LFC plus forum

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I have a project where I would like to use LFC but I need to have a
forum on the site. I am considering using LFC with Djangobb (as it
seems to have the features I need).

Anyone got thoughts. suggestions or previous experience of this type of
combination?

Regards,
M.

[Maciej Wisniowski]

Depends how much integration between LFC and forum you need. Simplest
case is to set up two distinct applications (LFC and forum - these are
in fact 'projects' in Django nomenclature) and just put link to forum at
LFC site.

Another solution might be also setting up two distinct applications but
this time they will share same database (auth tables and such) and
SECRET_KEY (same in settings.py of both apps), so, if your applications
are in same domain, user authentication should work for both of them
(some kind of single sign on) - logged in forum user will be logged in
LFC user too. I've used this setup for a few times but not with LFC and
not with djangobb. I've used SCT for forum.

Another possibility is to just put everything (applications from LFC and
DjangoBB) into one django project.

If you want to try second or third solution then you should be aware of
Django versions required by LFC and DjangoBB.
Django version used by stable LFC version is Django 1.1. Seems to me
that DjangoBB requires Django >= 1.2.

--
Maciej Wisniowski
http://natcam.pl

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On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:38:22 +0200
Maciej Wisniowski <pigl...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Another solution might be also setting up two distinct applications
> but this time they will share same database (auth tables and such)

This was the approach I was thinking about. Integration doesn't need to
be that tight, I think, as with LFC the content creation is at the
backend and the forum at the frontend. Single auth would be essential.

> I've used SCT for forum.

I saw that but things look a bit quiet around there.

> Django version used by stable LFC version is Django 1.1. Seems to me
> that DjangoBB requires Django >= 1.2.

Djangobb does need >=1.2.

I noticed you listed a buildout for LFC with Django 1.2.4 - so that will
be for trunk then? Is trunk fairly stable and/or is there a release
just around the corner?

Many thanks,
M.