"J. Atwood" wrote:
I actually started this a few days ago, although not really hacking ZDiscussions, more like rebuilding a new discussion with a SQL backend and modeled after UBB. You can look at what I started to write here...
http://www.zope.org/Members/BwanaZulia/ZUBB/README
I am up to a slew of tables and building the forms to add topics. Take a look and let me know if this is what you were looking to build.
I will add that I too am not a "real" programmer and while I have been using Zope for months I am still just ramping up.
Have you looked at squishdot (http://squishdot.org , http://www.zope.org/Members/butchland/Squishdot)? It's my understanding that someone is doing a reimplementation of Squishdot using ZDiscussions/PTK. Can anyone on the list confirm this? this would seem to solve most of the moderation/registration issues. In any case, this would seem to be a better approach than an RDBMS centric application, as it leverages Zope's strengths. HTH, Michael Bernstein.