How to force "Ask a Question" instead of "New Discussion"?

slobizman

In your recent bog post you show how GATK has used the Q&A plugin. I went to their site and I see that they are forcing "Ask a Question" as the default for new discussions, rather than "New Discussion." How do I do this?

I have the plugin active and it's working fine; just need to know how to do the above.

What would really be great would be to be able to force "Ask a Question" as the only choice for a particular category. I think most new users will miss the distinction and take whatever is the default (New Discussion).

vrijvlinder

Remove or hide the New Discussion Link using css.
to remove
a.BigButton, a.BigButton:link { display: none;}

to hide
a.BigButton, a.BigButton:link { visibility:hidden;}

slobizman

Thanks for your response, However, that does not force 'Ask a Question". It doesn't do anything actually.

vrijvlinder

You want Q&A to be the default link so people do not go for New Discussion. Removing the new Discussion link would force them to use the Q&A Link. You may be able to change where the New Discussion link goes to.

peregrine

add this to custom.css

a#QnA_Discussion {
display:none
}

or

you could replace plugins/QnA/views/qnapost.php with the following:

to

<?php if (!defined('APPLICATION')) exit(); ?>
<div class="P">

</div>
<style>.NoScript { display: none; }</style>
<noscript>
   <style>.NoScript { display: block; } .YesScript { display: none; }</style>
</noscript>
<div class="P NoScript">
   <?php echo $Form->RadioList('Type', array('Question' => 'Ask a Question', 'Discussion' => 'Start a New Discussion')); ?>
</div>
<div class="YesScript">
   <div class="Tabs">
      <ul>
         <li class="<?php echo $Form->GetValue('Type') == 'Question' ? 'Active' : '' ?>"><a id="QnA_Question" class="QnAButton TabLink" rel="Question" href="#"><?php echo T('Ask a Question'); ?></a></li>

      </ul>
   </div>
</div>

peregrine

you also probably want to add this to one of your locale definitions files, or
plugins/QnA/locale/en-CA.php or conf/locale.php

$Definition['Start a New Discussion'] = 'Ask a Question';