status; } if ($op == "create") { return user_access("create forum topics"); } } function forum_perm() { return array("create forum topics"); } function forum_conf_options() { if (module_exist("taxonomy")) { foreach (taxonomy_get_vocabularies("forum") as $vid => $voc) { $vocs[$vid] = $voc->name; } if ($vocs) { $output .= form_select("Forum vocabulary", "forum_nav_vocabulary", variable_get("forum_nav_vocabulary", ""), $vocs, t("The taxonomy vocabulary that will be used as the navigation tree.")); $output .= _taxonomy_term_select("Containers", "forum_containers", variable_get("forum_containers", array()), variable_get("forum_nav_vocabulary", ""), t("You can choose forums which will not have topics, but will be just containers for other forums."), 1, t("")); $output .= form_textfield("Topic icons path", "forum_topic_icon_path", variable_get("forum_topic_icon_path", ""), 30, 255, "The path to the topic icons. Leave blank to disable icons."); $output .= form_textfield("Folder icons path", "forum_folder_icon_path", variable_get("forum_folder_icon_path", ""), 30, 255, "The path to the default, hot, new, hot & new, and closed folder icons. Leave blank to disable icons."); $number = array(5 => 5, 10 => 10, 15 => 15, 20 => 20, 25 => 25, 30 => 30, 35 => 35, 40 => 40, 50 => 50, 60 => 60, 80 => 80, 100 => 100, 10000=>10000); $output .= form_select("Hot topic threshold", "forum_hot_topic", variable_get("forum_hot_topic", 15), $number, "The number of posts a topic must have to be considered hot."); $number = array(10 => 10, 25 => 25, 50 => 50, 75 => 75, 100 => 100); $output .= form_select("Topics per page", "forum_per_page", variable_get("forum_per_page", 25), $number, "The default number of topics displayed per page; links to browse older messages are automatically being displayed."); $forder = array(1 => "Date - newest first", 2 => "Date - oldest first", 3 => "Posts - most active first", 4=> "Posts - least active first"); $output .= form_select("Default order", "forum_order", variable_get("forum_order", 1), $forder, "The default display order for topics."); $output .= form_textfield("Number of topics in block", "forum_block_num", variable_get("forum_block_num", "5"), 5, 5, "The number of topics in the Forum topics-block. To enable the block, click ". la("here", array("mod" => "block")) ."."); } else { $output .= _forum_message_taxonomy(); } } else { $output .= _forum_message_taxonomy(); } return $output; } function forum_save($op, $node) { if ($op == "approve") { return array("status" => 1); } if ($op == "create") { $moderation = array("body" => filter($node->body), "moderate" => 0, "status" => 1); return array_merge($moderation, array("tid", "icon_num", "shadow")); } if ($op == "decline") { return array("status" => 0); } if ($op == "update") { // if she changed the term, we could have to leave a shadow $old_terms = explode(",", $node->old_container); foreach ($node->taxonomy as $term) { if ($term && (!in_array($term, $old_terms)) && $node->shadow) { $shadow = $term; break; } } return array("body" => filter($node->body), "tid", "icon_num", "shadow" => $shadow, "old_container"); } } function forum_load($node) { $forum = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT * FROM forum WHERE nid = '%d' AND shadow = 0", $node->nid)); return $forum; } function forum_block($op = "list", $delta = 0) { if ($op == "list") { $blocks[0]["info"] = t("Forum topics"); } else { if (user_access("access content")) { $cache = cache_get("forum:block"); if (empty($cache)) { unset($items); $content = node_title_list(db_query("SELECT n.nid, n.title, u.uid, u.name, GREATEST(n.created, MAX(c.timestamp)) AS sort FROM node n, forum f LEFT JOIN comments c ON c.nid = n.nid LEFT JOIN users u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE n.type = 'forum' AND n.nid = f.nid AND f.shadow = 0 AND n.status = 1 GROUP BY n.nid ORDER BY sort DESC LIMIT ". variable_get("forum_block_num", "5")), t("Active forum topics:")); $content .= "
"; unset ($items); $content .= node_title_list(db_query("SELECT n.nid, n.title, u.uid, u.name FROM node n LEFT JOIN forum f ON n.nid = f.nid LEFT JOIN users u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE n.type = 'forum' ORDER BY n.nid DESC LIMIT ". variable_get("forum_block_num", "5")), t("New forum topics:")); if ($content) { $content .= "
". lm(t("more"), array("mod" => "forum")) ."
"; } cache_set("forum:block", $content, time() + variable_get("cache_clear", 120)); } else { $content = $cache->data; } $blocks["subject"] = t("Forum topics"); $blocks["content"] = $content; } } return $blocks; } function forum_link($type, $node = 0, $main = 0) { if ($type == "page" && user_access("access content")) { $links[] = lm(t("forum"), array("mod" => "forum")); } if (!$main && $type == "node" && $node->type == "forum") { // get previous and next topic $sql = "SELECT n.nid, title, body, GREATEST(n.created, MAX(c.timestamp)) AS date_sort, COUNT(c.nid) AS num_comments FROM node n, term_node t, forum f LEFT JOIN comments c ON c.nid = n.nid WHERE n.nid = t.nid AND n.nid = f.nid AND t.tid = '%d' AND f.shadow = 0 AND n.status = 1 GROUP BY n.nid ORDER BY ". _forum_get_topic_order(isset($user->sortby) ? $user->sortby : variable_get("forum_order",1)); $terms = array_keys(taxonomy_node_get_terms_by_vocabulary($node->nid, variable_get("forum_nav_vocabulary", ""))); $result = db_query($sql, $terms[0]); while ($topic = db_fetch_object($result)) { if ($stop == 1) { $next->nid = $topic->nid; $next->title = $topic->title; $next->body = $topic->body; break; } if ($topic->nid == $node->nid) { $stop = 1; } else { $prev->nid = $topic->nid; $prev->title = $topic->title; $prev->body = $topic->body; } } if ($prev) { $links[] = l(t("previous forum topic"), array("id" => $prev->nid), "node", "", array("title" => $prev->title .": ". substr(strip_tags($prev->body), 0, 100)."...")); } if ($next) { $links[] = l(t("next forum topic"), array("id" => $next->nid), "node", "", array("title" => $next->title .": ". substr(strip_tags($next->body), 0, 100)."...")); } } return $links ? $links : array(); } function forum_view($node, $main = 0) { global $theme; $term_data = array_shift(taxonomy_node_get_terms($node->nid)); if (!$term_data) { // we are previewing $term_data = taxonomy_get_term($node->taxonomy[0]); } $voc = taxonomy_get_vocabulary($term_data->vid); /* TODO: find out what this code was ment to do and either use it or not. $output .= "

