2. Component files of the forums
There are two directories to add to your foundation catalog -- include/forum and pages/forum. You must add a database table definition, as well as a database source file. You should add Variable support to the variable.txt database, and supporting metadata with help. Finally, you need to add the forum.tag file which contains the forum code.
If you build a foundation catalog from the latest Interchange source, all of these will be done already.
The files that are needed in the catalog directory:
dbconf/default_db/forum.dbm dbconf/mysql/forum.mysql dbconf/pgsql/forum.pgsql include/forum/reply_form include/forum/submit_form pages/forum/reply.html pages/forum/display.html pages/forum/submit.html products/forum.txt
The files that are needed in the Interchange software directory:
code/UserTag/forum.tag
Add the following lines to products/variable.txt (change | to TAB):
FORUM_ANON_NAME|Anonymous Coward|Forums FORUM_PRODUCTS|1|Forums FORUM_EMAIL_NOTIFY|sales@yourcompany.com|Forums
Add the following records to products/mv_metadata.asc (shown in key: value format, edit file to match with "te" or some other tool):
# # This is a temporary file, automatically generated from the # database file: # # /tmp/what.txt # # If you change anything in it, it will be converted back into the # original format and will replace the original file. # code:variable::Variable::FORUM_EMAIL_NOTIFY type:text width:50 height: field: db: name: outboard: options: attribute: label:Forum notify email help:An email address to send copies of user comments on products. lookup: filter: help_url: pre_filter: lookup_exclude: prepend: append: display_filter: default: extended: # code:variable::Variable::FORUM_ANON_NAME type:text width:20 height: field: db: name: outboard: options: attribute: label:Forum Anonymous Name help:Name to use when a user posts anonymously to a forum lookup: filter: help_url: pre_filter: lookup_exclude: prepend: append: display_filter: default: extended: # code:variable::Variable::FORUM_PRODUCTS type:yesno width: height: field: db: name: outboard: options: attribute: label:Enable Product Forums help:This enables user comments on products in the flypage. lookup: filter: help_url: pre_filter: lookup_exclude: prepend: append: display_filter: default: extended:
Add the following block to pages/flypage.html:
[if variable FORUM_PRODUCTS] <tr> <td> [forum top="[item-code]" display_page="forum/display" /] <p> [page href="forum/reply" form=" product=1 mv_arg=[item-code] " ]Comment on this product.</A> </p> </td> </tr> [/if]
This would normally go at the end of the table displaying the product, but you can place and edit to suit.
Again, all of this is provided if you have installed from the latest Interchange 4.9.4 or higher.