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02/19/2010 8:51 AM

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Any real-world use of Meld out there yet?

 
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02/22/2010 10:45 AM

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Yes, absolutely ... however I'll leave it to the owners to post links to the sites if they wish to.

We ourselves mainly use it in intranet settings, as businesses are finding it a very useful tool for reducing general Email clutter and internal support.

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03/04/2010 6:04 AM

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Last Edited: 03/04/2010 6:04 AM

I was wondering if anybody could share their real-life experience with Meld Forums, things like:

- ease of use / implementation

- moderation

- performance

- hybrid database setup (as Meld doesn't support MsSQL yet)

- security

- complex integration in the Mura framework (such as the use of categories with posts)

- etc...

How did it go? Are you happy with it? Thanks for sharing!

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03/06/2010 11:41 AM

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Nicolas,

I'm just in the process of setting Meld up for use on a commercial site, and so far I've been very impressed by the ease of use.

I've not delved too much into anything complicated yet, and can't comment on performance as it's not live for general use yet; but I have set it up with a hybrid database setup.

I'm running MSSQL for my main Mura install, and have installed MySQL just to run Meld. (I'm hoping in the future I'll be able to have them both in MSSQL!).

As far as I can see, all the user management is done via Mura's API, and the Meld database just contains a reference to that user. Any data that is required by Meld for display purposes is duplicated in the Meld database, and when anything that is stored in both places is updated - from either end - it is automatically synced across.

(This is just my understanding of what's happening - I'm sure someone will correct me if I've got it wrong!)

I'm very happy so far - and any problems/bugs I've had have been answered/fixed very quickly by the Meld team...

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03/08/2010 8:41 AM

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Thanks for the feedback, definitely seems to be an elegant approach to forums within the Mura realm.

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05/19/2010 2:23 PM

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Last Edited: 05/19/2010 2:24 PM

Hi, I am definitely going to use this on a site or two, but as they are personal projects rather than actual work projects at this stage, I am still a couple of months from launching them (I have implemented test-forums but am waiting on more content from other guys). I ran into a few small glitches like "gif file format is not supported" and "activate CF Search Engine" etc., but nothing that was not solved with a couple of clicks and refreshs. Overall, it seems very built in a very solid way and ties in nicely with the MURA groups and users.

Best regards,

Jonas

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06/01/2010 7:00 AM

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I think it would be a good idea to publish more details about the integration. i have lots of Questions.

Is the forum integrated in the mura search?

As it is licensed, how about adjusting code to fit in better?

How is the admin area integrated in terms of users and groups?

How about screen shots of the stuff?

The great thing about mura is that you can create your own code and integrate it into the existing app. Would that work for the forum too?

So many questions.

Who is using it on a public site?

Cheers

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07/23/2010 4:53 AM

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Is there anyway of trialing it before buying. I would like to recommend to a client but cant do that sight unseen?

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