Forum OpenACS Development: Re: Enhancing forums

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6: Re: Enhancing forums (response to 5)
Posted by Nima Mazloumi on
Is there a demo server to see your work or can you upload screenshots?
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8: Re: Enhancing forums (response to 6)
Posted by Michael Cordova on
There is not yet a demo server, let me clean the code a little, and install it in a more stable server. Right now it's on an unstable development server we are constantly reseting...

I can capture a few screenshots, and publish them with a list of new features in a wiki, and post here a link.

Well, I can write now a list of features:

uForums (Forums enhancements for UNED)

<h2>FORUM-VIEW</h2>

  • expand node(s), so...
    • show expanded nodes
    • collapse node(s)
    • collapse all (button or list-template action)
  • show unthreaded version button (sort only by date)
  • "new message" highlight (using views package and/or a new table for read/unread feature)
  • show only new messages button
  • mark as read/unread (if views is available)
  • mark thread as read/unread button (bulk action)
  • mark all forum as read button
  • tooltips to show more info
    • preview content
    • authors information details (disabled right now)

<h2>MESSAGE-VIEW</h2>

  • Next thread /prev thread navigation links
  • User portrait
  • reply to author button (link to mail)
  • forward message button (email to...)
  • row.adp architecture reviewed

<h2>FORUMS ADMIN</h2>
All new features check a package parameter (new for each feature) value to know if the new behavior is enabled or not, and if it's what kind of behavior is set. For instance,

  1. when marking a message as unread ¿should be marked as unread all the replies or only that message?,
  2. When expanding a node: ¿expand all levels, or just one?

<h2>In development</h2>
I'm working now in that points:

  • write tests
  • test when moderated forums
  • add return_url to some actions
  • simple admin page (with common parameters)

PS: I have to say that there have been 5 people involved in that develpoment during the last year at UNED: David Arroyo (First UNED requirements done), Raúl Morales (Portlet), Alberto Pesquera (DB and TCL API), Mario Aguado (data model modifications, and Team Leader/Supervisor), and Me: (Mostly User Interface changes)

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10: Re: Enhancing forums (response to 8)
Posted by Michael Cordova on
I missed 2 features actually done:
* "switch to another group's forum" widget
* human friendly posting dates (13 minutes ago, 4 hours ago, sunday... and so on)
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12: Re: Enhancing forums (response to 10)
Posted by Emmanuelle Raffenne on
Miguel Angel,

Is the "switch to another group's forum" based on "dotlrn communities" groups?

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Posted by Raúl Morales Hidalgo on
Emmanuelle,

it switches between the group forums, not to other forums in another groups :)

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15: Re: Enhancing forums (response to 13)
Posted by Emmanuelle Raffenne on
oooh ok. That makes sense now.
thks