status; } if ($op == "create") { return user_access("create forum topics"); } } function forum_perm() { return array("create forum topics"); } function forum_settings() { if (module_exist("taxonomy")) { $vocs[0] = "<". t("none") .">"; foreach (taxonomy_get_vocabularies("forum") as $vid => $voc) { $vocs[$vid] = $voc->name; } if ($voc) { $output .= form_textarea(t("Explanation or submission guidelines"), "forum_help", variable_get("forum_help", ""), 70, 5, t("This text will be displayed at the top of the forum submission form. Useful for helping or instructing your users.")); $output .= form_select(t("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(t("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(t("Topic icons path"), "forum_topic_icon_path", variable_get("forum_topic_icon_path", ""), 30, 255, t("The path to the topic icons. Leave blank to disable icons.")); $output .= form_textfield(t("Folder icons path"), "forum_folder_icon_path", variable_get("forum_folder_icon_path", ""), 30, 255,t( "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(t("Hot topic threshold"), "forum_hot_topic", variable_get("forum_hot_topic", 15), $number, t("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(t("Topics per page"), "forum_per_page", variable_get("forum_per_page", 25), $number, t("The default number of topics displayed per page; links to browse older messages are automatically being displayed.")); $forder = array(1 => t("Date - newest first"), 2 => t("Date - oldest first"), 3 => t("Posts - most active first"), 4=> t("Posts - least active first")); $output .= form_select(t("Default order"), "forum_order", variable_get("forum_order", 1), $forder, t("The default display order for topics.")); $output .= form_textfield(t("Number of topics in block"), "forum_block_num", variable_get("forum_block_num", "5"), 5, 5, t("The number of topics in the Forum topics-block. To enable the block, click ". l("here", "admin/block") .".")); } else { $output .= _forum_message_taxonomy(); } } else { $output .= _forum_message_taxonomy(); } return $output; } function forum_taxonomy($op, $type, $object) { if ($type == "vocabulary" && ($op == "insert" || $op == "update")) { if (variable_get("forum_nav_vocabulary", "") == "" && in_array("forum", $object["nodes"])) { // since none is already set, silently set this vocabulary as the navigation vocabulary variable_set("forum_nav_vocabulary", $object["vid"]); } } } function forum_load($node) { $forum = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT * FROM {forum} WHERE nid = %d", $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")) { $content = node_title_list(db_query_range("SELECT n.nid, n.title, u.uid, u.name, GREATEST(n.created, MAX(c.timestamp)) AS sort FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid INNER JOIN {comments} c ON n.nid = c.nid LEFT JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE n.type = 'forum' AND n.nid = f.nid AND n.status = 1 GROUP BY n.nid, n.title, n.created, u.uid, u.name ORDER BY sort DESC", 0, variable_get("forum_block_num", "5")), t("Active forum topics:")); $content .= node_title_list(db_query_range("SELECT n.nid, n.title, u.uid, u.name FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid LEFT JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE n.type = 'forum' ORDER BY n.nid DESC", 0, variable_get("forum_block_num", "5")), t("New forum topics:")); if ($content) { $content .= "
". l(t("more"), "forum", array("title" => t("Read the latest forum topics."))) ."
"; } $blocks["subject"] = t("Forum topics"); $blocks["content"] = $content; } } return $blocks; } function forum_link($type, $node = 0, $main = 0) { global $user; $links = array(); if ($type == "page" && user_access("access content")) { $links[] = l(t("forum"), "forum"); } if (!$main && $type == "node" && $node->type == "forum") { // get previous and next topic $result = db_query("SELECT n.nid, n.title, n.body, n.path, GREATEST(n.created, MAX(c.timestamp)) AS date_sort, COUNT(c.nid) AS num_comments FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid INNER JOIN {comments} c ON n.nid = c.nid WHERE n.nid = f.nid AND f.tid = %d AND n.status = 1 GROUP BY n.nid, n.title, n.body, n.created ORDER BY ". _forum_get_topic_order(isset($user->sortby) ? $user->sortby : variable_get("forum_order",1)), $node->tid); while ($topic = db_fetch_object($result)) { if ($stop == 1) { $next->nid = $topic->nid; $next->title = $topic->title; $next->body = $topic->body; $next->path = $topic->path; break; } if ($topic->nid == $node->nid) { $stop = 1; } else { $prev->nid = $topic->nid; $prev->title = $topic->title; $prev->body = $topic->body; $prev->path = $topic->path; } } if ($prev) { $links[] = l(t("previous forum topic"), node_url($prev), array("title" => $prev->title .": ". substr(strip_tags($prev->body), 0, 100)."...")); } if ($next) { $links[] = l(t("next forum topic"), node_url($next), array("title" => $next->title .": ". substr(strip_tags($next->body), 0, 100)."...")); } } return $links; } function forum_view($node, $main = 0) { $term_data = array_shift(taxonomy_node_get_terms($node->nid)); if (!$term_data) { // we are previewing $term_data = taxonomy_get_term($node->taxonomy[0]); } $voc = taxonomy_get_vocabulary($term_data->vid); if (!