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| Each UserGroup module having a forum module (N/A) |
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Hi,
Think of a SINGLE forum module that loads the thread/post according to the userGroup. In other words, What you ppl think if we place a forum module beneath userGroup and that forum module only displays the post specifc to that UserGroup.
It'll give impression to the user that they have there own forum and they can create there own forums(userGroup) as well. This'll give a great boost to the UserGroup module. MySpace, Orkut etc provides such features and there users love this. I know Wall module can also be placed there but its not enough. Users like to discuss topics in a bit more categorize form instead of writing it on a single wall. Wall module is very kewl for fun but for discussion i think the UserGroup Forum module will make a good difference.
Please share your comments about it. |
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (Australia) |
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Hi,
I'm afraid that I could never justify writing a Forum module from scratch to achieve this. I know exactly what you mean and I am asked about this constantly, as I even would like to see this on PokerDIY myself, but there is no ways I could write a Forum module from scratch just to make it user aware.
If you look at what Bizmodules.net did with their gallery and video module - they made it take in a key based on the URL so that it can be user aware. This is perfect as they concentrate on writing Gallery software and we can work on the profile side of things.
I think the best thing would be to raise a request on your forum module of choice and suggest that they consider this type of integration. Alternatively you could get the source for your particular forum module and outsource it to someone to try and code this in. They would require an advanced knowledge of the Forum module and architecture and a good knowledge of the Smart-Thinker modules.
I made the Wall module as a half-way house to allow for basic collaboration/rating/commenting etc. but it is not designed to replace a fully fledged forum module unfortunately.
Thanks
Rodney
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (Indonesia) |
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May be i wasn't able to explain my idea properly.
I never thought of writing it from scratch. I just wanted say that current dotnetnuke forum module load threads/posts from somewhere (db offcourse). Is it possible that we apply certain checks that it'll only show threads of that particular UserGroup. And there will be no need of SubForums in that case. Then by using currently existing forum we could achieve that. |
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (Australia) |
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Yes, agreed - this would be the best way of achieving this - the problem is that even this project would take you a long time - I would estimate a month of work off hand. You'd need to dissect the core module (or any other Forum module) and work out what it is doing, and then decide if it is even possible to make the change according to it's architecture, and then of course implement the solution. Most things are possible to do technically, it's just how long it takes, and I think you are looking at a big job here. It would be useful for Forum collaboration - I really wish the core would focus on integration in the upcoming releases...
Thanks
Rodney
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (N/A) |
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I am going to propose this feature to active fourm module. May be they give its support in future versions. |
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum moduleI (N/A) |
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I am very much interested in such a modification, too. |
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (N/A) |
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I'm also using ActiveModules, and I would see this as a great addition. I think that a modified version of the "Forum Viewer" would work for me. You can modify the templates so that you can suppress the breadcrumb backtracking, but it would be perfectly fine to have the equivalent of a Forum Viewer that can take the passed in group id and configure the forum viewer accordingly ... |
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (Australia) |
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Unfortunately each Forum module would require a redesign - this is really up to the developer of that module - It needs to be keyed off a GroupID instead of a UserID (as you can imagine, the fourm module would have been designed on user, so all views would be expecting a userID).
Thanks
Rodney
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (N/A) |
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Dotnetnuke's Project forum shows the forum in the similar fashion. Just select any module like Maps. Now u can see the discussion link on the top left. Click on the discussion link and it'll directly take u to the Maps forum.
So we can show forum like this. But creating a forum for each group is bit different.
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (N/A) |
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Can you explain this a bit more? The links to the forums use /forumid/xxx/ in the url. I'm not sure how you would associate that with a user group. |
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (N/A) |
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I think by modifying the wall module we can achieve an alternative of forum module.
We need two 'Wall' modules for this. Lets call it, 'Threads wall module' and "Posts wall module"
Place the 'Threads wall module' beneath UserGroup module.
'Threads wall module' loads only the subject of each thread created on that usergroup, with an hyperlink. When a user click that hyperlink then it'll navigate to the "posts wall module" which has all the posts/replies (or we can say comments) specific to that thread.
