Hi there,

 

I've had this idea for a website, and really didn't know how to develop it. However, I have a concept for the development now, and basically what I want is every user who signs up to have a private forum, where only he/she has acces to, and where he/she can post something and put it into a category. It defeats the purpose of a forum, but I think it would be a good idea to use forum software for this idea (I was thinking of Vanilla Forums), as it will save me loads of work.

 

Any idea how I could do this, preferably using something like Vanilla forums?

 

Cheers,

Laurens

Hi there,

 

I've had this idea for a website, and really didn't know how to develop it. However, I have a concept for the development now, and basically what I want is every user who signs up to have a private forum, where only he/she has acces to, and where he/she can post something and put it into a category. It defeats the purpose of a forum, but I think it would be a good idea to use forum software for this idea (I was thinking of Vanilla Forums), as it will save me loads of work.

 

Any idea how I could do this, preferably using something like Vanilla forums?

 

Cheers,

Laurens

um if they are the only one who can post in it whats the purpose? lol

um if they are the only one who can post in it whats the purpose? lol

 

It's for totally different purposes than what a forum is meant for (I said it defeats the purpose, already). I just want to use a forum code and edit it, 'cause it'll save me loads of work. It's for a project. I won't explain in further details, because I don't want anyone to steal the idea. I just need to know how to do this, it doesn't matter wether it seems pointless not.

Sounds like a simple blogging app might work here, each use get's a unique URL like www.mysite.com/username, then user can add content which appears only in their own page(s)

Sounds like a simple blogging app might work here, each use get's a unique URL like www.mysite.com/username, then user can add content which appears only in their own page(s)

 

Had not thought of that yet. Thanks!

Had not thought of that yet. Thanks!

editing existing code of a forum software unless u know the ins and outs of the software can be a daunting task, and im aware u already said it defeats the purpose im saying it again

editing existing code of a forum software unless u know the ins and outs of the software can be a daunting task, and im aware u already said it defeats the purpose im saying it again

 

Maybe creating a simple 'blogging' CMS would be easier. Don't even know why I thought of a forum. What I want is people to be able to log in and have their own private micro-blog with categories. Any ideas how I could do this?

Maybe creating a simple 'blogging' CMS would be easier. Don't even know why I thought of a forum. What I want is people to be able to log in and have their own private micro-blog with categories. Any ideas how I could do this?

mmm u mean like twitter? which is suppose to be micro blogging

mmm u mean like twitter? which is suppose to be micro blogging

 

Yeh, but every user should have a private micro-blog only he/she can see and should be able to put all it's posts into categories.

Yeh, but every user should have a private micro-blog only he/she can see and should be able to put all it's posts into categories.

well then ur idea of a forum is not far off, if u have a decent knowledge of php is should not be to hard to do

Yeh, but every user should have a private micro-blog only he/she can see and should be able to put all it's posts into categories.

 

That sounds absolutely pointless. Why would people be interested in posting content online that only they could see or access?

That sounds absolutely pointless. Why would people be interested in posting content online that only they could see or access?

 

You don't even know what it's meant for. I realise it sounds useless when you read what I wrote up there. If you'd know what the project is I'm working on, you'd understand. I'm not even asking anyone to comment on how pointless it may seem, I just need help making it :/

You don't even know what it's meant for. I realise it sounds useless when you read what I wrote up there. If you'd know what the project is I'm working on, you'd understand. I'm not even asking anyone to comment on how pointless it may seem, I just need help making it :/

but why help make it when in our eyes its pointless?

but why help make it when in our eyes its pointless?

 

It isn't pointless in my eyes. That's not what I'm saying, I'm saying it might seem pointless, but it is not.

It isn't pointless in my eyes. That's not what I'm saying, I'm saying it might seem pointless, but it is not.

what is not pointless very well may be pointless unless u can give us details as why its not pointless

Hi there,

 

I've had this idea for a website, and really didn't know how to develop it. However, I have a concept for the development now, and basically what I want is every user who signs up to have a private forum, where only he/she has acces to, and where he/she can post something and put it into a category. It defeats the purpose of a forum, but I think it would be a good idea to use forum software for this idea (I was thinking of Vanilla Forums), as it will save me loads of work.

 

Any idea how I could do this, preferably using something like Vanilla forums?

 

Cheers,

Laurens

 

Drupal out of the box will do everything you need for your project.

 

To extend the functionality a bit more you may want to check out these modules:

http://drupal.org/project/private

http://drupal.org/project/content_access

Edited April 15, 201214 yr by mylocaltrades

Drupal out of the box will do everything you need for your project.

 

To extend the functionality a bit more you may want to check out these modules:

http://drupal.org/project/private

http://drupal.org/project/content_access

 

Thank you!

the users may be better off using something like evernote? google docs? etc?