"._forum_get_icon($node)." ".lm(check_output($voc->name), array("mod" => "forum"))." : ".lm(check_output($term_data->name), array("mod" => "forum", "tid" => $term_data->tid)); $output .= " / ". check_output($node->title) ."
".t("%a by %b", array("%a" => format_date($node->created), "%b" => format_name($node)))."

". check_output($node->body, 1) ."

"; $output .= "

". $theme->links(link_node($node, $main)) ."

"; #$theme->box(t("Discussion forum"), $output); */ if (!$main) { $node->title = _forum_get_icon($node)." ".lm(check_output($voc->name), array("mod" => "forum"))." : ".lm(check_output($term_data->name), array("mod" => "forum", "tid" => $term_data->tid)) . " / ". check_output($node->title) .""; } $theme->node($node, $main); } function forum_form(&$node, &$help, &$error) { global $tid; if ($node->nid) { if ($node->taxonomy) { $tid = $node->taxonomy; } else { // editing: load category from taxonomy $tid = implode(",", array_keys(taxonomy_node_get_terms($node->nid))); } //$output .= implode("

", taxonomy_node_form("forum", $node)); $output .= "nid)))."\">"; $output .= form_checkbox(t("Leave shadow copy"), "shadow", 1, $node->shadow, t("If you move this topic, you can leave a link in the old forum to the new forum.")); } else { if ($node->taxonomy) { $tid = $node->taxonomy; } } $output .= _taxonomy_term_select("Forum", "taxonomy", $tid, variable_get("forum_nav_vocabulary", ""), "", 0, "", variable_get("forum_containers", array())); if ($icon_path = variable_get("forum_topic_icon_path", "")) { if ($node->icon) { // we are editing post if ($dir = @opendir($icon_path)) { $icon_num = 0; while($icon = readdir($dir)) { if ($icon == '.' || $icon == '..') {continue;} if ($node->icon == $icon) {$checked = "checked";} else {$checked = "";} $radio .= " \n"; $icon_num++; } closedir($dir); } } else { if ($dir = @opendir($icon_path)) { $icon_num = 0; while($icon = readdir($dir)) { if ($icon == '.' || $icon == '..') {continue;} if ($node->icon_num == $icon_num) {$checked = "checked";} else {$checked = "";} $radio .= " \n"; $icon_num++; } closedir($dir); } } $output .= form_item(t("Topic icon"), $radio); } $output .= form_textarea("Body", "body", $node->body, 60, 10); return $output; } function forum_insert($node) { $node->icon = _forum_decode_icon($node); if (!$node->shadow) { db_query("INSERT INTO forum (nid, icon) VALUES ('%d', '%s')", $node->nid, $node->icon); } else { // we created a shadow, a link to a moved topic in a new forum db_query("INSERT INTO forum (nid, icon, shadow) VALUES ('%d', '%s', '%d')", $node->nid, $node->icon, $node->shadow); } } function forum_update($node) { $node->icon = _forum_decode_icon($node); db_query("UPDATE forum SET icon = '%s' WHERE nid = '%d'", $node->icon, $node->nid); if ($node->shadow) { // insert in old forum a new topic, with link to new forum $node->nid = ""; $node->type = "forum"; $node->status = 1; $node->taxonomy = array($node->old_container); node_submit($node); } } function _forum_decode_icon($node) { // to prevent malicious users if ($icon_path = variable_get("forum_topic_icon_path", "")) { if ($dir = @opendir($icon_path)) { $icon_num = 0; while($icon = readdir($dir)) { if ($icon == '.' || $icon == '..') {continue;} if ($icon_num == $node->icon_num) {$myicon = $icon;} $icon_num++; } closedir($dir); } } return $myicon; } function forum_delete(&$node) { db_query("DELETE FROM forum WHERE nid = '%d'", $node->nid); } function _forum_num_comments($nid) { $value = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT COUNT(cid) AS count FROM comments WHERE nid = '%d' AND status = 0", $nid)); return ($value) ? $value->count : 0; } function _forum_last_comment($nid) { $value = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT timestamp FROM comments WHERE nid = '%d' AND status = 0 ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 1", $nid)); return ($value) ? format_date($value->timestamp, "small") : " "; } function _forum_last_reply($nid) { $value = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT c.timestamp, u.name, u.uid FROM comments c LEFT JOIN users u ON c.uid = u.uid WHERE c.nid = '%d' AND c.status = 0 ORDER BY c.timestamp DESC LIMIT 1", $nid)); return $value; } function _forum_format($topic) { if ($topic) { return "". format_date($topic->timestamp, "small")."
".t("by")." ". format_name($topic) ."
