Closed discussion or pinning topics

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George

14 Sep, 2009 11:17 AM

Hello,

Is there any way to set up a closed discussion area that is solely for our posting (eg. any user can see and respond, but only we can post topics)? We'd like to have an area to post announcements and since we have decided to use Tender, this is the only functionality that we may need to build ourselves.

Also, on a similar note, is there any way to "pin" a topic?

Best,
george

  1. 1 Posted by rick on 14 Sep, 2009 03:31 PM

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    You can resolve the issue to prevent non-supporters from replying to it. Also, try creating an Announcements category for a little css surprise :)

    We've talked about pinning, but don't see much use for it. Anything permanent is probably better served in the FAQ. It's definitely not a frequently requested option.

  2. Support Staff 2 Posted by Courtenay on 14 Sep, 2009 08:45 PM

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    You can also create a private category, write discussions in it, then
    set those discussions public.

  3. 3 Posted by George on 15 Sep, 2009 01:14 PM

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    Hey Rick, I created an announcement category in our forums area and I couldn't see anything different. what should I be looking for?

    Hey Courtenay, If I create a private category, it won't allow me to post a public topic. Is there something I am missing? Or do you mean, make the whole category public?

    Thank you both!

    Best,
    george

  4. 4 Posted by rick on 15 Sep, 2009 05:43 PM

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    I'm pretty sure we have special CSS styling for categories with the announcement permalink.

    Also, I think Courtenay is mistaken about the private categories. I'm pretty sure they force private discussions.

  5. Support Staff 5 Posted by Courtenay on 15 Sep, 2009 06:53 PM

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    No, you have to go in and edit the discussion. Private categories
    just *default* the discussion to private. See this for an example of
    a public discussion on a private category. I created it, then edited
    it and took off the 'private' bit.

    http://my.support.entp.com/discussions/ruby-on-rails-support

  6. 6 Posted by George on 16 Sep, 2009 11:54 AM

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    rick: you are right, I removed the "s" from announcements and the background turned yellow. very nice.

    Courtnenay: thanks for clarifying! yes, i was able to make it public within the admin.

    two last questions

    1. any way to get rid of the "post topic" button in announcement?
    2. any way to have it activated with "announcements" with an "s" (since we will do more than one announcement :-)

    thanks for your time!

  7. 7 Posted by Kyle Neath (Git... on 20 Sep, 2009 12:13 AM

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    Hey George,

    You should be able to hide it with custom CSS. Each section puts a sanitized class name on the <body> tag. So something like:

    .section-announcement .thread-action{ display:none; }
    

    As for changing it to announcements, adding another line like:

    .announcements{ background:#fbff82; }
    

    Should work. Although to be honest I didn't know this was happening... looks like a lucky coincidence. Do you have a link to your Tender install so I could check it out if the above doesn't work?

    Thanks!

  8. 8 Posted by George on 20 Sep, 2009 12:14 PM

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    Hey Kyle,

    Thanks for the tips! Here is our install: http://support.subfolio.com/discussions ... just starting to set it up now ...

    Best,
    George

  9. Nicole closed this discussion on 04 Dec, 2009 09:16 PM.

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