Difference between revisions of "PT Forums Site Configuration"

Revision as of 21:40, 25 June 2010

The Forum App uses a custom element to store site specific configurations.

The fields for the ptForum Configuration custom element are defined below.

There are several Configuration Fields:

CS USERS DSN - Where the Forums will get the Users and Groups info for Read,Post,Edit and Admin access to the site. (Example: commonspot-users)
Forum UI Theme - The Forums app utilizes jQueryUI Themes for styling of buttons, etc. There are some pre-installed themes that come with the ADF in the Thirdparty folder.
FORUM HOME URL - The URL for the HOME link in the forum pages. This can be the Forum home URL to go to the Categories page or the home of your site (Default: index.cfm - default page in the Forums Subsite)
FORUM TOPICS URL - The CS Page for the Topics Listing page
FORUM THREADS URL - The CS Page for the Threads Listing page
FORUM MESSAGES URL - The CS Page for the Messages Listing page
NEW MESSAGE URL - The CS Lightbox Page that forum users use to add new messages
NEW THREAD URL - The CS Lightbox Page that forum users use to add new threads
MANAGE NEW MESSAGE URL - The webadmin CS Lightbox Page to allow forum administrators to create new messages
MANAGE NEW THREAD URL - - The webadmin CS Lightbox Page to allow forum administrators to create new threads
SUBSCRIPTION_FROM_EMAIL - The FROM email address for thread subscription post notifications
UNSUBSCRIBE_CONFIRM_URL - URL for the lightbox unsubscribe confirmation CS page
UNSUBSCRIBE_DASHBOARD_URL - URL for the user subscription dashboard CS page

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 == Overview ==
 The Forum App uses a custom element to store site specific configurations.
-<!-- The Forum App needs to know the profile element name, unique field, roles, subsite ids, and template ids for the site. -->
 The fields for the ptForum Configuration custom element are defined below.