"; } else { return message_na(); } } function forum_get_forums($tid = 0) { global $user; if (!$tid) { $tid = 0; } $cache = cache_get("forum:$tid"); if (empty($cache)) { $forums = array(); $_forums = taxonomy_get_tree(variable_get("forum_nav_vocabulary", ""), $tid); $n = 0; foreach ($_forums as $forum) { if (in_array($forum->tid, variable_get("forum_containers", array()))) { $forum->container = 1; } else { $forum->num_topics = _forum_num_topics($forum->tid); $forum->num_posts = _forum_num_replies($forum->tid) + $forum->num_topics; $forum->last_post = _forum_last_post($forum->tid); } $forums[$forum->tid] = $forum; $n++; } cache_set("forum:$tid", serialize($forums), time() + variable_get("cache_clear", 120)); } else { $forums = unserialize($cache->data); } if ($user->uid && $forums) { foreach (_forum_topics_read($user->uid) as $tid => $old) { if ($forums[$tid]) { $forums[$tid]->old_topics = $old; } } } return $forums; } function forum_get_parents($tid) { if ($tid) { $parents[] = taxonomy_get_term($tid); } $n = 0; while ($parent = taxonomy_get_parents($parents[$n]->tid)) { $parents = array_merge($parents, $parent); $n++; } return $parents; } function _forum_num_topics($term) { $value = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT COUNT(n.nid) AS count FROM node n, term_node r, forum f WHERE r.tid = '%d' AND n.nid = r.nid AND n.nid = f.nid AND n.status = 1 AND n.type = 'forum' AND f.shadow = 0", $term)); return ($value) ? $value->count : 0; } function _forum_num_replies($term) { $value = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM comments c, term_node r, node n WHERE r.tid = '%d' AND n.nid = r.nid AND n.nid = c.nid AND n.status = 1 AND c.status = 0 AND n.type = 'forum'", $term)); return ($value) ? $value->count : 0; } function _forum_topics_read($uid) { $result = db_query("SELECT tid, count(*) AS c FROM history h, term_node r, node n WHERE r.nid = h.nid AND n.nid = h.nid AND n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 AND h.uid = '%d' GROUP BY tid", $uid); while ($obj = db_fetch_object($result)) { $topics_read[$obj->tid] = $obj->c; } return $topics_read ? $topics_read : array(); } function _forum_last_post($term) { $topic = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT n.nid, n.created AS timestamp, u.name AS name, u.uid AS uid FROM node n, term_node r LEFT JOIN users u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE r.tid = '%d' AND n.nid = r.nid AND n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 ORDER BY timestamp DESC LIMIT 1", $term)); $reply = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT n.nid, c.timestamp, u.name AS name, u.uid AS uid FROM term_node r, node n LEFT JOIN comments c ON n.nid = c.nid LEFT JOIN users u ON c.uid = u.uid WHERE r.tid = '%d' AND n.nid = r.nid AND n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 AND c.status = 0 ORDER BY c.timestamp DESC LIMIT 1", $term)); $value = ($topic->timestamp > $reply->timestamp) ? $topic : $reply; return $value; } function forum_get_topics($tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset) { global $user; $term = taxonomy_get_term($tid); $voc = taxonomy_get_vocabulary($term->vid); $sql_sortby = _forum_get_topic_order($sortby); $sql = "SELECT n.nid, title, users.name AS name, users.uid AS uid, n.created AS timestamp, GREATEST(n.created, MAX(c.timestamp)) AS date_sort, COUNT(c.nid) AS num_comments, icon, n.comment AS comment_mode, shadow FROM node n, term_node r LEFT JOIN users ON n.uid = users.uid LEFT JOIN comments c ON c.nid = n.nid LEFT JOIN forum f ON n.nid = f.nid WHERE n.nid = r.nid AND r.tid = '%d' AND n.status = 1 AND n.type = 'forum' GROUP BY n.nid ORDER BY $sql_sortby"; $result = db_query($sql, $tid); $topic_num = db_num_rows($result); $n = 0; while ($topic = db_fetch_object($result)) { if ($n < $offset) { $n++; continue; } $history = _forum_user_last_visit($topic->nid); // folder is new if topic is new or there are new comments since last visit if ($topic->shadow > 0) { $topic->new = 0; } else { if (!$history && $user->uid) { $topic->new_replies = 0; $topic->new = 1; } else { $comments = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(c.nid) FROM node n LEFT JOIN comments c ON n.nid = c.nid WHERE n.nid = '$topic->nid' AND n.status = 1 AND c.status = 0 AND timestamp > '$history' GROUP BY n.nid")); $topic->new_replies = $comments ? $comments : 0; if ($topic->new_replies) { $topic->new = 1; } else { $topic->new = 0; } } } $topic->last_reply = _forum_last_reply($topic->nid); $topics[] = $topic; $n++; if ($n == ($forum_per_page + $offset)) { break; } } return array($topics, $topic_num); } function _forum_first_new($tid) { global $user; $result = db_query("SELECT r.nid FROM node n, history h, term_node r WHERE n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 AND h.nid = n.nid AND r.nid = h.nid AND r.tid = '%d' AND h.uid = '%d' ", $tid, $user->uid); while ($r = db_fetch_object($result)) { $read[] = $r->nid; } if ($read) { $nid = db_result(db_query("SELECT r.nid AS c FROM node n LEFT JOIN term_node r ON r.nid = n.nid WHERE n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 AND r.tid = '%d' AND NOT (r.nid IN (".implode(",", $read).")) ORDER BY created LIMIT 1", $tid)); } return $nid ? $nid : 0; } function _forum_message_taxonomy() { return t("For the forums to work, the