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#1 2011-12-07 16:22:51
- drudog
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Create a user forum in Textpattern
Hello,
I’d like to create a forum for registered users to create new posts and have other users comment on the posts. Ideally, it would work just like this forum. Is there a plugin that allows this within textpattern? If not, could someone suggest a good 3rd party forum option?
Thanks for your time!
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#2 2011-12-07 16:31:36
- uli
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Re: Create a user forum in Textpattern
See also this topic.
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Re: Create a user forum in Textpattern
drudog wrote:
Is there a plugin that allows this within textpattern?
There is a very old plugin called TXPhorum which I did some extra work on (and never released) years ago. As far as I know the version I helped fix up is still in use today somewhere. It uses articles as topics and comments as threaded replies. I could dig it out if you like and send it over.
If not, could someone suggest a good 3rd party forum option?
In addition to the thread Uli mentioned, Vanilla is a common option. I’ve never done it but other people here have so I’m sure you could pick their brains with specifics if you get stuck.
Last edited by Bloke (2011-12-07 16:38:13)
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#4 2011-12-07 16:57:30
- drudog
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Re: Create a user forum in Textpattern
It uses articles as topics and comments as threaded replies. I could dig it out if you like and send it over.
Thanks for the offer, Bloke. I guess my main issue with using the txp-admin interface would be the disconnect users/subscribers might feel between writing the initial post (article) on the txp-admin side vs. adding comments on the client side. Is there any way to make it more seamless? If not I may be looking into the Vanilla option you mentioned.
Bear in mind that all this needs to be viewable only by registered users via the ign_password_protect plugin or similar.
Thanks guys.
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Re: Create a user forum in Textpattern
drudog wrote:
my main issue with using the txp-admin interface would be the disconnect users/subscribers might feel between writing the initial post (article) on the txp-admin side vs. adding comments on the client side.
Sorry, I misled you. That’s how it works under the hood, but users don’t know any different. They post a comment on the public side and if it’s a new thread it gets inserted automatically as a new Txp article. If it’s a reply to a thread it’s automatically added as a comment to that topic.
Everything’s done form the public side and the layout looks very forumish. And of course it’s customisable with stylesheets.
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#6 2011-12-07 17:15:39
- drudog
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Re: Create a user forum in Textpattern
Sounds like a winner! All-in-one integration with the current txp-admin side they are already using to publish news events too, I would hope?
Also, I should note that I don’t have much PHP knowledge so hopefully it’s fairly easy to implement by an admitted layman :)
If all this sounds fairly reasonable and possible please send me over what you have, I’d love to take a look.
Thanks again for all the help.
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Re: Create a user forum in Textpattern
drudog wrote:
Sounds like a winner!
Actually I’ve just remembered that I don’t think it uses comments. From memory — it’s been a looooong time — you set up two sections: one for threads and one for thread replies. You configure the plugin to tell it these section names and then the articles are created in the appropriate section depending on whether the user started a new topic or replied to an existing topic. If memory serves, the articles are tied together by the article ID, like ID100003 has replies 100003-0000, 100003-0001, 100003-0002, 100003-0003, etc. Or something like that. It’s a bit hazy now.
The plugin figures it all out anyway. You just have to install it, create the sections, edit a couple of parameters, do some styling and put some Txp tags in Forms to control it all. I think it was reasonably well documented but I’ll check before I send it over. I’ll see if I can dig it out later and dust it off. Can’t remember which drive it’s hiding on at the moment.
All-in-one integration with the current txp-admin side they are already using to publish news events too, I would hope?
Yes, and that’s the plugin’s only major downside: your threads and replies are articles so they get mixed in with your other articles depending on sort order. You can of course sort by Section and if you’re careful about the section names (e.g zzz-topics and zzz-replies) then you can sort by Section and tuck them all out of the way. Some more thought into this side of things was on the cards but I never got round to it.
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#8 2011-12-07 20:20:53
- drudog
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Re: Create a user forum in Textpattern
Fabulous. Let me know when it’s ready.
Also, I have another project that may require a ransom to complete. Let me know if you might be interested in checking it out.
Thanks for your time.
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