= Discussion Forum Plugin = == Description == The DiscussionPlugin adds discussion forums to Trac. An arbitrary number of forums can be added, organised to forum groups. Users can create topics in forums and reply to them which together creates discussion threads. Threaded or flat view to topics and its replies is supported. Each forum has a list of moderators who can delete topics, replies, etc. Plugin is administrated directly or via WebAdminPlugin with appropriate rights. Appending new forums and topics either as new replies shows up in timeline. Searching capability in topics and replies is supported too. == Live Example == To get an idea how the forums look, see [http://blackhex.no-ip.org/discussion BlackTrac discussion]. == Donations == If you want to support plugin's development, you can donate some small amount via !PayPal. If you specify particular feature, you want to support, in the note field, the donation will be used on that feature. {{{ #!html
}}} Any donation will be gratefully welcomed. == Bugs/Feature Requests == Existing bugs and feature requests for DiscussionPlugin are [query:status!=closed&component=DiscussionPlugin&order=priority here]. If you have any issues, create a [/newticket?component=DiscussionPlugin&owner=Blackhex new ticket] but read BugReporting page first, please. == Download and Source == You can [download:discussionplugin download zipped sources], check out [/svn/discussionplugin using Subversion], or [source:discussionplugin browse the source] with Trac. == Dependencies == DiscussionPlugin depends on WebAdminPlugin since many configuration options are available only on appropriate WebAdminPlugin's pages. The SpamFilterPlugin is also required. == Plugin Versions == As many other plugins in this site even this plugin names its branches according to Trac versions. Here is a simple table explaining this convention for DiscussionPlugin: || Plugin Branch || Trac Branch || Plugin Version || || 0.9 || 0.9-stable || 0.5 || || 0.10 || 0.10-stable || 0.5 || || 0.11 || 0.11-stable || 0.6 || Main difference between 0.5 and 0.6 version is that 0.6 uses Genshi templates and 0.5 !ClearSilver ones. == Installation == For general information about Trac plugins installation see TracPlugins. Plugin is configurable from {{{trac.ini}}} file, see TracIni for more on this topic. The following variables controls DiscussionPlugin's behavior: {{{ [discussion] title = Discussion default_display = tree forum_sort = id forum_sort_direction = asc topic_sort = id topic_sort_direction = asc }}} Option {{{title}}} changes title of main navigation bar button, {{{default_display}}} defines default display mode for message list. Possible values are {{{tree}}}, {{{flat}}}, {{{flat-asc}}} and {{{flat-desc}}}. {{{flat}}} is synonym for {{{flat-desc}}}. {{{forum_sort}}} is column by which will be sorted forum lists. Possible values are: {{{id}}}, {{{group}}}, {{{name}}}, {{{subject}}}, {{{time}}}, {{{moderators}}}, {{{description}}}, {{{topics}}}, {{{replies}}}, {{{lasttopic}}} and {{{lastreply}}}. Topic lists may be sorted with {{{topic_sort}}} option. It has values {{{id}}}, {{{forum}}}, {{{subject}}}, {{{time}}}, {{{author}}}, {{{body}}}, {{{replies}}} and {{{lastreply}}}. Options {{{forum_sort_direction}}} and {{{topic_sort_direction}}} are directions of that sorting. They may be {{{asc}}} and {{{desc}}}. Previous example shows default values for these options. If you run Trac in environment which needs to enable plugins explicitly put in trac.ini these lines: {{{ [components] # Enable this component for 0.11 branch and 0.10 branch from revision r3518. tracdiscussion.api.DiscussionApi = enabled tracdiscussion.admin.DiscussionWebAdmin = enabled tracdiscussion.core.DiscussionCore = enabled tracdiscussion.init.DiscussionInit = enabled tracdiscussion.search.DiscussionSearch = enabled tracdiscussion.timeline.DiscussionTimeline = enabled tracdiscussion.wiki.DiscussionWiki = enabled tracdiscussion.notification.DiscussionNotifyEmail = enabled }}} The next step is to upgrade your environment: {{{ # trac-admin