Feature just popped into my head... "quote" button that quotes the post into a new node to start a spin-off discussion.

Michelle

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Version: 6.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-2.x-dev
Status: Postponed » Active
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robertdjung commented

Yes yes yes. I've long thought this would be a great addition to any forum software.

IMO "flat" forums hide discussions. Threaded (with changing subject lines) at least let you know when the subject changes, but it takes up a lot of real estate on the screen.

This, IMO, is a killer-function for drupal forums. PLEASE! I'll test!

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It's something I'd like as well but is not a simple feature. I'm not sure if it will make it into 2.x or not. Depends on how much time I have.

Michelle

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Akela commented

Just posting to show my interest in the feature :)

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Status: Active » Postponed

Postponing for 3.x / D7.

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Version: 6.x-2.x-dev » 7.x-2.x-dev
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Moving this to D7.

Michelle

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troky commented

What about Quote module?

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What about it?

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troky commented

Does it solve the problem or I am missing the point here?

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Not that I'm aware of... I haven't updated the module in a while but I don't recall it having an option to spin off conversations. The only relation I can think of is taking advantage of the code it uses to pull across the quoted material to the new node.

Michelle

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troky commented

Ok, define spin off conversation. What is expected module functionalty?

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Oftentimes on my forum someone will mention something in a thread that's totally off topic for that thread but still interesting. If I respond there, the thread will get derailed. I would like to select the interesting text, click a button and have Drupal create a new topic node with that quoted text, leave it open for my additional thoughts and, on save, go back and link to it from the original post.

BTW, I'm not expecting you to write this. I bumped it to 7.x because I won't get to it any time soon and so it's not likely to happen in 6.x. Feel free to set it postponed if you want it out of the active queue.

Michelle

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troky commented

Thanks for the explanation. I understand now. I thought there was a simple solution for that :)

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troky commented
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Probably won't be done before 2.0 release.

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joelrichard commented

Troky and Michelle,

Can I resurrect this idea of a "Quote" button? It's a feature that many other forums have and I don't think it would be that difficult to create. (I might take a crack at it myself if I get a chance this weekend...)

  1. So you already have a "Reply" button which I assume includes the ID of the comment post you are replying to.
  2. A quote button wouldn't be that much different. It would take the ID, get the comment in question, get the author and content of the comment and then prefill the reply form's comment textarea with the author's name in bold ("So-and-so wrote...") above a <blockquote> containing the content of the prior post. What the user does beyond that is up to him.
  3. If it makes it easier, the reply path is "/comment/reply/504/11351", (for example) so a new path could be created "/comment/quote/504/11351" or something.

Did I miss anything? :)

--Joel

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michelle
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That is completely different and already exists in the Quote module.

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joelrichard commented

May as well set this as "won't fix" then. :) The quote module is quite nice and I am successfully using it. (I eventually found and implemented it on my own.) Thanks!

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As I said, this issue is not related to the Quote module so that has no bearing on the issue status.