ODS Discussions FAQ

General

What is ODS Discussions?

ODS Discussions Dataspace is a Web-based Newsgroups Aggregator and Reader.

How do I add newsgroups to ODS Discussions?

There are two ways of adding newsgroups:

Using Conductor

1. Login in Conductor as administrator by pointing your browser at http://localhost:8890/conductor
2. From the Main Navigation Bar go to the NNTP tab and register NNTP Server.
3. From the retrieved newsgroups select the ones you want to be subscribed for.

Using Conversation Integration enabled within the various ODS Applications

1. For created Weblog instance, go to its home page -> Settings -> Site Access -> Conversation and check the check-boxes with labels "Enable conversation on this blog" and "Initialize the news group with existing posts".
   
2. For created Wiki instance, go to its home page -> Cluster Settings and in the section "Conversation (NNTP integration)" click the button "Turn On".
   
3. For created Feeds instance, go to its home page -> Preferences -> Conversation and check the check-boxes with labels "Enable conversation on this blog" and "Initialize the news group with existing posts".
4. For created Webmail instance, go to its home page -> Preferences and check the check-box with label -> Conversation and check the check-box with label "Enable conversation on this instance". In order this feature to work properly for ODS Webmail, you should have mail messages with "DCC" values defined.

How to change View of the Newsgroups messages?

Click from the ODS Navigation bar the Discussion tab. As result will be shown the list of all available Newsgroups, which messages can be viewed in two ways:

1. List Mode: this view shows the messages for a current newsgroup in a
2. plain list thread Mode: this view shows the messages for a current
3. newsgroup in a tree list in order they have been created.

How to view a retrieved newsgroup article?

If the newsgroup messages are chosen to be viewed in list mode, then for every message there is link "Read", which when clicked, shows the content of the post. Otherwise, if the mode is "thread", then the subject of the post is a link, which when is clicked, shows the content of the post.

How to create RSS for Newsgroup?

In the Newsgroups list shown on the Discussions Home page for every Newsgroup there is link "RSS". Click it in order to create your RSS feed for a particular Newsgroup.

How to organize My RSS Feeds?

The RSS Feeds list can be viewed from the Discussion Navigation bar -> My RSS.

How do I post message?

A new message can be post either by clicking the "Post" tab from the Discussions Navigation bar, or when you read a post message, bellow its content to click the link "Reply to this article".

How to attach to post a file?

In the post message form click the "[Attach files]" link. You will be offered a choice to upload from your local file system or from DAV.