Shared Forum Mod -- latest version: 0.2.5.4

[PoLlama]

Just curious, does this allow people to be 'admins' over the shared forum, but not the whole forum.

No, the current version doesn't have support for subforum admins. Anyway, what's the point of that?

Say you wanted to host forums for people, but more on a personal unified forum setting.

Whats the point of a shared forum mod?

[Sarge]

Say you wanted to host forums for people, but more on a personal unified forum setting.

Whats the point of a shared forum mod?

This mod only works inside a single forum installation, not a "cluster" of forums.

The point is to separate some content parts from the others as much as possible, by defining which groups of categories -- called subforums -- to display to the user.

When you click on a board, you see topics within that board only. When you click on a subforum, you see categories within that subforum only.

This mod is especially useful for RPG forums or for very large forums with a lot of categories and boards.

Check my previous posts in this topic, as well as the demo website, for clearer explanations.

[PoLlama]

Is it possible you will add in "sub-admins"? People who have admin powers over a sub forum?

And heres an idea, 'Global Boards'. Boards that appear in every category regardless, however can be reordered differently by the admin/sub-admin.

[Sarge]

Is it possible you will add in "sub-admins"? People who have admin powers over a sub forum?

Not in this version, but it can be done.

Exactly what powers would you like these "sub-admins" to have? Obviously they can't download the database (not even just the data in their subforum), or do some other operations that can be done only by a normal admin.

And heres an idea, 'Global Boards'. Boards that appear in every category regardless, however can be reordered differently by the admin/sub-admin.

Nice idea for another mod.

[PoLlama]

The sub-admins I guess would be able to create boards, delete boards, reorganize etc.  Also with tiny portal features such as blocks. A theme could also be created for each 'sub-forum' which they can edit through the forum.

For the package manager, members, server-related, and stuff that controls the entire forum would have to be excluded.

Like a hybird between a forum and a forum hosting service basically. I don't see the point in a sub-forum otherwise... its just a forum with sub forums in a way with the ability to separate them some.

Sorry if my grammars not up to par at the moment, i've had a 'mind block' all day.

[Sarge]

The sub-admins I guess would be able to create boards, delete boards, reorganize etc.  Also with tiny portal features such as blocks.

I don't know, I have to think a lot about it. The way I see it, this feature would require implementing either restricted access to the main Admin panel or a separate admin panel for subforums. The first choice might be easier to implement, but the second could be more secure. Again, I have to see what I can do about it.

A theme could also be created for each 'sub-forum' which they can edit through the forum.

This would probably be the easiest feature to add. The themes would have to be already installed by the main forum admin, I guess.

The current version of the mod already enables the main admin to select what theme should display for a subforum. I guess switching the mod to the permissions-based system would be the best way to accomplish this.

For the package manager, members, server-related, and stuff that controls the entire forum would have to be excluded.

Of course.

Like a hybird between a forum and a forum hosting service basically. I don't see the point in a sub-forum otherwise... its just a forum with sub forums in a way with the ability to separate them some.

The original idea was simply to enable admins to divide the forum into logically separate subforums, so that each user can see what part of the forum he/she wants to, rather than the whole thing. The behavior is very similar to viewing a single board or a single category (provided other categories are hidden/collapsed).

There's nothing to stop me from turning this mod into a more advanced solution, though.

Sorry if my grammars not up to par at the moment, i've had a 'mind block' all day.

No problem. I'm not a native English speaker, so I have high tolerance towards spelling and grammatical errors.

[Flying Drupalist]

Hello, I have the latest TP and I'm trying to run your mod but...


Installations actions for "Shared Forum Mod":
Installing this package will perform the following actions:
   Type    Action    Description
1.    Extract File    ./Sources/SharedForum.php    
2.    Execute Modification    -    Modification parse error

My version is rather heavily modded, is there some way I can install your code manually?

[Sarge]

1.    Extract File    ./Sources/SharedForum.php    
2.    Execute Modification    -    Modification parse error

Looks like either a file permission or PHP version/configuration issue. Are you using a local SMF install (i.e. in your computer) under Windows?

