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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
| − | The Forum Subscription Dashboard page is where your forum users go to manage their thread subscriptions. This dashboard can be a standalone page or just an element on a page geared displaying information to a specific user (ie. a user profile dashboard). | + | The Forum Subscription Dashboard page is where your forum users go to manage their thread subscriptions. This dashboard can be a standalone page or just an element on a page geared displaying information to a specific logged in user (ie. a user profile dashboard). |
| − | To construct your Subscription Dashboard as a page, complete the following steps. | + | To construct your Subscription Dashboard as a page, complete the following steps. |
== Steps == | == Steps == | ||
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# Click ''Render Mode'' in the element interface. | # Click ''Render Mode'' in the element interface. | ||
# Select ''Display existing element data (content reuse)'' on the ''Rendering Mode'' tab. | # Select ''Display existing element data (content reuse)'' on the ''Rendering Mode'' tab. | ||
| − | # Select the ''Filter'' tab. | + | # Select the ''Filter'' tab. '''(Adding this Filter is very important! It limits the records displayed so each logged in forum user will only see and modify their own subscriptions.)''' |
| − | # Select Filter Type to ''Show subset of records''. | + | # Select Filter Type to ''Show subset of records''. |
| − | # Select the field drop-down as the ''User Name'' field. | + | ## Select the field drop-down as the ''User Name'' field. |
| − | # Select the operator as ''Equals''. | + | ## Select the operator as ''Equals''. |
| − | # Click the '...' button to open the ColdFusion expression window. | + | ## Click the '...' button to open the ColdFusion expression window. |
| − | # Enter the text ''request.user.ptForum.profileid'' as the expression and check the ''force cache'' checkbox. Click ''OK'' and then check the box to ''Ignore ColdFusion error'', then click ''OK''. | + | ## Enter the text ''request.user.ptForum.profileid'' as the expression and check the ''force cache'' checkbox. Click ''OK'' and then check the box to ''Ignore ColdFusion error'', then click ''OK''. |
# Select the sort order drop-down as the ''Thread Name'' field and ''Ascending''. | # Select the sort order drop-down as the ''Thread Name'' field and ''Ascending''. | ||
# Click ''OK'' on the render mode window. | # Click ''OK'' on the render mode window. | ||
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== Update Configuration == | == Update Configuration == | ||
| − | Update the Forums Configuration | + | Update the Forums Configuration 'UNSUBSCRIBE_DASHBOARD_URL' field. |
| + | # Go to the Manage Configuration page | ||
| + | # Click edit the row of configuration data in the datasheet | ||
| + | # For the UNSUBSCRIBE DASHBOARD URL field select the CommonSpot page that was just created. | ||
[[Reset ADF|Reset the ADF]] for the server and site. | [[Reset ADF|Reset the ADF]] for the server and site. | ||
[[Category:Forums]] | [[Category:Forums]] | ||
Latest revision as of 21:13, 25 June 2010
Back to Build Templates/Pages
Overview
The Forum Subscription Dashboard page is where your forum users go to manage their thread subscriptions. This dashboard can be a standalone page or just an element on a page geared displaying information to a specific logged in user (ie. a user profile dashboard).
To construct your Subscription Dashboard as a page, complete the following steps.
Steps
- Create a CommonSpot page with a name of 'Subscriptions Dashboard' using the Base Plus One template and place it in the Forums subsite.
- Place the Forum Subscriptions Custom Element on this page.
- Click Render Mode in the element interface.
- Select Display existing element data (content reuse) on the Rendering Mode tab.
- Select the Filter tab. (Adding this Filter is very important! It limits the records displayed so each logged in forum user will only see and modify their own subscriptions.)
- Select Filter Type to Show subset of records.
- Select the field drop-down as the User Name field.
- Select the operator as Equals.
- Click the '...' button to open the ColdFusion expression window.
- Enter the text request.user.ptForum.profileid as the expression and check the force cache checkbox. Click OK and then check the box to Ignore ColdFusion error, then click OK.
- Select the sort order drop-down as the Thread Name field and Ascending.
- Click OK on the render mode window.
- Click More in the element interface. Then the Custom Render Handlers menu option, and choose the User Subscriptions Dashboard Render Handler.
- Submit the Page.
Update Configuration
Update the Forums Configuration 'UNSUBSCRIBE_DASHBOARD_URL' field.
- Go to the Manage Configuration page
- Click edit the row of configuration data in the datasheet
- For the UNSUBSCRIBE DASHBOARD URL field select the CommonSpot page that was just created.
Reset the ADF for the server and site.
