Not sure if anyone can help…
I am trying to implement a 'Forum' for my website using MySource Matrix. In fact, the forum would be similar to this very forum, although not as elaborate.
Do you know if there is a tool available in Matrix that will achieve this (we would consider purchasing an add on or a package, not a preferred option, but would consider if absolutely necessary).
Maybe one of the developers could shed some light on this very Support Forum - is it based in Matrix? If not, how is it hosted…
I have actually created the genesis of a forum using the Comment asset, and a whole lot of asset creators and asset listing pages. I almost have a workable solution, except I cannot seem to be able to list the number of children under a parent using an asset lister. (I need the asset lister to display something like Post topic: Topic XYZ, No. of replies: 3 - where 3 is the number of children under the 'Topic XYZ' asset). Does anyone know a work-around?
Does anyone currently use Forums on their Matrix-based site?
If anyone could help out that would be great…
We use IP.Board from Invision Power Services. Forum software is about as complex as content management, so we decided not to try and reinvent the wheel, and rather just integrate with an existing product. We have an IP.Board module for Matrix (it is an SSV module) that allows IP.Board users to authenticate to Matrix. You can also extract forum/topic/post information and display it with the content of a Matrix asset.