[Mossa TheGreat]

Installations actions for "Shared Forum Mod":
Installing this package will perform the following actions:
   Type    Action    Description
1.    Extract File    ./Sources/SharedForum.php    
2.    Execute Modification    -    Modification parse error

You need to tell us if it is Local or remote server you testing this out in. If it is a host, please verify if it is Windows or Linux they are using. If you look above you will find links that I visited and tried out to fix this issue.

At first I used XAMPP locally to test this mod out, then I was soo tired of trying to fix the issue with XAMPP, so I switched to EasyPHP, and it works with that.

One thing: You cannot change file permission with Windows, with is crap, I tried the command line thing, and it doesn't work. I'll give you a link in a second...

[Flying Drupalist]

No it's one of those dreamhost servers, AFAIK it's not windows...

[Sarge]

Mossa, thanks for the support.

No it's one of those dreamhost servers, AFAIK it's not windows...

Copy/paste here all info from SMF Admin > Support and Credits > Version Information section.

[Flying Drupalist]

Version Information:
Forum version: SMF 1.1.2 (more detailed)
Current SMF version: SMF 1.1.2
PHP version: 5.2.2
MySQL version: 5.0.24a-standard-log
Server version: Apache/2.0.54 (Unix) PHP/4.4.7 mod_ssl/2.0.54 OpenSSL/0.9.7e mod_fastcgi/2.4.2 DAV/2 SVN/1.4.2
GD version: bundled (2.0.34 compatible)

[Sarge]

PHP version: 5.2.2
Server version: Apache/2.0.54 (Unix) PHP/4.4.7 mod_ssl/2.0.54

That's strange, PHP is reported as both 5.2.x and 4.4.x.

There's a reported issue with PHP 5.2 and mod installation (especially large ones) in SMF. I will see what I can do and will report back.

By the way, the upcoming version of the mod will have tighter code and will be easier to install manually.

[Flying Drupalist]

Thank you for your support. Most other packages install correctly, but there are a few that runs into similar errors. I am eagerly awaiting the next patch... I really hope it comes soon, I want this mod pretty bad!

[momsandtots]

I tried the Mod by Sarge: Problems i incured:

Advertising can't be seperated per forum (my goal was to have different forums for different citys and communities so advertising capabilities has to be able to modified per forum.)

Couldn't get the categories to list properly per forum

This could all be due to my lack of lnowledge.

[Flying Drupalist]

ahh! I really need this very very much. Please help!

[Sarge]

Advertising can't be seperated per forum (my goal was to have different forums for different citys and communities so advertising capabilities has to be able to modified per forum.)

What are you using to display ads in your forum? Basically, it's an interoperatibility thing -- both components have to be adapted in order to work together.

Couldn't get the categories to list properly per forum

Can you elaborate a bit on that?

[Mossa TheGreat]

Hello Sarge, and everyone else aboard.

I have experienced that the setting to re-enable the Forum button, that is integraded with TinyPortal, does not work properly. If anyone else is experiencing this, please tell me.

Here is the if statement that is not allowing the forum button to appear:

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if($settings['TPortal_front_type']!='boardindex' && !empty($context['current_forum']['TP_show_forum_button']))


And here is how it looked like before the mod was installed:

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if($settings['TPortal_front_type']!='boardindex')

If anyone else is experience this same issue or have a fix, please feel free to report back to us, the peopler within this thread.

Best Regards,
Mossa TheGreat's Samurai...

[Hj Ahmad Rasyid Hj Ismail]

Great mod! Really it is great! A great thank you to Sarge and Goosemoose.

Your mod works even greater if it used with default membergroup mod during registration. User have to choose a group when they register and they can only view and access the registred group (allowed category) but no others.

[Sarge]

Nice to know this mod is of value to you.

Just so you know, you can specify more than 1 category in the Category List -- just separate the category IDs with commas. For example, if you want a subforum to consist of the categories 1, 2 and 5, you can add them like this:

1,2,5