taxonomy module has to be installed and enabled. When activated, a taxonomy vocubulary needs to be created, bound to the forum module. The vocabulary's terms define the forums."); } function forum_page() { global $theme, $tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset, $op, $user; if (user_access("access content")) { if (module_exist("taxonomy")) { if ($op == "Update settings") { $user = user_save($user, array("sortby" => $sortby, "forum_per_page" => $forum_per_page)); } if ($op == "first_new") { if ($nid = _forum_first_new($tid)) { drupal_goto(drupal_url(array("id" => $nid), "node")); } } if (empty($sortby)) { $sortby = isset($user->sortby) ? $user->sortby : variable_get("forum_order",1); } if (empty($forum_per_page)) { $forum_per_page = isset($user->forum_per_page) ? $user->forum_per_page : variable_get("forum_per_page", 25); } if (empty($offset)) { $offset = 0; } $forums = forum_get_forums($tid); $parents = forum_get_parents($tid); if ($tid && !in_array($tid, variable_get("forum_containers", array()))) { list($topics, $topic_num) = forum_get_topics($tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset); } theme_invoke("forum_render", $forums, $topics, $topic_num, $parents, $tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset); } else { $theme->header(); $theme->box(t("Warning"), _forum_message_taxonomy()); $theme->footer(); } } else { $theme->header(); $theme->box(t("Access denied"), message_access()); $theme->footer(); } } /** *** render functions **/ function forum_render($forums, $topics, $topic_num, $parents, $tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset) { // forum list, topics list, topic browser and "add new topic" link global $theme; $output .= theme_invoke("forum_forum_list", $forums, $parents, $tid); if ($tid && !in_array($tid, variable_get("forum_containers", array()))) { $output .= theme_invoke("forum_topic_list", $topics, $topic_num, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset); } $theme->header(); $theme->box(t("Discussion forum"), $output); if ($tid && !in_array($tid, variable_get("forum_containers", array()))) { $theme->box(t("Control panel"), theme_invoke("forum_topic_browser", $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset)); } $theme->footer(); } function forum_forum_list($forums, $parents, $tid) { global $user; if ($parents) { foreach($parents as $p) { if ($tid != $p->tid) { $t[] = lm($p->name, array("mod" => "forum", "tid" => $p->tid)); } else { $t[] = $p->name; } } } $t[] = lm(t("Discussion forum"), array("mod" => "forum")); $output .= "\n"; $output .= " "; if ($forums) { $output .= ""; foreach ($forums as $forum) { if ($forum->container) { $output .= " "; } else { if ($user->uid) $new_topics = $forum->num_topics - $forum->old_topics; $icon = _forum_get_folder_icon($new_topics); $output .= " "; $output .= ""; $output .= ""; } } } $output .= "
".implode(" : ", array_reverse($t)) ."". t("topics") ."". t("posts") ."". t("last post") ."
". lm(check_output($forum->name), array("mod" => "forum", "tid" => $forum->tid))."
". ($forum->description ? check_output($forum->description, 1) : "") ."
 $icon
depth * 20) ."\"> ".lm(check_output($forum->name), array("mod" => "forum", "tid" => $forum->tid))."
". check_output($forum->description, 1); $links = array(); if ($forum->last_post) { $links[] = l(t("the most recent topic"), array("id" => $forum->last_post->nid)); } if ($new_topics) { $links[] = lm(t("the first new topic"), array("mod" => "forum", "op" => "first_new", "tid" => $forum->tid)); } if ($links) { $output .= "
Jump to: ". implode(", ", $links); } $output .= "
".$forum->num_topics.($new_topics ? "
(".t("%a new", array("%a" => $new_topics)).")" : "")."
".$forum->num_posts.""._forum_format($forum->last_post)."
\n"; return $output; } function forum_topic_browser() { global $tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset; if (empty($sortby)) { $sortby = variable_get("forum_order",1); } if (empty($forum_per_page)) { $forum_per_page = variable_get("forum_per_page", 25); } $forum_per_page_options = array(10, 25, 50, 75, 100); foreach ($forum_per_page_options as $value) { $options .= " \n"; } $output .= "\n"; $options = ""; $sortby_options = array(1 => t("Date - newest first"), 2 => t("Date - oldest first"), 3 => t("Posts - most active first"), 4=> t("Posts - least active first")); foreach ($sortby_options as $key => $value) { $options .= " \n"; } $output .= "\n\n"; $output .= form_hidden("tid", $tid); $output .= form_submit(t("Update settings")); return form(form_item(t("Topic viewing options"), $output, t("Select your preferred way to display the topics and click 'Update settings'."))); } function forum_topic_list($topics, $num_topics, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset) { global $theme, $id, $status, $tid, $user; $output .= "

