I have been working on some functions we need for a roll-out on one
of my projects. These are administration functions for the ACS4
bulletin board application.
Basically, they address the following questions/requirements:
For the bboard user:
- What forums do I have access to?
- What forums am I subscribed to?
- When I post, who will get the note automatically?
- When I post, who can see what I have written?
For the bboard administrator:
- The same user questions above, plus:
- Who is subscribed to forum X?
- How can I easily remove subscriptions from forum X?
- How can I pre-subscribe someone to a forum? (Note: this is a type
of spam)
- How can I easily add subscriptions to forum Y?
My first draft documentation about the motivations/design/code,
etc. is stored here. I am interested in any comments.
I can post or send the code if requested. Unfortunately, it will
not work with the new OACS 4.5 beta out-of-the-box (although I
surmise the customizations to be minimal). I expect to go to the 4.5
version in the next couple of months. At that time, I will convert
this code. I am posting it now to prompt design discussions
concerning bboard, administration, UI, permissions, et.al.
Regards..
