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---+ Discussion Forum Add-On
The DiscussionForumAddOn allows to populate news and make comments on it in a Slashdot like way.

	* See TWiki:Sandbox.DiscussionForum for an example of the initial prototype
	* See TWiki:DiscussionForum for brainstorming and alpha package

---++ Add-On Installation Instructions
*The path to the topics depends on the web you copied the ==DiscussionForum.zip== in.*

__Note:__ You do not need to install anything on the browser to use this add-on. The following instructions are for the administrator who installs the add-on on the server where TWiki is running. 

	* Install the TWiki:Plugins.CommentPlugin if it's not already installed.
	* Download the ZIP files from the Add-on Home (see below)
	* Unzip ==%TOPIC%.zip== in your twiki installation directory. Content:
	  | *File:* | *Description:* |
	  | ==data/TWiki/%TOPIC%.txt== | Plugin topic |
	  | ==data/TWiki/%TOPIC%.txt,v== | Plugin topic repository |
	  | ==pub/TWiki/%TOPIC%/edge.gif== | edge image |
	  | ==pub/TWiki/%TOPIC%/edge.gif,v== | edge image repository |

	* Unzip ==DiscussionForum.zip== in the data directory of the web you want the DiscussionForumAddOn. Content:
	  | *File:* | *Description:* |
	  | ==DiscussionForumOverview.txt== | gives an overview of 5 articles |
	  | ==DiscussionForumOverview.txt,v== | topic repository |
	  | ==DiscussionForumTemplate.txt== | create and post new articles |
	  | ==DiscussionForumTemplate.txt,v== | topic repository |
	  | ==DiscussionForumArchiv.txt== | shows all posted articles in short form |
	  | ==DiscussionForumArchiv.txt,v== | topic repository |
	  | ==DiscussionForumCreate.txt== | create and post new articles |
	  | ==DiscussionForumCreate.txt,v== | topic repository |
	  | ==DiscussionForumHead.txt== | hold HTML for articles |
	  | ==DiscussionForumHead.txt,v== | topic repository |
	  | ==DiscussionForumImages.txt== | holds images for article-categories |
	  | ==DiscussionForumImages.txt,v== | topic repository |

	* Upload images for the article-categories in <nop>DiscussionForumImages
	* Configure categories in <nop>DiscussionForumCreate with name of the images uploaded before (see <nop>DiscussionForumImages)
	* Test if the installation was successful:
		* post an article in <nop>DiscussionForumCreate
		* look in <nop>DiscussionForumOverview for the article

---++ Plugin Info

|  Plugin Author: | TWiki:Main.AndreUlrich |
|  Plugin Version: | 04 May 2003 (v0.900) |
|  Change History: | <!-- versions below in reverse order -->&nbsp; |
|  04 May 2003: | Initial version |
|  07 Jun 2003: | general restructure of DiscussionForumAddOn, incorporate many ideas of TWiki:Main.PeterThoney|
|  CPAN Dependencies: | none |
|  Other Dependencies: | CommentPlugin |
|  Perl Version: | 5.005 |
|  License: | GPL |
|  Add-on Home: | http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/%TOPIC% |
|  Feedback: | http://TWiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Plugins/%TOPIC%Dev |

__Related Topic:__ %TWIKIWEB%.TWikiAddOns

-- TWiki:Main.AndreUlrich - 04 May 2003
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