Partially Implemented Create Showcase button in the category forum

Another thought is to replaced the "Post New Thread" button with "Create Showcase". This would help with the NEW ones. The other note I have on the white board is converting a thread into a showcase item.

 

They are marked as high priority (I say they, cause there are two bits of functionality here and each one is a separate entity).

 

Ya, its a bit different tho, cause I want to give the option to either replace or add (some people want people to be able to just start bare threads as well).

 

This has been partially implemented. The reason that it is marked as partially, is that this is a multiple functionality request and only part of one bit of functionality requested has been implemented.

The way this works is based on the VIEWING USERS permissions. If they don't have permission to view showcase, then nothing changes. It then checks to see if the forum that the viewing user is looking at is associated with showcase (ie, showcase has that forum set as one of the forums that gets threads auto created in). If the viewing user has permission to both VIEW the category AND Create new Items, there will be a new button ('Create Showcase') displayed next to the Post New Thread Button. This will launch an overlay with the Category Chooser (as there could be multiple categories associated to a single Forum). I've also made it so that ALL Categories that a user can create will display as well (in case they want to start a showcase in a different category).

More functionality will be added to this at a later date based on feedback.

a couple visuals...

There is a Showcase Global option to Enable/Disable this functionality


When Enabled, it will display a Create Showcase button if the viewing user has permission to create a showcase item in any category associated with the forum they are viewing.


The button launches an overlay letting the user choose which category to create the item in (just in case they want to create something in a different category).

 

The Phrase for the Button = 'nflj_showcase_create_showcase' This is only used for the button that will display on Forum View.

 

For now, what you can do is simply revoke the create thread permission for that forum (for all user groups). That will make the Create Thread button disappear without effecting other forums

 

Yes. Its the ADDON that is creating the thread with its own method, not the user via the Thread Functionality, so permissions to create doesn't even come into play for the auto creation. You can test it here if you want to.

Same thing applies with the Resource Manager. The Forum at xenforo.com that contains all the associated discussion threads doesn't allow you to create new threads.

 

Thought you might like how easy that one is I'll probably still add the option tho as its easier IMO to set it once for showcase vs having to modify multiple user groups for multiple forums.