Cupcake forum plugin, it's pretty delicious
Monday, September 7th 2009, 11:06pm
Topics: CakePHP, Plugins
Tags: Script, Plugin, Cupcake, Forum, Demo
Comments: 15
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If you have been following me on Twitter, you may of heard me mention a new CakePHP plugin I am developing, a forum plugin. Well I am officially announcing it as the Cupcake Forum Plugin. It is basically complete, but I would like to run a few more tests and perhaps get an "installer" type script. Alongside this announcement, I have uploaded the forum plugin onto this domain as a demo, and will be using it as a support forum for all my scripts. Click the screenshot of the forum to view the demo.
Cupcake isn't as robust as regular forum systems, that would be absurd. Instead it has all the necessary basic features for fully utilizing a forum. Some of those features include: users and profiles, topics, replying, sub-forums, read topics, flood protection, topic auto lock, hourly post and topic limitations, access levels and permissions, moderators, searching, locking mechanisms, sticky and important topic types, topic and post reporting and many more. Oh and that's not all, it also comes bundled with a built in administration panel where you can manage all aspects of the forum, instead of having to do it manually in the database.
I will be releasing the plugin sometime this week. If you have any suggestions for features, be sure to send me an email or reply to this entry. Looking forward to all your feedback on this, it took quite a while to develop!
Cupcake isn't as robust as regular forum systems, that would be absurd. Instead it has all the necessary basic features for fully utilizing a forum. Some of those features include: users and profiles, topics, replying, sub-forums, read topics, flood protection, topic auto lock, hourly post and topic limitations, access levels and permissions, moderators, searching, locking mechanisms, sticky and important topic types, topic and post reporting and many more. Oh and that's not all, it also comes bundled with a built in administration panel where you can manage all aspects of the forum, instead of having to do it manually in the database.
I will be releasing the plugin sometime this week. If you have any suggestions for features, be sure to send me an email or reply to this entry. Looking forward to all your feedback on this, it took quite a while to develop!
15 Comments
richardathome.com
Sep 8th 2009, 05:49
jben.net
Sep 8th 2009, 12:50
Looking really good, couple of Qs:
* How easy is it to theme/style things?
* What flexibility is there with Auth/Acl etc?
Thanks for releasing this :)
Cheers,
Jon
code621.com
Sep 8th 2009, 13:26
milesj.me
Sep 8th 2009, 19:25
@Dan - Yeah it was one of the main reasons I built it. Shouldn't be too much longer till its available.
Thanks for the good input guys :]
kissagalleria.com
Sep 8th 2009, 22:29
aquive.nl
Sep 9th 2009, 07:57
How long did you spent building it?
Keep up the good work.
Sep 9th 2009, 08:12
This looks promising, I can't wait to try it :)
I have one question, since I already have a login system with users/groups, is it possible to use my existing users table with this plugin?
Take care,
Nicolas
pseudocoder.com
Sep 9th 2009, 11:02
Cupcake looks pretty sweet. Let me know if you're looking for someone to give it a trial run before you release it.
-Matt
mattkaufman.org
Sep 9th 2009, 13:23
milesj.me
Sep 9th 2009, 15:41
@Matt Curry - Will probably do that.
Sep 9th 2009, 15:54
That's good to know! I will definitely give Cupcake a try when it's released.
Thanks for the hard work :)
Nicolas
Sep 10th 2009, 00:23
the-di-lab.com
Sep 11th 2009, 09:17
milesj.me
Sep 11th 2009, 10:00
http://www.milesj.me/resources/script/forum-plugin
kissagalleria.com
Sep 25th 2009, 01:11