Major Additions - Discuss!! A Yahoo Answers Clone

Discuss!!
A Yahoo Answers Clone

by ChrisTERiS

Compatible with 4.2.0
but you must download the file Disucss_1_4_0.zip

1. Why we need a discussion mod

Maybe sounds crazy to have a powerfull forum and to install this AddOn. But this is not true. I do agree that vB has tons of features for any type of discussions. But from the other point Yahoo Answers (and dozens of similars sites) became famous, because they offer a simple way to users to get replies. Short questions, with a couple of replies. Why to go in a complicated system for this? And why to add dozens of extra categories, subcategories etc etc, just for this? This is the reason that you need it.

2.- How it works?

Very simple, so easy to use by novice users too. A member is posting a question in any of your categories (unlimited level are supporting) and then is waiting other members to post a reply. Reads the replies, chooses the best and that's all. There is no need for discussion here.





3.- Installation

1. Download, unzip and upload all files from the "upload" folder where your vb installation is (you can't install in different directory).
2. Goto you admincp and import the product-discuss.xml
3. That's all

4.- Configuration





Configuration is very easy and is like all other addons here. You need to follow the steps below, and soon you'll be ready:

1. First of all goto Usergroup permissions and set what each usergroup can do or not do.
2. Goto Discuss General setting, check the default values and change them if you want
3. PM Templates. I believe that the predefinied text is ok for most of you. But if you want you can change them. Please don't touce the variables (anything inside {}). The available variables are:
   1. {questiontitle} : Title with link
   2. {questiontitle_nolink} : As above but without link
   3. {category} : Category name with link
   4. {category_nolink} : Category without link
   5. {questionowner} : The author's username with link
   6. {questionowner_nolink} : As above, no link
   7. {description} : 200 chars from the question body
   8. {username} : This is the "To:" value. eg Dear {username},
   9. {postdate_short} : Post date in format that you've set as long dates
   10. {postdate_long} : Same as above in long date format
   11. {signature} : Anything that you've set in your settings
4. Last step is to set your categories.

5.- Copyright

In the footer of each page there is a link back to my site vBulletON.com. Even if it easy to remove it, please avoid doing it. Respect if you want to be respected. That's the only that I can say.

6.- PRO version

Currently there is no one. I don't use to build an addon, and then remove 90% of its features to make a free version. No. This is all that I've done. Sure there are dozens of more features that I can add. If I see that this mod becomes popular then I'll add them but as commercial version.

7.- Live Demo

http://www.christeris.com/testvb4/discuss.php

Login:
demouser1 / demopass1
demouser2 / demopass2
demouser3 / demopass3

Enjoy
Chris

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by Vick98

I modified the template with the above code but with no luck. I do appreciate your support and quick reply.

You can help me if you post a link here and try to understand your issue by reading the code from the page.

Chris

[Vick98]

Originally Posted by ChrisTERiS

You can help me if you post a link here and try to understand your issue by reading the code from the page.

Chris

http://www.clansks.com/discuss.php

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by Vick98

http://www.clansks.com/discuss.php

give permissions to guests to see the page, and when I'll finish you can turn it off

[Vick98]

Originally Posted by ChrisTERiS

give permissions to guests to see the page, and when I'll finish you can turn it off

Permission granted. Also, this there any way to change it to a dark template?

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by Vick98

http://www.clansks.com/discuss.php

I think that you need to contact your designer. I'm using only the space in the red block (see the attachment) and I can't find there anything messed.

Chris

[Vick98]

Okay, thanks again for your support. I really do appreciate it.

[KProjects]

Great mod idea - planning to give it a go later in the week!

[Hareth]

Hello again,

I've a question. Is it possible for a user to choose to hide his question from members but not moderators when he/she creates a new question?

If there is no such feature, I am willing to pay for this extra feature.

Thank you,

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by Hareth

Hello again,

I've a question. Is it possible for a user to choose to hide his question from members but not moderators when he/she creates a new question?

If there is no such feature, I am willing to pay for this extra feature.

Thank you,

Currently a user can Hide/Activate a question. This works for all in public listings. But if someone know the link, he can still see the question.

Chris

[Hareth]

Thank you chris,
And when the question is hidden (can moderators see the question and answer it?)