Hi All - This one's a hot topic for me as I'm trying to set up this sort of thing on my OpenACS+dotLRN site at the moment.
The objective is to provide an environment where people can join communities (containing features such as news, faq, forums etc.), some of which are public (don't need approval), and some private (need approval).
The idea is to use OpenACS for the publicly available areas, and dotLRN for the private ones.
Obviously dotLRN provides private community-based functionality and fits the bill nicely, but setting something up at the OpenACS level is a complete mystery! I would like to have read the 'parties' doc by Ben Koot, but couldn't access it, and it seems (from the posts) that this area is actually somewhat obscure.
Could anyone provide me with some details (post something or point me in the right direction) as I'd really appreciate a better understanding of this.
Thanks.
