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bax
Junior Member
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 Posted - 28 August 2002 : 01:09:10
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OK, I'm not sure this is the place to post this, but what the heck. Maybe this can be done with 3.4, I just can't figure out how.
What I need is a type of "News From My Department" functionality. All users of our sites belong to a department - grouped with others from same department. Client wants it so that the "admins" of this department can post news about upcoming events (not in an event calendar, but more a news type thing).
Now, I could create something from scratch, but then have to teach these admins how to use Snitz and this other feature. What I'd really like is to just teach them one thing. So, here are the requirements- can this be implemented with Snitz, and if so, can someone point me to how.
1. Only (moderators) can post. No replies allowed.
2. These news bits need to be viewable only to certain members - each department would see it's News on front page of website. These "forums" should also not be part of the main forum category screen. Instead, they would be accessed as just news bits from the front page of the site.
3. As with current snitz, posts can be deleted or archived.
4. Site administrator(s) can view all of these for appropriateness.
Possible? I'm sure it is, just need some help in the right direction.
Sincerely,
Bryan Ax |
Edited by - bax on 28 August 2002 02:00:09 |
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RichardKinser
Snitz Forums Admin
USA
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Posted - 28 August 2002 : 04:19:06
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I have some ideas for what you are wanting to do, but don't have time right now to sit down and write it, but I can give you some ideas.
Right now there is 2 types of "Forums" in the FORUM table. They are specified by the F_TYPE field.
0 - Normal Forum
1 - URL (not really a forum, but that's just how it was implemented)
You could add another type (I wouldn't use 2 in case we decide to add another forum type to the base code in the future, maybe use 101 or something like that). Then, on default.asp, only show forums that aren't equal to the F_TYPE # you specify. You should still be able to set this forum as private, with an allowed member list, just like normal forums. You should also be able to archive and delete posts as normal too.
Well, that's just some ideas.. |
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bax
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Posted - 28 August 2002 : 04:28:05
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Interesting way to approach it. Basically, instead of creating a separate News table, just add a different category for forum. I've seen MaxWebPortal do something like this, but they use a separate table, meaning it wouldn't integrate well with the rest of Snitz.
I could then also use that to disallow replies to that type of forum.... |
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