Vanilla enterprise features in Vanilla open source?

bliss123

Hello community. This is my first time here. I was taking a look at VanillaForums.COM and found some really attractive features in enterprise edition which I hope to have in opensource version as well.

http://vanillaforums.com/info/plugins

Vanilla POP:
Register, post new discussions and comments, and read discussions via Email.
(I wish to use forums as support desk so this would really help if people can send email and its created as a seperate thread)

Some other features I like are..
Pre Moderation
Split/Merge
Whispers
Profile Extender
SSO
All Viewed

Any experts in here know how to achieve this in opensource version as well?

x00

No.

Vanilla POP is a SaaS. Setting infrastructure up like that you go to know what you are doing.

They provide some software for free, but they are not goign to help you setup complicated infrastructure, which you need the resources to do. They have enough to support as it is.

bliss123

Thanks.

Is there someone in the community whom I can hire to build this features? I don't mind paying $$$.

Or, in other words, can someone please point me to right direction? Where do I find the best expert to custom build vanilla for our requirement?

businessdad

@x00 said:
No.

Vanilla POP is a SaaS. Setting infrastructure up like that you go to know what you are doing.

I agree, more than fully. Accepting actions via email is not trivial, just securing it properly is a complex task. I'm pretty sure it's doable, but it's not something that can be put together in a couple of days, and it would require a significant amount of testing.

@bliss123
Where do I find the best expert to custom build vanilla for our requirement?

You can find many experts on the forum, but expect at least a four figure budget.