On Drupal.org we have few forums which we don't want to delete, but neither do we want people creating new forum topics or replying to the old ones - see #231728: Users still using deprecated forums.
A few things would be needed to do this smoothly:
1. A status for forum tids to state that they're locked
2. Mass updating of forum topics to comments read only when the parent forum is locked
3. Prevent posting of new forum topics when a forum is locked
4. When a forum topic is moved to a locked forum, it should be set to comments read only too
| Comment | File | Size | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| #16 | forum.patch | 12.21 KB | langelhc |
| #15 | forum.patch | 10.97 KB | heilop |
| #11 | forum.patch | 10.52 KB | langelhc |
| #9 | lock_forum_link.png | 8.64 KB | develcuy |
| #9 | confirm_lock_forum.png | 19.15 KB | develcuy |
Comments
Comment #1
Leeteq commented+1
Comment #2
heather commentedThanks, catch!
Please also add a style declaration (e.g., "deprecated" ) in the body tag, and the div tags for the deprecated forum. This way the theme designer can control the look of the deprecated forum, to distinguish it from an active forum.
Comment #3
andypostI think we should extend {forum} table for this purpose. Also this can be done in contrib
Comment #4
langelhc commented+1
I have to suppose that is going to happen the same action when the container is locked.
Comment #5
Taxoman commentedIf forums should be set with locked status (maybe for long time), wouldn't we need to be able to assign permissions on a per-role basis?
I imagine that several "situations" will require admins to edit/delete/unpublish/make-sticky/edit-sticky/move selected content even after the forum is locked. That would solve some other use cases, too.
And this also makes #1360112: D7 port of comment_mover more important. :-)
Comment #6
andypostThis could be a great feature for forum
Comment #7
heilop commentedHi, I was working in this issue. I attached is an initial version for this feature. Check It please.
Comment #8
develcuy commentedJust seen that the patch implements the foundation of the feature:
- A new table: forum_locked, that registers the tid, user and reason
- The UI: in the administration section forums, there is a link "lock forum" that directs to a form asking for confirmation on the given action
good job so far @heilop! Would be great to have some screenshots of your work.
Comment #9
develcuy commentedSo, there is the link "lock forum":
And the confirmation form:
Comment #10
langelhc commentedHi,
I have been creating a modulo for Drupal 7.x, if you wish you can see it in:
http://drupal.org/sandbox/langelhc/1599552
Best Regards.
Comment #11
langelhc commentedHi everybody, today I was coding with @heilop in this feature and this is the second version of the patch, still missing disable comment in topics.
Comment #12
develcuy commentedThere is a print_r in your patch, need to re-roll without debug stuff.
Comment #13
langelhc commentedThnks develCuy, I fixed it, here is the patch without debug stuff.
Comment #15
heilop commentedHi everybody, this patch remove the forums locked when create a new topic. I was working with langelhc.
Comment #16
langelhc commentedHere is the patch that we have worked with develCuy and heilop.
We added the following:
- Remove 'Add New Forum Topic' Link from locked forum.
- Add locked tag to the list of locked forums in the node edit form.
- Lock a topic when it's moved to a forum locked and viceversa.
Thank you so much develCuy for the support.
Comment #17
heilop commentedComment #30
quietone commentedForum is approved for removal. See #1898812: [policy] Deprecate forum module for removal in Drupal 11
This is now Postponed. The status is set according to two policies. The Remove a core extension and move it to a contributed project and the Extensions approved for removal policies.
It will be moved to the contributed extension once the Drupal 11 branch is open.
Comment #32
quietone commentedComment #33
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