I don't know anybody working to combine the forces of Mojo and YAF. Are you sure about this ?

Last thing i know is that there are some major problems in doing that, and that it was your part to make some kind of move.

I ask, because that combination would be swell.

I have just "bolted on" YAF to my mojoPortal site, it is not a mojoPortal module it is just an additional sub-directory that holds YAF and uses a separate master page, which includes some mojoPortal bits.

The end result is fine for my purposes, but it was not simply a case of drag and drop;

1. I downloaded the latest source code for the CookComputing dll from http://www.xml-rpc.net and used this in the build both mojoPortal and YAF.

2. I amended the YAF config source to include a mojoPortal class to take care of redirects and not to use the exisiting factory methods.

3. Add the YAF config settings to my mojoPortal userconfig settings.

4. Merge the YAF and mojoPortal web.configs.

The authentication is taken care of by mojoPortal and YAF detects the authenticated user. The forum uses the YAF profile provider.

I am currently testing and it all seems to be working well, I'm sure that I will come across issues but thanks to the support from mojoPortal and YAF communities I'm confident of overcoming them.

Best Regards,

Vince.

Looks like Vinceks already done most of the hardwork, adding the module after that is pretty much straight forward.

I'll add the code to the YAF svn sometime soon, but will require a recompile and a bit of knowledge to figure it out at the moment. I do have a cobbled working live version of the integration at the moment.

Currently the module gives you a drop down of the all boards installed with YAF and allows you to select which board per module (so multiboard is possible).

However it doesn't do it per site yet. Which will probably be my phase 2.

But rest assured I'm working on the module it; and will be happier with the integration after we've sorted out Jquery out.

I see the YAF people have already started work on this, but I thought I would throw this out there.  This is also my first post on this forum so please be gentle.

I have coded a basic private messaging system specifically for mojoPortal and am in the middle of testing it with my users.  It is a little odd the way I have it setup, but I can get it together for you and submit if you are interested.  Here is what I did and why I did it this way.  I must note that I have a small user community of a couple of hundred users so it can work on smaller implementations.  I don't know how well certain features will scale though.  It was an "econo-pimp" way of accomplishing it.

Here is the problem set I needed to solve. 

1. Users wanted to be able to hit a "Contact Me" link from the forum.

2. Users wanted to be able to hit a "Contact Me" link from the user profile.

3. Users wanted the application to automatically fill in the user stuff for them.

4. Users wanted e-mail address privacy.

5. Users wanted a way to respond directly from their e-mail.

6. Users wanted to be able to respond directly from the site.

7. Users wanted to use a Silverlight Application to use as the front end.  It was the whole it is pretty deal.

8. They wanted a Sent Items bucket and a deleted items bucket as well.

Here is the way that it works.

1. When the user clicks the Contact me button, it takes them to the page with a query string of the user ID to contact.  The Silverlight application reads the query string and gets the user's display name.  It then launches a message composition tab.  The user fills out the tab and hits send.  The tab closes and commits the message to the message database (I have a max size on the databases so I had to put it in a separate database).  It sends a notification e-mail to the user with a code at the end of the subject line.

2. The receiving user can go to the site and respond to the message.

3. The user can respond from their regular e-mail client and I have a service that monitors the response e-mail address.  If it sees a response to the messaging system, then it pulls the message from the inbox and commits it the users site inbox (it keeps the users e-mails hidden at all times).  This is the features I don't think will scale very well, but I am on a budget.

I am using web services to some extend because my user base wants eventual Android and Windows Mobile integration.  I have never really done iPhone development so that is not something I will be doing.

I have also tested the messaging client on OpenSuse 11.3 and it seems to work on Linux as well.  None of my user base uses Linux though.

It is also OK to giggle at it as I am only guy developing anything for my site.  The same service also allows a response to forums as well and my users love it.

Hi all,

Thanks for keeping us updated.  But Joe, I have one question for you.  What, in your opinion's wrong with Silverlight?  In mine, it's much safer than, as well as more accessible by a long shot, flash.  I love silverlight, and my goal is to one day see this CMS use more of it.  Well anyway, sorry for dropping that one in there.  I'd love to see this new piece of code used.  I love the idea, and it sounds exactly like what I along with the rest of the world wants.  Is this  C# source?  Thanks. 

It's a great thing if MojoPortal will have a PM system.