POP Forums for ASP.NET MVC3

New Post: How to integrate POPForum in my Silverlight project ?

jeffyjones — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:30:06 GMT

I don't know what you're asking. This isn't a Silverlight app, it's ASP.NET MVC.

New Post: How to integrate POPForum in my Silverlight project ?

TechNov — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:26:17 GMT

Greeting, It is necessary to say that the proje POPForum impressed a lot me and now I want to add him in my plan Silverlight.

How to proceder so that he have a POPum in my application Silverlight?
My application is developed in Silverlight (C#)

thank you for helping me!

New Post: Is the source code available through a version control system like Mercurial or Git?

jeffyjones — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:40:43 GMT

I like Hg... I've used it in a couple of gigs, including at Microsoft (I was actually on the team that included CodePlex back in '10).

Are you talking about attaching photos to posts? The Image controller already has fairly extensible code to do the serving part (handles 304's and such), so it would just be a matter of having an auxiliary table for the data. If you want to draw up what you think that use case looks like and submit it on the issue tracker, I might just add it.

New Post: Is the source code available through a version control system like Mercurial or Git?

Hellfire — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:41:21 GMT

So how about it? Feeling any love for Mercurial?

One of the first things my boss is going to ask me for is the ability to upload photos. I'm looking at the file manager in BlogEngine.NET for inspiration and thinking that since they are going to pay me to build it...

Created Feature: Deleted/undeleted individual posts don't expose moderation log [83]

jeffyjones — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:52:48 GMT

A post should show the moderation log button if it has been deleted or undeleted.

Updated Release: POP Forums v9.3.0 BETA (Feb 16, 2012)

jeffyjones — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:56:25 GMT

This is an extremely experimental build of POP Forums v9.3, which includes jQuery Mobile and mobile views baked in for mobile formatting sauce. It requires ASP.NET MVC 4 Beta, which you can download here. Of course, feel free to submit bugs to the issue tracker.

See a live demo here: http://popforums.com/Forums

What's new?

Uses jQuery Mobile and the ASP.NET MVC4 beta to provide mobile-optimized views.
Numbers are formatted (sensitive to culture) when 1,000 or higher.
CSS is more integration friendly, and specific to the ForumContainer element.
FIX: Bug in topic repository around caching keys for single-server data layer.
FIX: Pager links on recent topics pointed to incorrect route.
Update to jQuery v1.7.1.
Replaced use of .live() with .on() in script, pursuant to jQuery update, which deprecates .live().

Known issues

This is a first attempt at using jQuery Mobile, and as such, it's not great.
AJAX loading is explicitly turned off, for now, until I spend more time understanding what it does and how it caches stuff. Kind of important in an ever-changing forum.
Scrolling to newest post doesn't work because of how jQuery Mobile uses URL hashes. See previous point.
Integrating with an existing site is messy.

Released: POP Forums v9.3.0 BETA (Feb 16, 2012)

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:56:25 GMT

What's new?

Uses jQuery Mobile and the ASP.NET MVC4 beta to provide mobile-optimized views.
Numbers are formatted (sensitive to culture) when 1,000 or higher.
CSS is more integration friendly, and specific to the ForumContainer element.
FIX: Bug in topic repository around caching keys for single-server data layer.
FIX: Pager links on recent topics pointed to incorrect route.
Update to jQuery v1.7.1.
Replaced use of .live() with .on() in script, pursuant to jQuery update, which deprecates .live().

Known issues

This is a first attempt at using jQuery Mobile, and as such, it's not great.
AJAX loading is explicitly turned off, for now, until I spend more time understanding what it does and how it caches stuff. Kind of important in an ever-changing forum.
Scrolling to newest post doesn't work because of how jQuery Mobile uses URL hashes. See previous point.
Integrating with an existing site is messy.

New Post: Asp.Net Membership

jeffyjones — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:57:34 GMT

I suppose anything is possible. Personally, I think the membership provider kind of sucks, trying to be everything to everyone. It's almost easier to do the reverse in most cases. Check the bottom of the documentation main page (integration) for more information.

Updated Release: POP Forums v9.3.0 BETA (Feb 16, 2012)

jeffyjones — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:52:46 GMT

What's new?

Uses jQuery Mobile and the ASP.NET MVC4 beta to provide mobile-optimized views.
Numbers are formatted (sensitive to culture) when 1,000 or higher.
CSS is more integration friendly, and specific to the ForumContainer element.
FIX: Bug in topic repository around caching keys for single-server data layer.
FIX: Pager links on recent topics pointed to incorrect route.
Update to jQuery v1.7.1.
Replaced use of .live() with .on() in script, pursuant to jQuery update, which deprecates .live().

Known issues

This is a first attempt at using jQuery Mobile, and as such, it's not great.
AJAX loading is explicitly turned off, for now, until I spend more time understanding what it does and how it caches stuff. Kind of important in an ever-changing forum.
Scrolling to newest post doesn't work because of how jQuery Mobile uses URL hashes. See previous point.
Integrating with an existing site is messy.

Released: POP Forums v9.3.0 BETA (Feb 16, 2012)

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 23:52:46 GMT

What's new?

Uses jQuery Mobile and the ASP.NET MVC4 beta to provide mobile-optimized views.
Numbers are formatted (sensitive to culture) when 1,000 or higher.
CSS is more integration friendly, and specific to the ForumContainer element.
FIX: Bug in topic repository around caching keys for single-server data layer.
FIX: Pager links on recent topics pointed to incorrect route.
Update to jQuery v1.7.1.
Replaced use of .live() with .on() in script, pursuant to jQuery update, which deprecates .live().

