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Make multiple FAQ with different settings

Posted by emancipator on August 23, 2008 at 11:27pm
Project:Frequently Asked Questions
Version:6.x-1.x-dev
Component:Code
Category:feature request
Priority:normal
Assigned:Unassigned
Status:closed (fixed)

Issue Summary

Hi,

Is it possible to
1.) make two entirely separate FAQ's (for example, I want to have one FAQ for project A and another for B)
2.) Can I make those two FAQ's have different settings (for example, I want one to have inline categories, the other to have "clicking on category opens/hides questions and answers under category")

I am on drupal 6.x and I want to achieve the above with one FAQ module installation (unless I can install the same module twice without conflicts)

Thanks

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#1

Posted by emancipator on August 26, 2008 at 6:12pm
Version:6.x-1.7» 6.x-1.4
Priority:normal» critical

#2

Posted by stella on August 27, 2008 at 7:12am
Priority:critical» normal

I need to think about how this could be implemented, before I decide whether or not to do it. However, this is not a critical issue. It may be critical for your project, but it isn't for the faq module as a whole, so marking back to normal. I'm at drupalcon in Szeged this week so I won't have a chance to look at this feature request until next week at the earliest.

Cheers,
Stella

#3

Posted by emancipator on August 27, 2008 at 1:34pm

Thanks for your reply!

I just thought it would be a nice feature to have but it looks like a lot of coding will be involved...

#4

Posted by stella on September 4, 2008 at 3:14pm
Status:active» postponed

Marking this as postponed as it's not going to make it into the next official release. Will re-open then.

Cheers,
Stella

#5

Posted by amariotti on September 11, 2008 at 5:03pm

I would also be interested in this for 5.x branch if possible. Not sure if the 5.x branch is still getting features added to it or not.

#6

Posted by stella on September 17, 2008 at 10:45am

Marked #297914: allow uncategorized display even when FAQ Categories exist as a duplicate of this issue.

#7

Posted by alexanderpas on September 17, 2008 at 11:30am
Version:6.x-1.4» 6.x-1.x-dev

#8

Posted by stella on September 18, 2008 at 3:50pm

In the meantime, you might be able to achieve a similar effect using the views module.

#9

Posted by amariotti on September 24, 2008 at 3:28pm

Good point. I will try that out. Thanks!

#10

Posted by emancipator on October 17, 2008 at 11:29pm

Any other ideas? using view doesn't do it quite the same way...like how it has a nice drop down

#11

Posted by amariotti on October 29, 2008 at 5:35am

Nope, views won't do it. But go to the linked issue above to see the solution that's already built into the module.

#12

Posted by lisset on November 26, 2008 at 9:24pm
Title:Make multiple FAQ with different settings» This would be awesome!

This is exactly what I was hoping this module would do. I have various mini-sites for different departments that would use different FAQs. I definitely echo emancipator's need and request. Thanks!

#13

Posted by alexanderpas on November 26, 2008 at 9:43pm
Title:This would be awesome!» Make multiple FAQ with different settings

please, do not edit the title of the issue unneeded.

#14

Posted by dleong on November 27, 2008 at 7:57am

Hi there,
I would just like to also add my request for this feature to be implemented. In addition to multiple FAQ pages I would also ask if there is any way to restrict which categories or individual FAQ nodes a user sees/has access to based on user permissions or roles. For example, there are FAQs numbered 1 - 10. User A is allowed to see FAQ 1-5 but not 6-10, while User B is allowed to see FAQ 6-10 but not 1-5. I'd be satisfied with using subcategories for the different FAQs so long as users could be restricted to certain subcategories. Can this be accomplished by the existing FAQ module?

Thanks.

#15

Posted by stella on November 27, 2008 at 9:47am

The restricted access issue can probably be achieved using the "taxonomy access control lite" module: http://drupal.org/project/tac_lite Though you may need the latest dev release for integration with this module to work correctly.

#16

Posted by dleong on November 28, 2008 at 4:01am

Sounds promising - many thanks for the suggestion!

#17

Posted by dccircuit on December 2, 2008 at 7:11pm

I would also like to see this feature implemented. Multiple FAQs on the same site. Subscribing.

#18

Posted by obrigado on December 22, 2008 at 12:06am
Version:6.x-1.x-dev» 5.x-2.x-dev

Subscribing, this is exactly the functionality I need.

#19

Posted by alexanderpas on December 22, 2008 at 1:07am
Version:5.x-2.x-dev» 6.x-1.x-dev

#20

Posted by sorahn on December 23, 2008 at 11:37pm

subscribing

#21

Posted by stella on December 30, 2008 at 5:19pm
Status:postponed» needs review

Try the attached patch, or the most recent dev version (available later today).

Like before, you can call the faq_page() function to embed FAQs in a normal node. For example print faq_page(0); would display all faqs for all terms, whereas print faq_page(1); would just display faqs associated with the term which had an id of 1. This requires the php filter input option by the way.

There are now two extra parameters to the faq_page() function: faq_page($tid, $question_display, $category_display);. These params override the default question and category layouts.

For example, to create a faq listing for term 1 which has the "questions inline" layout, with default categorization call:
print faq_page(1, "questions_inline");
To do the same, with "categories inline" layout, call:
print faq_page(1, "questions_inline", "categories_inline");

The list of possible question layouts is:

  • questions_inline : Questions inline
  • questions_top : Clicking on question takes user to answer further down the page
  • hide_answer : Clicking on question opens/hides answer under question
  • new_page : Clicking on question opens the answer in a new page

The list of possible category layouts is:

  • categories_inline : Categories inline
  • hide_qa : Clicking on category opens/hides questions and answers under category
  • new_page : Clicking on category opens the questions/answers in a new page

Cheers,
Stella

AttachmentSize
faq_6x_299191.patch 17.41 KB

#22

Posted by stella on January 5, 2009 at 10:44pm
Status:needs review» fixed

Released in 6.x-1.8.

#23

Posted by JonoB on January 19, 2009 at 12:39pm

Hi Stella,

Thanks, as always, for the hard work.

I've got the multiple FAQ methodology working for the most part, but it seems that I cant get the actual category names to show up when embedding a FAQ category in another node.

For example, I'm using:

print faq_page(14, "hide_answer", "categories_inline");
print faq_page(16, "hide_answer", "categories_inline");

This shows each category's questions correctly (with the answer hidden), but there is no actual category name shown. The categories are separated correctly though, and I can see that its grouping the correct questions together.

#24

Posted by stella on January 19, 2009 at 1:10pm

@JonoB: Can you open a separate support request? Perhaps include a screenshot, and also check your FAQ category settings.

#25

Posted by System Message on February 2, 2009 at 1:20pm
Status:fixed» closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

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