We are testing the first release of Vuuch Public Discussions. Any discussion created using the SW add-in or the Pro/E add-in can be made public. There are a few hoops to jump through to do this, but this is the first release. To make a Discussion Public go the the WEB UI and open the Discussion and then edit it. There you will see a selection for “Public”. Once the Discussion is Public it will then be made availble to any forum that wants it. Currently we are testing a WordPress add-in over at www.vuuch.net and Ben is giving it a try over at www.projott.com. Both blogs will post SolidWorks and Pro/E questions. This will change once we are out of test mode.
Other things will change as well. For instance you will be able to create a public discussion from any UI and will not need to go and edit the dsicussion and you will be able to specify the type of discussion. For example is it a tips and tricks discussion about Solidworks or is it an engineering question. Currently the beta passes no image over and this will be fixed shortly… After completing the WP add-in we will create add-in for other forum solutions like vBulletin and PHPBB. OH YA the WP code is open source so if you want to extended it feel free!
Let us know what you think and if you know of any sites that should use this like eng-tips.com or www.solidjott.com then let us know and let them know…
Once a Discussion has been made Public and has been placed in a blog or forum any comment/reply made in the blog/forum will be sent back to Vuuch. So next time you have a quick engineering question or a tips & tricks question, don’t leave your tool jsut create a Vuuch Public Discussion. See you at Pro/USER!
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