I think its relatively easy to achieve. It will be a very precious contribution for social networking sites. I think facebook uses similar group module.
As its a userGroup so there isn't any need of post rating etc. Users just ike to discuss things. Just fine with add a post and delete a post options (like simple wall module).
As wall module is already configurd with userProfile linking etc so not much work to integrate it with profile module.
We can show the dp n name of the thread creator and thread last commentor/poster in , 'Threads wall module".
What do u ppl think ? |
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (Australia) |
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| Joseph Craig wrote
Can you explain this a bit more? The links to the forums use /forumid/xxx/ in the url. I'm not sure how you would associate that with a user group.
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No, unfortunately this is not possible- in the example with the Forum/Map - there is a physical page for the Maps area which has it's own Forum instance view. This is repeated for each project. With the ST UG module there is a single page and it dynamically grabs the group based on the passed in GroupID. You could not put a particular forum against a group unless the forum module was designed to read the GroupID and it had it's internal architecture designed to store and retrieve data by groups, but it has not been designed like this (it knows nothing of 3rd party modules and stores if by Forum and UserID).
Thanks
Rodney
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (Australia) |
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| marbab wrote
As wall module is already configurd with userProfile linking etc so not much work to integrate it with profile module.
We can show the dp n name of the thread creator and thread last commentor/poster in , 'Threads wall module".
What do u ppl think ?
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The aim of the wall module was to allow simple collaboration amongst Group members (and events/profiles) - If you use the subject you can thread replies by topic - I don't use this on PokerDIY - I use it more like Facebook style (ie. no subject and 1 level hierarchy instead of two (Topics and replies). The wall module will never replace the Forum module as it is not designed to be a forum - it is for simple collaboration.
Thanks
Rodney
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (N/A) |
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I don't know a lot about programming/modules but I think Wall can be converted into a forum. I like that Rodney tries to integrate Smart-Modules with core modules. This keeps the cost of creating a social networking website to minimum.
Anyways, I am ready to chip in if everyone else is ready and pay Rodney to make some modifications to the Group and Wall module. I think money will motivate Rodney to make the changes.
Who's in? And, Rodney, please let us know how much it will cost us?? And, are you ok with people sharing the cost?
6 months ago I did not know how HTML was spelled. |
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (N/A) |
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then i can also think abot it... |
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (Australia) |
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| makkabokka wrote
Anyways, I am ready to chip in if everyone else is ready and pay Rodney to make some modifications to the Group and Wall module. I think money will motivate Rodney to make the changes.
Who's in? And, Rodney, please let us know how much it will cost us?? And, are you ok with people sharing the cost?
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I am happy with people to share the cost to pay for a Sponsored Enhancement, but it also boils down to time on my side. I do not have enough time to achieve all the things I want to do and Sponsored Enhancements are above normal enhancements, but I can only do them if I have time to do them and it makes sense (no matter how much money I am offered ;).
The Wall module was never intended to be or replace a Forums module and this is not a route I will be going down - they serve 2 different purposes and one of my main goals with development is never to reinvent the wheel.
Please bear in mind that you can also ask any developer to make changes to the source - I have hundreds of days (not hours) of development changes lined up for the modules and really battle to fit everything in.
Btw - sorry for the delay on your Sponsored Enhacement requests - my internet has been down for the last 3 days and will only be back up tomorrow (ISP problems!!) - I am writing this a Library and just checking in on urgent support calls.
Thanks
Rodney
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (N/A) |
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Hi Rodney,
Please do visit http://www.activemodules.com/Community/Forums/tabid/68/forumid/82/tpage/1/view/topic/postid/43718/Default.aspx#44035
In active forum i had started a thread for "Active forums module for social networking sites". Please do visit it n see how its shaping now. You can answer some questions abot social networking module in a better way there.
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| Re: Each UserGroup module having a forum module (N/A) |
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Thanks! your post seems to be vey influential there. I hope we could achieve what we all are looking for ;) |
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