Known issues

This is a first attempt at using jQuery Mobile, and as such, it's not great.
AJAX loading is explicitly turned off, for now, until I spend more time understanding what it does and how it caches stuff. Kind of important in an ever-changing forum.
Scrolling to newest post doesn't work because of how jQuery Mobile uses URL hashes. See previous point.
Integrating with an existing site is messy.

New Post: Asp.Net Membership

mxmissile — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:58:05 GMT

Can the forums be adapted to use the Asp.Net membership provider?

Updated Wiki: Home

jeffyjones — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:19:32 GMT

Project Description

POP Forums v9 is a forum app for ASP.NET MVC used as the core for several sites maintained by the author. It is not a science project, but a long-term commitment to great community.

The project goals of v9 are:

Use the database schema from v8.x with as few changes as possible.
Use ASP.NET MVC instead of Webforms.
Make the project open source under Ms-PL.
Be the best ASP.NET-based forum.
Not duplicate UBB's 1998 UI for the Nth time.

More information:

FAQ
POP Forums Version History
Live demo (new location)
Follow more on Jeff's blog.

Setup:

To set it up, check the installation instructions in the documentation section.

Read the post on how to use the Scoring Game in your ASP.NET MVC app.

Update: 2/16/12

We've got a beta ready to go for use with ASP.NET MVC 4, and it includes mobile sauce. Get the details and download here. This version is not recommended for production use. The demo site is running this version right now.

Check out the new release: v9.2.1! This new version includes localization capability and the scoring game, as well as a few fixes. The only change from v9.2.0 to v9.2.1 is the addition of the Spanish resource file. You don't need to update unless you want Spanish.

Do you speak English and another language? We want to make POP Forums globally useful. Starting with v9.2, the app is easily localized. We have volunteers translating to Spanish, Dutch and German, and we'd love help for additional languages. Drop Jeff an e-mail to jeff@popw.com for more information.

Note that our demo forum has moved. You can find that here: http://popforums.com/Forums

Created Release: POP Forums v9.3.0 BETA (Feb 16, 2012)

jeffyjones — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:17:00 GMT

What's new?

Uses jQuery Mobile and the ASP.NET MVC4 beta to provide mobile-optimized views.
Numbers are formatted (sensitive to culture) when 1,000 or higher.
CSS is more integration friendly, and specific to the ForumContainer element.
FIX: Bug in topic repository around caching keys for single-server data layer.
FIX: Pager links on recent topics pointed to incorrect route.
Update to jQuery v1.7.1.
Replaced use of .live() with .on() in script, pursuant to jQuery update, which deprecates .live().

Known issues

This is a first attempt at using jQuery Mobile, and as such, it's not great.
AJAX loading is explicitly turned off, for now, until I spend more time understanding what it does and how it caches stuff. Kind of important in an ever-changing forum.
Scrolling to newest post doesn't work because of how jQuery Mobile uses URL hashes. See previous point.
Integrating with an existing site is messy.

Released: POP Forums v9.3.0 BETA (Feb 16, 2012)

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:17:00 GMT

What's new?

Uses jQuery Mobile and the ASP.NET MVC4 beta to provide mobile-optimized views.
Numbers are formatted (sensitive to culture) when 1,000 or higher.
CSS is more integration friendly, and specific to the ForumContainer element.
FIX: Bug in topic repository around caching keys for single-server data layer.
FIX: Pager links on recent topics pointed to incorrect route.
Update to jQuery v1.7.1.
Replaced use of .live() with .on() in script, pursuant to jQuery update, which deprecates .live().

Known issues

This is a first attempt at using jQuery Mobile, and as such, it's not great.
AJAX loading is explicitly turned off, for now, until I spend more time understanding what it does and how it caches stuff. Kind of important in an ever-changing forum.
Scrolling to newest post doesn't work because of how jQuery Mobile uses URL hashes. See previous point.
Integrating with an existing site is messy.

Closed Task: Convert jQuery live() to on() [82]

jeffyjones — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:01:09 GMT

Use jQuery's on() methods instead of the deprecated live(), along with jQuery v1.7.x.
Comments: Done!

New Post: Is the source code available through a version control system like Mercurial or Git?

jeffyjones — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:33:10 GMT

Fantastic stuff in there... very exciting.

New Post: Is the source code available through a version control system like Mercurial or Git?

Hellfire — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:25:40 GMT

We'll wait for the next drop then before beginning our deployment. I'd really love to see it in a publicly available repo though. :D

MVC4: There's going to be some great rejoicing (and a lot of swearing) around the office today!

New Post: Is the source code available through a version control system like Mercurial or Git?

jeffyjones — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:14:12 GMT

I keep the repo on my own box, so the latest release is the latest release. I may eventually move it here on CodePlex, but I'd lose a couple of years of history unless I try one of those conversion things.

The beta for v9.3 should be up some time today... a beta to coincide with the MVC4 release that happened about 15 minutes ago. :)

New Post: Is the source code available through a version control system like Mercurial or Git?

Hellfire — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:11:59 GMT

So what would be the best way for us to keep up with your changes, new features, etc? Is there a repository we can fork?

New Post: Is the source code available through a version control system like Mercurial or Git?

jeffyjones — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:58:46 GMT

There isn't a formal process, per se, but I've taken in a couple of bug fixes and what not. I'll consider adding in contributions on a case by case basis, considering quality, feature sets, etc. If you have something in mind, it's probably easiest to just drop me e-mail (jeff@popw.com).