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Apr 22, 2009 9:17 PM

Collapsing threads in discussions

I'm curious if anyone else has either limited the number of posts that can respond on a discussion thread, split off various threads to other discussions, or how to at least set it up so that forum discussions are 'collapsed' with maybe a sentence or two of the response and a link to see 'more' if needed.

 

(In particular, our users who read discussions on their handhelds would like a feature they didnt have to scroll through EVERYTHING to see what was new, or could skim over long threads)

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Karl Cyr
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Apr 23, 2009 3:34 PM in response to: gayathri@lindenlab.com
Re: Collapsing threads in discussions

I don't know of anybody who has performed this type of customization, but I can definitely see the value. It is possible to separate one thread into several using the "Branch Thread" feature.

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Apr 24, 2009 5:08 PM in response to: Karl Cyr
Re: Collapsing threads in discussions

I wonder how hard it would be, given that the Blogs do it naturally in the feed pulls and featured posts. Do you have an idea of where we could start to look to customize that?

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May 15, 2009 10:51 AM in response to: gayathri@lindenlab.com
Re: Collapsing threads in discussions

bumping to see if anyone has a response!

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May 18, 2009 12:18 PM in response to: gayathri@lindenlab.com
Re: Collapsing threads in discussions

Gayathri,

 

I found this link for a very similar type of discussion last year: Discussion or Document Thread Collapsed(?) View It has been spun into a Feature Request (CS-4597) and I have added your feedback to that ticket.

 

I think Aaron's suggestion to customize thread.ftl and use the isRead() method is probably the best start. The business objects aren't necessarily built to support this kind of functionality, but you certainly could play with things at the View layer (i.e. in the FTL) to make the discussion threads display as you desire.

 

Regards,

Karl

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