'ask a question' module

By goodman12345 on 19 Oct 2007 at 07:21 UTC

I am looking for a module that would implement http://answers.yahoo.com. Please send me the quote.

Comments

would Like to do this

suro.solutions commented 19 October 2007 at 14:01

I would like to do this. Let me know what functionalities do you want, If any specific functionality then let me know. If you are interested you may contact me via my contact form or via mail : suro.solutions@yahoo.co.in

Thanks

You don't need a new module

jwolf commented 19 October 2007 at 17:08

You don't need a new module for this...

I recently built the same exact functionality for a client using a few contrib modules and theme function overrides.

CCK, Views, Comment and Search modules are the foundation for this functionality.

I recommend that you don't waste time and money trying to reinvent the wheel.

Best of luck.

jwolf, do you have the

goodman12345 commented 19 October 2007 at 19:10

jwolf, do you have the client's link that I could take a look at?
Thanks!

Video

jwolf commented 20 October 2007 at 04:41

Because I can't give you access to the site, I created a video on how the q&a section was created. Hopefully this is useful.

The video is available at:
"Questions and Answers section using Drupal"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3488003664469256965#

Thank you very much for the

goodman12345 commented 20 October 2007 at 18:53

Thank you very much for the video. I think it would be better if 2 more things were done:
1. keeping only one of 'question' and 'details' in 'ask' section (similar thing goes to 'answer', http://answers.yahoo.com has only one ask box), for instance, removing 'question' box, keeping 'details' box and changing the word 'details' with 'question',
2. adding categories so that users have a selection to put their questions to.

Easily done

jwolf commented 21 October 2007 at 06:03

1. Easily done when creating your custom content type (question node type); using CCK you can do this.

2. We integrated the "ask a question" functionality into the site's Organic Groups. In the video you can see that below the "ask a question" submission form (right sidebar) there is a required audience selection (e.g., Students). This allows for questions to be asked of a specific group(s).

You could easily create a taxonomy system to categorize your questions. Instead of selecting a group to ask a question, you could select from a predefined list of taxonomy terms.

www.mothersclick.com is a great example of the "ask a question" feature. Aesthetically and functionally done very well.

I see, thanks! I went to

goodman12345 commented 21 October 2007 at 18:47

I see, thanks! I went to answers.yahoo.com again, it does have two entry boxes (brief question and optional details) for question section (but the answer section does not have 'subject'). mothersclick looks good, and it has a voting system. But I don't know if it implemented categories. I saw 'topics' there, but I am not sure if topics are categories or tags.

Regarding ask a question and blog entry .....

dhayalan_ms commented 22 October 2007 at 13:49

Recently i have came across the site.....www.mothersclick.com where i could find quick blog post and ask a question types block.....when we post on the blocks the values will be passed to submit block entry or submit question page.....i want to how it can be done....wheter its a new content type they have created!!!!!.........thanks for your reply ......

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Hey there, Nice video

patchak commented 23 October 2007 at 16:26

Hey there, Nice video thanks.

I could build an entire site based on that... ;)

Which leads me too.... how can you plug the 'add a question" form directly into the sidebar like that?? I always wanted to do that for some site and never managed to learn how to do it

Thanks,
Patchak

Awesome Video

MikeMoirano commented 1 November 2007 at 14:50

Thanks, this video is really helpful.

I was wondering how you were able to get the number of 'answers' on the same line as the node title on the questions & answers page. I have been trying to figure it out, looking around on this site, but I am not sure. I know you have to do a theme override function but I am not sure exactly what it is I need to do.

Thanks!

ask a question module

pradeepsaini commented 2 November 2007 at 06:55

Hi,
Myself pradeep saini.I am PHP developer.I want to use ask a question module like mothersclick.com.Please provide me the link from where i can download this module.let me know the right process.I have added Organic groups module.
Please help me.

Regards
Pradeep Saini

how to add the submission form in the block ?

eerpini commented 16 June 2009 at 03:18

I have added the question view to my site, but I am really confused how I would have to add the submission form in the block. And I am using this view for providing a direct Q&A functionality and not integrating with anything else. So please let me know, how this can be done.
The video was very useful, thanks a lot for that.

like mothersclick

preper commented 10 September 2009 at 13:58

Has anybody done a question and answer system? how can we do that? can anybody give some detail?

Nice job

phpdude commented 20 October 2007 at 19:17

Nice job

Question Answer Video

Stomper commented 1 November 2009 at 20:23

Thanks, for the video, very interesting. There is a Youtube user, TomRogers123 who does Drupal tutorials, he did a similar questions/answers video too. Apparently he is a member here under the same user name (http://drupal.org/user/358195).

The Youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF-oe8MvLv0).

"trying to reinvent the

aosiname commented 21 March 2010 at 01:39

"trying to reinvent the wheel" that MUST be a developers favourite line!