$main) { $node->title = _forum_get_icon($node) ." ". l($voc->name, "forum") ." : ". l($term_data->name, "forum/$term_data->tid") ." / $node->title"; } $node->teaser = check_output($node->teaser); $node->body = check_output($node->body); theme("node", $node, $main); } function forum_validate(&$node) { // Make sure all fields are set properly: $node->icon = $node->icon ? $node->icon : ""; $node->shadow = $node->shadow ? $node->shadow : 0; $node->tid = $node->tid ? $node->tid : 0; // We use the validate hook to remember the old taxonomy terms: if ($node->tid) { $node->taxonomy = array_keys(taxonomy_node_get_terms($node->nid)); if (!in_array($node->tid[0], $node->taxonomy)) { $node->taxonomy[] = $node->tid[0]; } } } function forum_form(&$node, &$help, &$error) { if ($node->tid) { // editing $tid = $node->tid; } else { // new topic $tid = arg(3); } // outputs the compose guidelines $help = variable_get("forum_help", ""); $output .= _taxonomy_term_select(t("Forum"), "tid", $tid, variable_get("forum_nav_vocabulary", ""), "", 0, "", variable_get("forum_containers", array())); if ($node->nid) { // if editing, give option to leave shadows $output .= form_checkbox(t("Leave shadow copy"), "shadow", 1, $node->shadow, t("If you move this topic, you can leave a link in the old forum to the new forum.")); } if ($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(t("Body"), "body", $node->body, 60, 10); return $output; } function forum_insert($node) { $node->icon = _forum_decode_icon($node); db_query("INSERT INTO {forum} (nid, icon, shadow, tid) VALUES (%d, '%s', %d, %d)", $node->nid, $node->icon, $node->shadow, $node->tid[0]); } function forum_update($node) { $node->icon = _forum_decode_icon($node); db_query("UPDATE {forum} SET icon = '%s', shadow = %d, tid = %d WHERE nid = %d", $node->icon, $node->shadow, $node->tid[0], $node->nid); } function _forum_decode_icon($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_range("SELECT timestamp FROM {comments} WHERE nid = %d AND status = 0 ORDER BY timestamp DESC", $nid, 0, 1)); return ($value) ? format_date($value->timestamp, "small") : " "; } function _forum_last_reply($nid) { $value = db_fetch_object(db_query_range("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", $nid, 0, 1)); return $value; } function _forum_format($topic) { if ($topic) { return "". t("%date
by %author", array("%date" => format_date($topic->timestamp, "small"), "%author" => 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), 1); } 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 INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid WHERE f.tid = %d AND n.nid = f.nid AND n.status = 1 AND n.type = 'forum'", $term)); return ($value) ? $value->count : 0; } function _forum_num_replies($term) { $value = db_fetch_object(db_query("SELECT COUNT(*) AS count FROM {comments} c INNER JOIN {node} n ON n.nid = c.nid INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid WHERE f.tid = %d AND n.nid = f.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 INNER JOIN {node} n ON n.nid = h.nid INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid WHERE f.nid = n.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_range("SELECT n.nid, n.created AS timestamp, u.name AS name, u.uid AS uid FROM {forum} f INNER JOIN {node} n ON n.nid = f.nid LEFT JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid WHERE f.tid = %d AND n.nid = f.nid AND n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 ORDER BY timestamp DESC", $term, 0, 1)); $reply = db_fetch_object(db_query_range("SELECT n.nid, c.timestamp, u.name AS name, u.uid AS uid FROM {forum} f INNER JOIN {node} n ON n.nid = f.nid INNER JOIN {comments} c ON n.nid = c.nid LEFT JOIN {users} u ON c.uid = u.uid WHERE f.tid = %d AND n.nid = f.nid AND n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 AND c.status = 0 ORDER BY c.timestamp DESC", $term, 0, 1)); $value = ($topic->timestamp > $reply->timestamp) ? $topic : $reply; return $value; } function forum_get_topics($tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page) { global $user; $term = taxonomy_get_term($tid); $voc = taxonomy_get_vocabulary($term->vid); $sql_sortby = _forum_get_topic_order($sortby); // show topics with the correct tid, or in the forum but with shadow = 1 $sql = "SELECT n.nid, n.title, u.name AS name, u.uid AS uid, n.created AS timestamp, GREATEST(n.created, MAX(c.timestamp)) AS date_sort, COUNT(c.nid) AS num_comments, f.icon, n.comment AS comment_mode, f.tid FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {term_node} r ON n.nid = r.nid LEFT JOIN {users} u ON n.uid = u.uid INNER JOIN {comments} c ON n.nid = c.nid INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid WHERE n.nid = r.nid AND ((r.tid = '".check_query($tid)."' AND f.shadow = 1) OR f.tid = '".check_query($tid)."') AND n.status = 1 AND n.type = 'forum' GROUP BY n.nid, n.title, u.name, u.uid, n.created, n.comment, f.tid, f.icon ORDER BY $sql_sortby"; $sql_count = "SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT(n.nid)) FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid INNER JOIN {term_node} r ON n.nid = r.nid WHERE n.nid = r.nid AND ( (r.tid = '".check_query($tid)."' AND f.shadow = 1) OR f.tid = '".check_query($tid)."') AND n.status = 1 AND n.type = 'forum'"; $result = pager_query($sql, $forum_per_page, 0, $sql_count); $topic_num = db_num_rows($result); $n = 0; while ($topic = db_fetch_object($result)) { if ($user->uid) { $history = _forum_user_last_visit($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 { $comments = db_result(db_query("SELECT COUNT(c.nid) FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {comments} c ON n.nid = c.nid WHERE n.nid = '$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; } } } } else { // you're not logged in eh? $topic->new_replies = 0; $topic->new = 0; } $topic->last_reply = _forum_last_reply($topic->nid); $topics[] = $topic; } return $topics; } function _forum_new($tid) { global $user; $result = db_query("SELECT n.nid FROM {node} n, {history} h, {forum} f WHERE n.type = 'forum' AND n.status = 1 AND h.nid = n.nid AND f.nid = h.nid AND f.tid = %d AND h.uid = %d", $tid, $user->uid); while ($r = db_fetch_object($result)) { $read[] = $r->nid; } $nid = db_result(db_query_range("SELECT n.nid FROM {node} n INNER JOIN {forum} f ON n.nid = f.nid WHERE n.type = 'forum' AND f.nid = n.nid AND n.status = 1 AND f.tid = %d ".($read ? "AND NOT (n.nid IN (".implode(",", $read).")) " : "") ."ORDER BY created", $tid, 0, 1)); 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 $sortby, $forum_per_page, $from, $user; $op = $_POST["op"]; if (user_access("access content")) { if (module_exist("taxonomy")) { $tid = arg(1); if ($op == t("Update settings") && $user->uid) { $user = user_save($user, array("sortby" => $sortby, "forum_per_page" => $forum_per_page)); } if (arg(2) == "new") { if ($nid = _forum_new($tid)) { drupal_goto(url("node/view/$nid")); } } 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); } $offset = ($from / $forum_per_page) + 1; $forums = forum_get_forums($tid); $parents = forum_get_parents($tid); if ($tid && !in_array($tid, variable_get("forum_containers", array()))) { $topics = forum_get_topics($tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page); } theme("forum_theme_display", $forums, $topics, $parents, $tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset); } else { theme("header"); theme("box", t("Warning"), _forum_message_taxonomy()); theme("footer"); } } else { theme("header"); theme("box", t("Access denied"), message_access()); theme("footer"); } } /* ** Theme functions */ function forum_theme_display($forums, $topics, $parents, $tid, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset) { // forum list, topics list, topic browser and "add new topic" link $output .= theme("forum_theme_list", $forums, $parents, $tid); if ($tid && !in_array($tid, variable_get("forum_containers", array()))) { $output .= theme("forum_theme_topic_list", $tid, $topics, $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("forum_theme_topic_browser", $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset)); } theme("footer"); } function forum_theme_list($forums, $parents, $tid) { global $user; if ($parents) { foreach($parents as $p) { if ($tid != $p->tid) { $t[] = l($p->name, "forum/$p->tid"); } else { $t[] = $p->name; } } } $t[] = l(t("Discussion forum"), "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") ."
". l($forum->name, "forum/$forum->tid") ."
". ($forum->description ? check_output($forum->description) : "") ."
 $icon
depth * 20) ."px;\"> ". l($forum->name, "forum/$forum->tid") ."
". check_output($forum->description); $links = array(); if ($forum->last_post) { $links[] = l(t("the most recent topic"), "node/view/". $forum->last_post->nid); } if ($new_topics) { $links[] = l(t("the first new topic"), "forum/$forum->tid/new"); } if ($links) { $output .= "
". t("Jump to: %links", array("%links" => 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_theme_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"), $output, t("Select your preferred way to display the topics and click 'Update settings'."))); } function forum_theme_topic_list($tid, $topics, $sortby, $forum_per_page, $offset) { global $id, $status, $user, $pager_total; if ($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->tid != $tid) { $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)." $topic->title ". l(t("This topic has been moved"), "forum/$topic->tid")."
"._forum_get_folder_icon($topic->new, $topic->num_comments, $topic->comment_mode)." "._forum_get_icon($topic)." ". l($topic->title, "node/view/$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 .= "
" .t("%a topics, %b topics per page, page %c of %d", array("%a" => $pager_total[0], "%b" => $forum_per_page, "%c" => $offset, "%d" => ceil($pager_total[0]/$forum_per_page))) ."
"; $output .= (($pager = pager_display(NULL, $forum_per_page, 0, "default")) ? "$pager" : ""); if (user_access("create forum topics")) { $output .= "
". l(t("create new forum topic"), "node/add/forum/$tid") ."
"; } 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 $base_path = variable_get("forum_folder_icon_path", ""); if ($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"; } // 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($section = "admin/forum/help") { $output = ""; switch ($section) { case 'admin/help': case 'admin/forum/help': $output .= "

