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Multilpe Categories for a discussion
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Re: Multilpe Categories for a discussion
@sainiajayDaffodil 's idea probably derives from a WordPress background. It is possible to attribute a post to several categories. It may be justifiable in some rare cases, but the practical results are very poor. I am administering a WordPress site and one of my worst chores is correcting and removing redundant category… -
Re: Multilpe Categories for a discussion
I don't know the rationale for the requirements but working with vanilla in our intranet I have been exposed to some unusual requirements myself. More to your request - there's a move discussion functionality that has the option of leaving a link to the moved discussion in the new category. In theory one could use that to… -
Re: Multilpe Categories for a discussion
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Re: Multilpe Categories for a discussion
@rbrahmson Thinking about problems that I'm lucky I never have is something I like to do, too =) In order to be able to do that, this information needs to be stored somewhere. What about a MyBossMadeMeDoIt table with columns DiscussionID and CategoryID? Every discussion with more than one category must have additional… -
Re: Multilpe Categories for a discussion
My approach was a bit different -- let the original discussion be saved where it is being created and use the posting/saving hook to create the shortcuts in the other categories. There is of course delete-cleanup to do, permissions, search impact, archive considerations, etc. As you say, lots of side effects. Enough said;-) -
Re: Multilpe Categories for a discussion
From the UX side this is ridiculous. Users do not expect identical content in multiple categories. No forum that I know is doing that. And I do not mean no forum software, but I really mean: no forum. So all over the net you will not find such a behavior. Therefore I bet your users wouldn't be happy, but only confused.…
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