SharePoint Forums WebPart : What's going on? 

As a follow-up to my previous blogpost: "Forum Web Part for SharePoint" I thought I'd let you know the status of my personal pet-project.

I've been getting alot of feedback regarding the Forum WebPart which is soon to enter it's beta-testing stage. Thanks for the feedback in terms of the comments to my previous blogpost and all the emails I keep getting regarding the SharePoint Forum WebPart.

Status

The status of this project is as follows:

I'm currently trying to get as much done on the SharePoint Forum WebPart as I possibly can on my (few) free hours right now. I've got tons to tend to before I go to Egypt in May (which by the way will be awesome).

I plan to release it for alpha-/betatesting before I go on vacation to Egypt though, and I've been getting some response as to whom might be interested in testing it.
Unfortunately not everyone left their email, which makes it hard for me to contact those individuals.

So if you're not sure, or know that you didn't send over your email but you want to try the WebPart out, add a comment here and include your email. ;)

This is what the SharePoint Forum WebPart currently looks like:

Basic overview of all availible forums
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Basic overview of threads in a forum
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Basic features:

  • Forum Management
    • Manage what forums exists (Using the default SharePoint interface)
  • Thread Management
    • Manage threads (Using the default SharePoint interface)
    • Create new threads (Using a custom interface) - ugly as hell
  • Post Management
    • Manage posts (Using the default SharePoint interface)
    • Create new posts (replies) - also ugly as hell :)
  • Breadcrumbs
    • [Home] > [Forum] > [Thread]
  • Forum Statistics
    • Last post
    • Last poster
    • Total posts
    • Total threads
    • Total forums
  • Paging (WebPart Property, meaning you can set this property yourself to a desired amount of items per page)
  • Theming
    • Supports all built-in themes
    • Supports custom made themes
    • (All styles for the forum is using the built-in SharePoint CSS classes)
  • etc. etc.
Feedback, suggestions, comments and all of that

This is still a work in progress, and I'd like for YOU to leave a comment with suggestions about functionality, accessibility, usability, usage, features etc.

Thanks for tuning in, see you around!

 
Posted on 28-Apr-08 by Tobias Zimmergren
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Tags: Forum Web Part, MOSS 2007, SharePoint, WSS 3.0
 