" .t("%a topics, %b topics per page, page %c of %d", array("%a" => $num_topics, "%b" => $forum_per_page, "%c" => ceil(($offset + 1)/$forum_per_page), "%d" => ceil($num_topics/$forum_per_page))) ."
"; if ($topics) { $output .= "\n"; $output .= " "; foreach ($topics as $topic) { // folder is new if topic is new or there are new comments since last visit if ($topic->shadow) { $output .= " "; } else { $output .= " "; } } $output .= "
  ". t("topic") ."". t("replies") ."". t("posted") ."". t("last reply") ."
"._forum_get_folder_icon($topic->new, $topic->num_comments, $topic->comment_mode)." "._forum_get_icon($topic)." ". check_output($topic->title) ." ".lm(t("This topic has been moved"), array("mod" => "forum", "tid" => $topic->shadow))."
"._forum_get_folder_icon($topic->new, $topic->num_comments, $topic->comment_mode)." "._forum_get_icon($topic)." ".l(check_output($topic->title), array("id" => $topic->nid))." ".$topic->num_comments.($topic->new_replies ? " (".t("%a new", array("%a" => $topic->new_replies)).")" : "")." "._forum_format($topic)." "._forum_format($topic->last_reply)."
\n"; } $output .= "
"; $output .= ""; if ($offset > 0) { $output .= ""; } else { $output .= ""; } if (user_access("create forum topics")) { $output .= ""; } if (count($topics) >= $forum_per_page) { $output .= ""; } else { $output .= ""; } $output .= "
". lm(t("previous topics"), array("mod" => "forum", "tid" => $tid, "offset" => ($offset-$forum_per_page))) ."
 
