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| donker wrote
Davin,
Where are you regarding DNN integration? I'm very curious. This project is awesome but would definitely benefit from DNN integration.
Peter
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There hasn't been any work done to the webservices yet but it is on the ToDo list for version 0.8. Specifically DNN integration might be awhile....
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Hi Davin,
I'm quite happy with BugNET and have gone ahead to do some integration myself. My first step was to integrate the databases. It is imperative that the user base is shared. For this the fact that BugNET tables are not prefixed is a stumbling block for me. So I have written scripts to repair this. If anyone's interested I'll blog about this sometime.
A second phase is to create modules that make the most of the two products. I have veered away from a complete integration: i.e. doing away with the old bugnet and completely managing BugNET through DNN. It would cost me too much time. Instead I'd like to use DNN to make a bridge between data there and bugs/projects in BugNET. So I went ahead and created a module where you can easily manage the permissions of a user in BugNET projects. Select user, see a big checkbox list of projects and roles, click relevant checkboxes, and hit update. That made management easier for me.
Second module is linking forum threads to bugs. You can see this in action on bring2mind.net in the forums. Here for instance:
http://www.bring2mind.net/Support/Forums/tabid/143/forumid/20/postid/3685/view/topic/Default.aspx
This should help reduce the amount of "what's the progress on XYZ?"-messages. The module will create the bug or link it to an existing one and will put the original author on the notification list. The module still needs some work on the backend UI but this is already operational and helping.
The other projects I'd like to get going are: a module to set up projects. This should help particular users keep track of a project that is set up with him/her. Another one is a dashboard module listing the most important stuff (much like the dashboard that comes with BugNET).
This is my 2cts on this. Unfortunately I use some 3rd party UI components to make stuff in management a but easier (Ajax dropdowns and callback grids etc). This means I can't just release it for free, let alone open source. But maybe we'll find another way one day to decouple this and release some free integration modules.
Peter