[Open-access] Q2A

Tue Feb 28 16:07:20 UTC 2012

Hi Tom,

I've just spoken to Nils - he will look at this in an hour's time. Hope
that's OK for you!

Thanks,
Laura

On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 3:51 PM, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com>wrote:

> Laura, Nils,
>
> Could you tell me if it is possible to have the Q&A lite plugin installed
> so that I will be able to test it for the @ccess site.
> In my optimism I had planned to do this tonight because my son who holds a
> doctorate in computer sciences is there to help me
>
> TOM
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 12:22 PM, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I can't seem to be able to create an account for trac without invitation.
>> The Q2A open source plugin will have to be configured with individual WP
>> site directories as I see it. I will check on that.
>> The Q&A lite is a pre-configured plugin which should work :
>> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/qa/
>> I will try to find out more about the other, in the meantime I think the
>> Q&A is safe to install. I have no personal experiences with it though.
>>  TOM
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org>wrote:
>>
>>> I've just spoken to Rufus about this.
>>>
>>> @Tom O., Rufus has suggested you create an account on trac and comment
>>> directly on the ticket (http://trac.okfn.org/ticket/1194). He would
>>> like to know whether you have experience of the plug-in, and whether it
>>> will work on our multi-site?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Laura
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> If you could just run all this past Nils, our Sysadmin guy (in cc) that
>>>> would be great. I'm not sure of the implications of installing plug-ins
>>>> into our word press sites, but I think it would be worth making sure Nils
>>>> knows what you're planning and approves from a technical point of view :)
>>>>
>>>> @Nils, I created a trac ticket for this last week:
>>>> http://trac.okfn.org/ticket/1194
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Laura
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com>
>>>> Date: Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:22 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Open-access] Q2A
>>>> To: Mark MacGillivray <mark at cottagelabs.com>
>>>> Cc: Laura Newman <laura.newman at okfn.org>, open-access at lists.okfn.org
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hi Mark,
>>>>
>>>> I would like to have the Q2A installed http://
>>>> www.question2answer.org/wordpress.php
>>>> I am also interested in the Q&A of WPMuDev
>>>> http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/qa/
>>>> this latter is the lite version which is free and we can use it to
>>>> compare the 2 programs.and choose the best one
>>>> I would be very happy if you could install these 2  in the plugin
>>>> directory so that I can put them to use on the @ccess site
>>>>
>>>> TOM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Mark MacGillivray <
>>>> mark at cottagelabs.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Laura, everyone
>>>>>
>>>>> I can install plugins if you are needing some done. Just let me know
>>>>> which ones you want, if you decide to buy non-free ones or not (I
>>>>> don't have control over buying them, but do have admin control for
>>>>> installing).
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Mark
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Tom Olijhoek <tom.olijhoek at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> > Hi Laura,
>>>>> > I really want to have the Q2A or Q&A software to work with on the
>>>>> @ccess
>>>>> > site.
>>>>> > There is also a program called communities from the same people as
>>>>> Q2A.
>>>>> > Both these programs cost one-time $17   Would that be a problem?
>>>>> > Q&A is open source and free. We could also start with this.
>>>>> > Can you hunt this?
>>>>> > Alternatively I could install things on the Wordpress directory of
>>>>> the OKFN
>>>>> > server myself, but then I would need to be granted sufficient admin
>>>>> rights
>>>>> >
>>>>> > TOM
>>>>> >
>>>>> > _______________________________________________
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>>>>> >
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Laura Newman
>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>> http://okfn.org/
>>>> Skype: lauranewmanonskype
>>>> Twitter: @Newmanlk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Laura Newman
>>> Community Coordinator
>>> Open Knowledge Foundation
>>> http://okfn.org/
>>> Skype: lauranewmanonskype
>>> Twitter: @Newmanlk
>>>
>>>
>>
>

-- 
Laura Newman
Community Coordinator
Open Knowledge Foundation
http://okfn.org/
Skype: lauranewmanonskype
Twitter: @Newmanlk
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