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Forum Engine for Google App Engine (Python environment).

I could not find good forum (messageboard) engine for Google App Engine, Python environment. So I decided to create my own forum engine and contribute it in open-source. I am planning to use it in some of my GAE projects.

Demo: http://gforum-demo.appspot.com

Design guidelines:

  • No user registration at all. Use only third-party platforms like: Google Accounts, Facebook, Twitter, MyOpenID, VKontakte, Mail.Ru. This is done via single sign-on platform Loginza
  • SEO-friendly links to forums and threads - forum and thread permalinks include forum title and thread title respectively
  • Design via themes - clean and simple. It should not be overloaded with unnecessary details
  • Use of Gravatars
  • Can paste images or make links to outside images (at Flickr, for example)
  • i18n
  • Social engagement features (buzz, Facebook like, Tweet buttons etc...)
  • Automatic sitemap generation
  • Private messages for users
  • RSS/ATOM feeds for threads/forums
  • Reasonable administrator interface: create/edit forums, see list of users, ban/unban users and more

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