XWiki instance.  The integration of the three was limited to

>> placing links to them in XWiki's viewheader menu.  This has (I think)

>> one small advantage over phpbb since, as J2EE servlets, all could 
>> share the appserver and its session, so that logging in to one is 
>> logging in to all.
>>
>> However, all three used separate user databases and hence separate 
>> registration despite being on the same host and being skinned to look

>> mostly like a single application. This resulted in a lot of user 
>> confusion, because it was not clear that they needed to register 
>> individually on each of the three applications - I received numerous 
>> calls from users who didn't understand this.
>>
>> If you use XWiki's LDAP plugin (and your forum tool has an equivalent
>> option) or a similar mechanism to what we are now doing - which is a 
>> servlet filter that digests cookies set by our SSO server and 
>> automatically registers users in each one - this will all go much 
>> more smoothly, of course.
>>
>> The filter is simple to deploy but, with very little standardization 
>> in J2EE security practices (none that I know of in the user lifecycle

>> space) it can be challenging to adapt to each servlet's specific 
>> registration needs.
>> In my case, the generic filter was finished in about three days 
>> (counting the time it took to learn the relevant Servlet API parts) 
>> but the adapter class that applied it to XWiki took more than two 
>> weeks.  This was just a little above the average: one JSP developer 
>> took my jarfile one morning (while the filter was still in 
>> development), informed me of a bug around noon, waited for me to fix 
>> the bug and deliver the new jarfile, and had it working with his app 
>> before he left for the day; the guy working with Roller took about 
>> three weeks (though, to be fair, he was also fighting the vagaries of

>> a new release of Roller with a very different configuration of the 
>> ACEGI security package).  JForum took about the same as XWiki, mostly

>> because of having to interact with other servlet filters in its 
>> deployment.
>>
>> brain[sic]
>>
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> *From:* Antonio Goncalves [mailto:antonio.mailing at gmail.com]
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, April 17, 2007 2:37 PM
>> *To:* xwiki-users at objectweb.org
>> *Subject:* [xwiki-users] Which forum to use with XWiki
>>
>>
>>  Hi,
>>
>> With my XWiki I need a forum so people can exchange information on 
>> various topics. I'm installed phpbb but I was wondering if there was 
>> any "better"
>> integration between another product (JForum or JavaBB). Has anybody 
>> installed such product ? Any feedback ?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Antonio
>>
>>
>>
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