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Child categories (aka subcategories)
The admin UI doesn't seem to offer nested categories, but class.categorymodel.php contains a lot of relevant cogwheels. Is this something that's likely to be enabled in the near future ?
We are considering moving a medium sized phpBB 3.x board (45k users), I could definitely help with the migration script and probably a Drupal 6.x bridge. The other thing we need to look into is an ajaxy way for users to filter out categories they are not interested in.
We are considering moving a medium sized phpBB 3.x board (45k users), I could definitely help with the migration script and probably a Drupal 6.x bridge. The other thing we need to look into is an ajaxy way for users to filter out categories they are not interested in.
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More help on the conversion tool will most likely be very welcome! These will be of interest to you then...
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/10799/phpbb-to-vanilla-conversion-tool/
http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/9955/building-a-vbulletin-3x-to-vanilla-2-importer/
I'll continue exploring the code in the mean time.
In the first post I am asking what the intentions are with respect to this code, it doesn't make sense to plan a plugin without knowing where the core is going. I see now that Mark worked on it the same day I started this discussion, so I guess we will find out when he has time to look this way.
When creating a category, uncheck the "allow discussions to be posted in this category" checkbox. This will make it a "parent" category that only contains other categories and no discussions. The child categories contain the discussions.
When looking at the categories on the category admin page, you will see that children are indented and parents are not. You can drag them up or down to put them under different parents. Parents can only contain children - they cannot contain other parents.
Will have to think about whether that suffices or whether I will attempt to propose a patch.
Thank you for the response.
I can't understand why the Vanilla documentation explains in detail how to display the child categories, but does not explain at all how to create them!
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thanks, this is really simple, but it is not easy at all if you don't know it in advance.
I played a lot with the graphical UI of the categories, but I never thought of "indenting" them. Now that I know, it's very simple. It would be good to mention this in the documentation! A screenshot would be enough.
This is apparently on track for version 2.1, but if this is already included somewhere it sounds like it will do the trick.
E.g.:
main category: projects.
sub-categories: project sketches / projects in work / finished projects
in this kind of categories system, one does not want to post in "projects"; but just in the sub-categories.
@Mark would say that this is not a good idea, but some people really prefer not to have all categories or discussions listed in an endless list, but in a 1-or-2-level-hierarchy.
This is like the dispute between email organized à la Google Mail (no hierarchy, if you need something, you search) or à la Outlook (hierarchical, with folders and subfolders and filtering rules). There is no clear "better" solution, it is a question of choice and personal preferences.
Where does one find this mystical "allow discussions to be posted in this category" checkbox? I'm running the latest beta, but can't find it.