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Forum news (pun_forum_news)
- Status: stable
- Current version: 1.0.0
General idea
The extension allows users to mark topics or posts as “news”. News shows at the special page.
Features
A user who have according permission can mark topic or posts. News placed in the special tables “pun_forum_news”. If topic marked as news, subject will be added to the news message. All news are displayed at the special page. News are available via rss feed.
Specification
pun_forum_news 1.0.0 (current version)
Interface
- Administrator's menu
- User » Groups » Edit this group (or Add new group) » Allow users to add forum news. If checked, user of this group will be mark topics or posts as news.
- Forum's header
- “News” link (refers to the page with news).
- Post new topic page, edit post page, reply form, quick reply form
- “Mark as news” option. If checked, topic or post marked as news.
- News page
- Page where posts and topics marked as news appeared.
DB schema
- New table “pun_forum_news”. Stores information about news.
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| post_id | int(10) | Post ID. | |
| forum_id | int(10) | Forum ID. | |
| poster | varchar(200) | Name of user, who posted a news. | |
| poster_id | int(10) | ID of user, who posted a news. | |
| message | TEXT | News message. | |
| hide_smilies | tinyint(1) | 0 | Show hide smiles in the news message or not. |
| posted | int(10) | 0 | Time when news was added. |
* Additional field in posts table
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| forum_news | tinyint(1) | NULL | Shows marked post as news or not. |
* Additional field in groups table
| Field | Type | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| g_add_forum_news | tinyint(1) | NULL | Shows can user to mark topics and posts as news. |
Feature requests
Links
- Trac tickets:
#321. - Browse code:
- Forums topic: [extension release] pun_forum_news
- Visit PunBB extension repository to download this extension.
