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Forum Plugin for Elgg |
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GPL v2, yada yada yada... |
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***REQUIRES ELGG v0.9*** |
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To install: |
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-copy the forum folder to your <elgg directory>/mod/ folder |
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-login as "news" (executes a minor database upgrade) |
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-edit mod/forum/config.php to change config (optional) |
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-visit a community blog that has a few posts and comments to those posts |
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-on the community blog, find the link that says "View as Forum" |
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Add the following lines to the end of your .htaccess file (just above the </ifmodule>): |
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#FORUM PLUGIN REWRITE ELEMENTS |
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RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9]+)\/forum\/?$ mod/forum/forum.php?weblog=$1 |
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RewriteRule ^([A-Za-z0-9]+)\/forum\/skip=([0-9]+)$ mod/forum/forum.php?weblog=$1&weblog_offset=$2 |
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RewriteRule ^[A-Za-z0-9]+\/forum\/([0-9]+)(\.html)?$ mod/forum/forum_view_thread.php?post=$1 |
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History: |
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v0.4 (December 2007) |
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-updated for compatability with new elgg sidebar block mechanism (Elgg 0.9) |
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v0.31 (November 2007) |
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-added a profile widget so that the latest forum threads can be displayed on the community's profile page |
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-added a "latest comment by" column on forum view |
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v0.3 (July 2007) |
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-major cleanup of code/sloppiness |
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-fixed issues with Elgg v0.8 |
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-lots of contribution to this revision by Rho (http://elgg.org/rho) |
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v0.2 (March 10, 2007) |
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-added sorting based on last updated threads |
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-added better handling of default behaviour (forum vs. community blog) |
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v0.1 (Feb 8, 2007) |
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-finally usable! |
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-now has a more master/detail view |
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-moved to tables for layout rather than pure CSS |
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-uses post_icon to display image for each thread |
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-uses list_for_event API to return to approapriate view after adding, editing, deleting a post or comment |
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v0.000000000001 (Jan, 2007) |
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-actually getting a bit useful! |
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-added linking/posting new comments |
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-fixed bug where sidebar showed current user rather than the community profile |
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-now displays posters name, tooltip of comment content |
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