Yes, it is! :)

kilski commented 4 June 2010 at 08:53

Yes, it is! :)

yes you have a module.....

dhayalan_ms commented 19 October 2007 at 18:10

try this link..

http://drupal.org/project/question

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the question module in the

goodman12345 commented 19 October 2007 at 19:04

the question module in the link seems to be one where administrators answer questions. I would like something that would allow any registered users answer questions posted by any users.

Try this new module

davemybes commented 20 October 2007 at 12:55

http://drupal.org/project/answers
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nothing is there.

goodman12345 commented 20 October 2007 at 18:53

nothing is there.

Great, another

davemybes commented 21 October 2007 at 14:28

Great, another useful-looking module that might not get released... :(

Sorry about that, I just saw it on the new module list and forgot to check if there was an actual release.
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Good idea

acalper commented 22 October 2007 at 05:14

The idea for such a module is a good one, and one I think worth doing in a more rigorus way that suggested here. I was one of the programmers at inforocket.com, now http://www.keen.com (where the idea for yahoo answers and similar sites largely originated) and I can tell you, it's a popular type of system, and even one that can be easily monitized. I wish I had some of the old php source code for the site, but alas... Still, it could be a fun project to undertake and create a full blown, dedicated module of. Then again, it would rock to create a match.com or e-harmony style dating module too.

Alan

This is what I've been

prokopton commented 7 July 2008 at 21:25

This is what I've been looking for! Thanks!

subscribing, greetings,

summit commented 7 July 2008 at 21:30

subscribing, greetings, Martijn

You don't need a new module

shenzhuxi commented 11 September 2009 at 05:43

It can be done by basic modules.
Check my work http://sugargoss.com/?q=questions
Core function+Views are enough for such functions.

Kosansh also has answers section

roshan_shah commented 11 September 2009 at 17:51

We have also developed answer section in Kosansh for "Health Queries"

http://www.kosansh.com/answers
http://www.kosansh.com/answers/recent

Roshan

Hi, Will you contribute these

summit commented 12 September 2009 at 11:42

Hi,
Will you contribute these answer sections to the community?
Thanks for considering in advance!
Greetings, Martijn

how?

preper commented 30 September 2009 at 11:24

Roshan;

could you explain details? how did you developed these function? which modules did you use?

I think this thread should be move to General discussion

shenzhuxi commented 2 November 2009 at 08:52

I think this thread should be move to General discussion.

1. Just create a node named "Questions".
2. Just rename comment in to "Answer". (If you can't do coding, Just use http://drupal.org/project/stringoverrides)

Let this thread sink to search engine. :)

Stringoverrides

ryanellis commented 15 January 2010 at 17:21

Hi,

I'm trying to create the same function and have looked at the stringoverrides module, but I only want to rename 'comment' to 'answer' for the 'question' content type.
You mentioned coding. Would you be able to provide any suggestions?

PS: sorry for continuing this thread.

Thanks,

@ryan.mcgarrie I am looking

Stomper commented 16 January 2010 at 02:51

@ryan.mcgarrie

I am looking for the same functionality too. I tried using String Overrides, but like you noted, it changes "comment" to "answer" globally. Unfortunately I found no way to make a local override using the module.

Edit comment.module file In

shenzhuxi commented 19 January 2010 at 03:18

Edit comment.module file
In function comment_link

Add something like this

if ($node->type == 'YOUR_TYPE') {
$links['comment_comments'] = array(
'title' => format_plural($all, '1 Answers', '@count Answers'),
'href' => "node/$node->nid",
'attributes' => array('title' => t('Jump to the first comment of this posting.')),
'fragment' => 'comments'
);
} else {

You need to be able to do some coding.
If you still can't handle it, just pay some one like me. : )

Comment.module

ryanellis commented 12 June 2014 at 00:30

This is really great!

I've tried something like what you suggested but it's still a bit 'buggy'.

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How/where do I ask a drupal theme question

mwangikamauj commented 23 March 2010 at 07:53

How/where do I ask a drupal theme question

Subscribing!!

aac commented 23 March 2010 at 10:02

Subscribing!!

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Update Modules

Sayufee commented 29 March 2013 at 14:45

Hi I got a lot of error after I updates the modules:
These are the errors: There are about 100 of them

Notice: Undefined index: advanced in linked_field_field_attach_view_alter() (line 227 of /home/nesace5/public_html/staging2012.nesa-center.org/sites/all/modules/linked_field/linked_field.module).
Notice: Undefined index: advanced in linked_field_field_attach_view_alter() (line 228 of /home/nesace5/public_html/staging2012.nesa-center.org/sites/all/modules/linked_field/linked_field.module).

Please help me how do I fix them?

Have you run update.php?

criznach commented 30 March 2013 at 16:25

Have you run update.php? Were there any errors?

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