Creating a forum

"; $output .= strtr("

The forum module uses taxonomy to organize itself. To create a forum you first have to create a %taxonomy. When doing this, choose a sensible name for it (such as \"fora\") and make sure under \"Types\" that \"forum\" is selected. Once you have done this, %taxo-terms to it. Each term will become a forum. If you fill in the description field, users will be given additonal information about the forum on the main forum page. For example: \"troubleshooting\" - \"Please ask your questions here.\"

", array("%taxonomy" => l(t("taxonomy vocabulary"), "admin/taxonomy/add/vocabulary"), "%taxo-terms" => l(t("add some terms"), "admin/taxonomy" ) )); $output .= strtr("

When you are happy with your vocabulary, go to ". l("site configuration » modules » forum","admin/system/modules/forum") ." and set Forum vocabulary to the one you have just created. There will now be fora active on the site. For users to access them they must have the \"access content\" %permission and to create a topic they must have the \"create forum topics\" %permission. These permissions can be set in the %permission pages.

", array("%forums" => l(t("site configutation » modules » forum"), "admin/system/modules/forum"), "%permission" => l(t("permission"), "admin/user/permission") )); $output .= "

Containers

If you designate a forum as a container, users will not be able to post to it. 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,

"; $output .= "

Marketing
-- Market research
-- Brand management

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

"; $output .= "

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

"; $output .= "

Icons

"; $output .= strtr("

To disable icons, set the icon path as blank in %forums-icon.

",array("%forums-icon" => l(t("site configuration » modules » forums"), "admin/system/module/forum") )); $output .= "

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

"; break; case 'admin/system/modules': $output = "Enable threaded discussions about general topics."; break; case 'admin/system/modules/forum': $output = strtr("Forums are threaded discussions based on the taxonomy system so you must first %taxonomy-create of type \"forum\" to place the forum tree in. Then %taxonomy-add to this taxonomy. Each term becomes the name of a forum. If you define a term as a \"Container\" (See below) the term is not a forum itself, but rather holds forms. This lets you group your forums.", array("%taxonomy-create" => l(t("create a taxonomy"), "admin/taxonomy/add/vocabulary"), "%taxonomy" => l(t("add terms"), "admin/taxonomy") )); break; } return t($output); } ?>