Answered How do I enable the Convert Article to Thread function?

[jtferdinand]

Convert Article to Thread

Hi Bob, I can only find the ability to convert thread to article. How can I enable this to convert a submitted article to a thread?

 

[Bob]

The Convert Article to Thread function is a AMS Article Moderator Only function and requires the AMS Article Moderator Permission "Convert article to thread".



If the viewing user is a moderator and they have the appropriate permissions (Edit article and Convert article to thread) and the article is not in "draft" or "awaiting publishing", then they will see the action link "Convert to thread" in the more options dropdown menu of a given article...

 

[jtferdinand]

The Convert Article to Thread function is a AMS Article Moderator Only function and requires the AMS Article Moderator Permission "Convert article to thread".

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If the viewing user is a moderator and they have the appropriate permissions (Edit article and Convert article to thread) and the article is not in "draft" or "awaiting publishing", then they will see the action link "Convert to thread" in the more options dropdown menu of a given article...

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Thanks, I have the permissions but it didn't work on articles in unapproved or draft state. Is there a way to make it possible? Often I am converting to thread because it doesn't meet article criteria.

 

[Bob]

Thanks, I have the permissions but it didn't work on articles in unapproved or draft state. Is there a way to make it possible? Often I am converting to thread because it doesn't meet article criteria.

It should work for unapproved (in the approval queue with the state 'moderated'). I stated in my reply that it won't work for articles in DRAFT or AWAITING (which is a draft that is scheduled to be auto published in the future).

This is the permissions check function. The only two article states that are not allowed are 'draft' and 'awaiting', the other states ('visible', 'deleted', 'moderated') are allowed.

    public function canConvertToThread(&$error = null)
    {
        $visitor = \XF::visitor();
        
        if (in_array($this->article_state, ['draft','awaiting']))
        {
            return false;
        }
        
        return (
            $visitor->user_id
            && $this->hasPermission('editAny')
            && $this->hasPermission('convertToThread')
        );
    }