This is a draft page with specifications for the 2nd, much improved version of BulletinBoard Application. Highlights are: 

• Thibaut Proposals
  • Objective
• Proposals
  • Mockups
    • Home Page
    • Topics Page

• using groovy to access the protected API for faster queries
• integration with stats module for displaying the number of views of a topic
• ColorTheme compliance 
• pagination integration
• progressive enhancement with AJAX.
• adding the possibility to attach an image to a post

• everything is written from scratch because the previous application was using syntax 1.0 and there was a lot of inline JS and CSS code (+ a various number of bad practices)
• since the rewrite of the Class Wizard the new syntax for Templates is <name>Template, without the "Class" part.

The repository link will be announced soon.

Propositions:

• Rename the app.

Any other ideas are welcomed!

Thibaut Proposals

Objective

Have a simple forum application within the wiki.

Proposals

• Naming
  • Rename the application "Forum"
  • Others
    • Topics => Discussions
    • Posts => comment or message
• Categories are optional, they can be activated or deactivated in the admin section
• Categories are simply a metadata that can be set on a topic (as opposed to the current version where topics are available by accessing the category first)
• Max number of posts per topic before pagination can be set in the admin.
• Max number of topics per page before pagination can be set in the admin.
• When creating a topic title is mandatory, topic description is optional, category is optional
• Do we want a new UI for tag management? I would say no for the first version
• Be able to close a discussion (prevent users from posting)
• Be able to make a topic as an announcement (featured on the home page)
• Be able to hide a topic
• Message feature that allows the admin to display a message on some parts of the application (on the home page, on topics page)
• Simplified version of the WYSIWYG if any (I would say no WYSIWYG for the first version)
• When topics are listed, they should be ordered by last modification date, most recent first.
• Report abuse (mail sent to admin email or to the email set in the application administration)
• Vote/rate for a post
• Be able to set a topic as "Solved" (you still can post on a Solved topic)
• Display topics on the home page of the forum (versus categories in the current version). Category information should be displayed on each posts and category filtering should be available in a Panel.
• No need to enter a page name, application relies on title provided by user
• Email notifications:
  • Email notifications active or not
  • Email sent to all participants of a topic everytime a comment is posted
  • Email sent to creator of topic everytime a comment is posted
  • Users are able to unregister from a topic notifications
  • Users can subscribe to a topic so that they can receive emails without having participated in the topic
  • A checkbox would be available, checked by default for any user that may post a comment, and who did not participate in the discussion yet
  • Every email sent has an "unsubscribe" link related to the specific topic : "You receive this email beause you participated in Topic '<topic_name>', click here to "unsubscribe"

Mockups

Home Page

Topics Page