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

[AliMadkour]

Great mod ..
thanks installed...

[AliMadkour]

i got that error when I try to access script :

Administrator, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

[Acido]

Hi Christeris

The CSS seem dont work properly when Store CSS Stylesheets as Files. I keep the CSS by add the content of discuss.css to the template additional.css

I start with this problem when Upgrade discuss from 1.0.0 to 1.2.0

Can you check?

[rafiul]

Originally Posted by AliMadkour

i got that error when I try to access script :

You have to give permission from Usergroup.

[Christos Teriakis]

Originally Posted by Acido

Hi Christeris

The CSS seem dont work properly when Store CSS Stylesheets as Files. I keep the CSS by add the content of discuss.css to the template additional.css

I start with this problem when Upgrade discuss from 1.0.0 to 1.2.0

Can you check?

I've corrected it already. Maybe I need to check if I've released it (everything is possible)

Chris

[majjed2008]

Thank you a lot my dear for all your help .

what i can do for my tamplet please ?

[Acido]

Originally Posted by ChrisTERiS

I've corrected it already. Maybe I need to check if I've released it (everything is possible)

Chris

Hi again Chris.

If help, i notice that this image: http://www.christeris.com/testvb4/di...mages/info.png is missed in the actual package.
Also the css is calling some strange url's like: reviews/images/bottom-shadow.png what are not being used.

kind regards!

[ywwz]

Another issue: I cannot reinstall after I uninstall this add on, system tells me there is a database error that there are some tables already existing.

[bposner]

Great mod, thank you, we are testing it now. I see once a question is answers it seems to disappear? There is no link to it or doesn't appear under just asked or most replied. Also there are icons or something missing on the ask question page where user fills out the question, these are next to Category, Title, Keywords.. there broken images. Any advice.
Again very nice, thank you for giving it out for free.

Edit: Ok, so the resolved questions showed up after a long delay, but seems to only show up when I click on the what's new, but not on the home page? But the pics are still missing.
Again, thank you for your time supporting this free mod.

[majjed2008]

Hi

I edited the tamplet my self since it have many error in it , now i have many Q and answers in my forum , but I cant set any answer as best answer , no meter if i have all permission set to yes , still cant set best answer .

it is realy a good plugin but it need a lot of work to bring it to work .

thank you