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Tuesday, 29 Apr 2008 04:05 by Chandima
Contact me via email :-) Happy to do some testing for you.
Tuesday, 29 Apr 2008 06:19 by Lawrence Liu
Good stuff! I just e-mail you the onboarding procedure for CKS. I would love to see you join forces with the folks working on the Enhanced Discussion Board Edition at https://www.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ProjectName=CKS&ReleaseId=10943.
Tuesday, 29 Apr 2008 12:44 by Tobias Zimmergren
Hi Chandima, I will let you know when there's a version for you to try out :) Lawrence, good to hear from you. I've joined the project and will be happy to contribute with my experience and knowledge surrounding SharePoint. Keep an eye out for new updates to the Forum WP.
Friday, 2 May 2008 01:04 by Daniel
Awesome Mr Z. I've been looking at the pre-alpha you gave me for a time, and I have to say that it rocks that it uses querystrings. I tried to do some SQL injection but without luck. Seems like a thougt-through idea. How about changing from normal integer ID's to GUIDS for safety and uniqueness? :)
Friday, 2 May 2008 01:48 by Tobias Zimmergren
Hi Daniel, thanks for the input. Regarding the SQL injection - you'll never ever succeed with that one, since I don't use any SQL implementation. It's all solely based on SharePoint objects.
Monday, 12 May 2008 05:35 by Andry Setiawan
Hi, I am interesting to try your version. CVould you please send me the files? Thanks.
Monday, 12 May 2008 07:57 by Gautham
this looks really good. Would love to test it out.
Monday, 12 May 2008 04:10 by Barry White
nice wp mate. see you around and hope you get it up before egypt as a beta at least. cheers
Thursday, 15 May 2008 03:31 by Wursti
Hi, this sounds like what i'm looking for for a really long time. What about Usergroup? Could you please send me the beta? Thanks a lot in advance. Wursti
Friday, 16 May 2008 10:09 by Big Ron
This sounds ideal for something I am looking at. Can you please send me the alpha/beta release.
Tuesday, 20 May 2008 09:14 by Shaun
Id be happy to help test mate.
Wednesday, 4 Jun 2008 03:31 by ElectroFuncDaddy
Nice one!
Monday, 9 Jun 2008 03:54 by Teddy
Superb!! interested in trying the webpart.
Wednesday, 25 Jun 2008 10:47 by Vindog
I'm also interested in the forum webpart...thank YOU! vince
Wednesday, 25 Jun 2008 10:50 by Tobias Zimmergren
Hi guys, Awesome to see such an interest in this web part. It's about to be released as a beta now where I will distribute it to those of you who gave their e-mail addresses. Glad to see that someone appreciates one mans spare-time projects ;) Keep it up, I sure will try!
Wednesday, 2 Jul 2008 12:42 by Sundae
Supper! Would love to test it. Thanks!
Monday, 7 Jul 2008 11:04 by antonio evasco
wo, ok let me have a copy please..
Wednesday, 16 Jul 2008 02:28 by Your lovely admirer
Hello. I love your photo :) Anyway, this is what my company is also looking for if it's possible to try please let us know. best regards, Amy
Sunday, 3 Aug 2008 09:49 by Ramadan
great work... I hope i can recieve it as well :)
Monday, 4 Aug 2008 12:55 by Simon Hillson
This looks great, my Company are very interested in trying the beta.
Saturday, 9 Aug 2008 04:38 by David Walker
This will be a greate enhancement to SharePoint. The forum component is perfect for offline conversations. Waiting anxiously!
Monday, 18 Aug 2008 11:15 by Steve Redmond
I would definately love to try out your forum web part. I have an immediate project that I'm working on that would give it a bit of a workout.
Tuesday, 26 Aug 2008 11:22 by David Kissling
I would like to try your forum webpart. Have you given any thought about posting it on codeplex?
Wednesday, 27 Aug 2008 10:18 by Skippy
Willing to try it out.. :) :) could send a copy to my email please. issyl_29@yahoo.com
Wednesday, 27 Aug 2008 07:01 by Kara Fong
Hi Tobias! I'd love to give your webpart a try! Could you send me a copy to tokki48@hotmail.com?Thank you!
Tuesday, 2 Sep 2008 07:55 by umberto
Hi Tobias, ill gladly try your forum wp in a new moss site im building these days! thanks a lot and ciao from bologna!
Wednesday, 3 Sep 2008 06:00 by Dronskiy
I wanna try this web part.Please send me to e-mail
Thursday, 4 Sep 2008 12:12 by Kondo
Hi Tobias, This web part looks great.. Please can I try it
Tuesday, 9 Sep 2008 07:36 by Matt
I too have a project that would be a great test for this. I would be very interested in helping you test this.
Wednesday, 24 Sep 2008 04:41 by jana
Could you please send this webpart to me? :o)
Wednesday, 24 Sep 2008 08:06 by Ray
Webpart looks great. The first look makes me recommend this to many customers. When do you expect to release a first version?
Monday, 29 Sep 2008 08:30 by Eric Crane
That's the cleanest and most well developed Forums for sharepoint I've seen. I would kill to have it. Hope progress is made! Even if I have to buy it. Eric
Tuesday, 7 Oct 2008 09:50 by Lu
I am very interested in helping with the testing. Would you please send it to me as well?
Tuesday, 14 Oct 2008 09:41 by Rick
Hi Tobias, Looks great please include me in the testing...
Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 03:03 by NazeerBasha
Hi Tobias, looks great. I need to calrify that whether your custom forum web part will allow to attach Out-of-the-box and Custom VS 2005 workflows. Wheter your web part have any rating future.
Thursday, 23 Oct 2008 03:26 by Jingmei
Yes, I'm evaluating Forums web part for a customer and would like to test out the web part even before your beta release! Thanks!
Friday, 24 Oct 2008 02:53 by sosena
Hi, Iour organizationis looking web part. am currently reseraching and evaluating Forum/discussion wepart and would like to try the webpart please send me Thanks. sosena
Monday, 27 Oct 2008 04:31 by gbelzile
Where can I download it?
Wednesday, 29 Oct 2008 01:54 by Gerardo
Hi Tobias, I am testing some forum web parts for MOOS 2007. Yours look great if is possible I would like to look at it on my server. May I have a BETA version? Thanx Gerardo
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Wednesday, 12 Nov 2008 03:46 by Antonio
Hi Tobias, this is very beautiful and useful webpart. Can i have a beta version ? Thanks
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