". lm(t("create new forum topic"), array("mod" => "node", "op" => "add", "type" => "forum", "tid" => $tid)) ."
". lm(t("next topics"), array("mod" => "forum", "tid" => $tid, "offset" => ($offset+$forum_per_page))) ."
 
"; return $output; } function _forum_get_icon($node) { if (variable_get("forum_topic_icon_path", "") && $node->icon) { return "icon)."\">"; } else { return " "; } } function _forum_get_folder_icon($new_posts, $num_posts = 0, $comment_mode = 0) { // "folder" icon because it's generally rendered as a folder global $theme; $base_path = variable_get("forum_folder_icon_path", ""); if ($base_path) { if ($num_posts > variable_get("forum_hot_topic", 15)) { $icon = $new_posts ? "hot_new" : "hot"; } else { $icon = $new_posts ? "new" : "default"; } if ($comment_mode == 1) { $icon = "closed"; } if ($theme->bbs_icons) { $file = $theme->bbs_icons[$icon]; } else { // default $file = $base_path."/".$icon.".gif"; } return ""; } else { return " "; } } function _forum_user_last_visit($nid) { global $user; static $history; if (!$history) { $result = db_query("SELECT nid, timestamp FROM history WHERE uid = '%d'", $user->uid); while ($t = db_fetch_object($result)) { $history[$t->nid] = $t->timestamp; } } return $history[$nid] ? $history[$nid] : 0; } function _forum_get_topic_order($sortby) { switch ($sortby) { case 1: return "date_sort DESC"; break; case 2: return "date_sort ASC"; break; case 3: return "num_comments DESC"; break; case 4: return "num_comments ASC"; break; } } function forum_help() { ?>

Creating a forum

Drupal lets you setup a countless number of forums by using the powerful taxonomy module. Therefore to create a forum you first have to create a taxonomy vocuabulary and add some terms to it, each term will be a forum. Creating a vocabulary is done by going the taxonomy page of the administration pages, then selecting the add new vocabulary link. Choose a name for the vocabulary (example: forum, message boards, or debates), and make sure under Types that forum is selected. Nothing else needs to be configured, so unless you have more advanced needs save the vocabulary. Now add a term to the vocabulary just added to create a forum. In the add term window enter the name of the forum (example: general, off topic, support), a description to make it clear to the users what the forum is about, and then save the term. You can now add a new forum by entering another term, repeat until all the forums are entered.

Once a vocabulary is entered go to site configuration in the administration pages and set the Forum vocabulary, don't forget to save! There will now be forums active on the site. For users to access them the proper user permissions must be given in the user management pages.

Containers

By designating a forum as a Container, users are not allowed to post into that forum. The forum will be visible on the forum listing page, so it acts as a section delimiter if you will. This is useful if you have a lots of forums which are nested. For example,

Marketing
-- Market research
-- Brand management

Sales
-- Closing the deal
-- Avoiding ear and throat pain

If you don't want people posting into the Marketing or Sales folders, you designate them as Containers.

Icons

To disable icons, set the icon paths as blank in Admin -> Site Configuration -> Forum

All files in the icon directory are assumed to be images. Usually it is best to use GIF or JPG files as icons. You may use images of whatever size you wish, but it is customary to use 15x15 or 16x16.