Each directory and sub-directory needs a file NB.ID with a line: Administrator: Admin  where admin is the id used to administer the Noticeboard system

HTH

Martin

I created and did some brief testing of Noticeboards some years ago and am once again visiting the subject and am wondering if anyone can tell me what the topic indicators (flags?) mean that I might see in the far left column.  Right now I have three test topics, the far left column for one of the is blank, one contains a black square, and one contains a black triangle.  Nothing in the current topic properties window provides a clue.  Nothing in the manual about this either.

Also, my noticeboard window opens as the Root noticeboard but I can't figure out how to create a new one or add a sub one.  I am an admin.  Help needed please.

[quote user="Brian Fluet"]Also, my noticeboard window opens as the Root noticeboard but I can't figure out how to create a new one or add a sub one.  I am an admin.  Help needed please.[/quote]

I just figured this part out.  Still wondering about the status flags though.

If anyone is using noticeboards I would appreciate insights into how you are using them and their value to you.

Briefly tried Noticeboards at our company several years ago but they did not really help. I guess that if you have a highly collaborative environment they may be useful.

I'm not surprised.  I did a bunch of testing and determined that they didn't seem practical to use.  I went looking for my old Pegasus Mail Admin manual to see if I was missing anything and found the following notation:

Noticeboards do not work as expected.  Too many
problems to make them valuable to use.   -BGF 5/15/13
- Can not post a follow-up from within the reader window.
- No easy way to view content of posts.  Must open each one.

Too bad I have that CRS (Can't Remember S**t) syndrome.  [:S]

Hi Brian

Just to let you know, I used Noticeboards for many years at work.They acted as a kind of bulletin board,or more recently as an early form of Wiki. The original intent was to run under Novell file systems, and was converted to cope with Windows (sort of).

The most common problem was realizing that two levels of file protection were in play. First the OS providing a Read/Write protection by directory and file protection. Secondly the NoticeBoard software had its own access controls which went into group collections, for things like project teams. For all intents it offered a folder system that allowed for network access for local networks (LAN) as well as cross domain access.

The only thing missing from Windows based systems was the purging of stored messages by date, as this was and still is a Novell OS only feature. So in my case the weekly staff meeting minutes were stored, and could then be accessed by all team members. This is mostly replaced by shared disk storage space (a la Cloud)

To this date I still use Noticeboards for providing project progress reporting, and yes I could equally use standard folders on my local machine, and have lots of folders. This leads me to another feature I like, Noticeboard can have multiple sub-directory levels.  And additionally this allows for system file backups by project.

So in summary I am not ready to give up on Noticeboards, even though the file sharing feature is basically not much use to me.

 From old-timer

           Martin

The sharing and updating of project activity was what I way hoping to use them for but discovered the same as you and Greenman, they aren't well suited for that purpose.  Oh well, I'm an old timer too but not so old to not always be looking for a way to do things easier, faster, better.