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The Smart-Thinker Wall module allows you to attach a Facebook-style Wall to a Group, Event, UserProfile or other entity. This allows users to collaborate, discuss or simply leave comments (It is not designed to replace the Forums module).This was a sponsored enhancement/project and is based loosely on the Facebook Wall design and is fully templatable/localisable so you can change the look and feel to match your site.
To see this module in action, have a look at my PokerDIY profile, this poker group, this poker event, or this custom entity, a live poker league. Feel free to log in and test the wall, but please bear in mind this is a live, working site, so leave sensible comments (the Wall is usually at the very bottom, under the other entity).
This module uses templates and tokens to display the Wall Posts, so you can define what content is shown as well as the layout. It integrates with the other Smart-Thinker modules (Groups/Events/UserProfile) so that you can define the security rights around who can see or post on a Wall. For example, if you add it to a UserProfile then you could chose to only allow your Friends to be able to post. If you add it against a Group then you could only allow Group Members to post on the Wall. On PokerDIY the Wall is actually quite simple and allows everyone to see and post (this is by design). You can also allow users to search on posts, as well as have a "threaded" conversation (where the top-level Wall Posts/Topics have replies. We wanted a simple Facebook-looking Wall on PokerDIY so we turned these off in the Module Settings. You can read the Module Config Guide here.
Please raise any queries on our Wall Forum. You can download a free trial version for your own site here. NOTE: This module requires DNN 4.6.0 as it uses the core token replacement functionality. If you are using friend integration for Wall security it requries The Smart-Thinker UserProfile module version 4.3.11.
Enhancements
- *Sponsored Enhancement* - New Setting for "Logged On User" instead of "Passed-In" (to use Wall in a "HomePage" type environment. UserProfile Walls can now pull from other Walls for that User, or only from that Wall
- Default Templates now follow Facebook-style WallActions - reload your templates to get the new look!
- New Token [WRITEONWALL] displays a "Post Comment" at WallPost level (this functions the same as the New Topic module action in the container)
- New Token [REPLYONWALL] displays a "Post Reply" at WallPost level (this is for item level in threaded mode)
- New Token [WRITEONAUTHORWALL] which links to the post authors wall so you can write on their wall
- New Token [SENDPRIVATEMESSAGELINK] which displays a link to send the post author a message via PM
- New Token [COUNTRYFLAG], which displays the flag of the post author's country. This will be rolled out across all modules that supports a location (e.g. Event and Group Country)
- New Token [DELETELINK], which displays a Delete Link on each post (can be used on Item Template and PostDetail Item Template
- New Token [PROFILEIMAGESMALL], used for list views to display the profile image at 50*50
- Token [EDITPOST] no longer displays an image so that it matches the WallAction styles of the above new tokens
- Added ModuleTitle.LoggedOut language string to WallTopics.ascx.resx - Can be used to display a message in the module title when logged out (Default: "{0} - Log in join this conversation". {0} is the Module Setting Title. Leave blank to not use)
- Wall Posts now sort by CreatedDate and not ChangedDate (when you edited a post it moved to the top which meant it was no longer in context to the posts around it).
- Refactored IsEventOwner and IsEventGuest caching checks from Wall module into the Events module (requires Events 4.3.7 which requires DNN 4.6.0+ Only)
- Refactored CheckUserProfileFriend caching checks from Wall module into UserProfile module (4.3.11)
- Updated DNN Manifest file to do version compatiblity checking on install
Bugs
- ModuleSettings screen now checks for invalid TabID for integration options (refactored code)
- Fixed problems with Profile Pics when Portal used non-numeric Portal Directory
- Removed PostDetail Delete Module Action which had not been implemented (later version)
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