feature(discussion): make it much easier for guests to post new topics

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Customizations for groups on community.elgg.org

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feature(discussion): make it much easier for guests to post new topics #28

Closed ewinslow closed 10 years ago

ewinslow commented 10 years ago

"Add discussion topic" button always visible, even when logged out.
Target group can be selected via autocomplete
Auto-join to selected group if possible and not already a member

Refs #14

ewinslow commented 10 years ago

@Elgg/team-elgg thoughts on this?

brettp commented 10 years ago

Like the idea, but I think it'd be better to use a select input for group selection. A newbie doesn't know which groups are available, and if we hand-pick the groups to display we can funnel people into some of the more popular (and usually more appropriate) groups.

ewinslow commented 10 years ago

We could just list the features groups then, maybe?

brettp commented 10 years ago

Yes, good idea.

ewinslow commented 10 years ago

OK I decided to use <datalist> for this. It doesn't work in all browsers (about 25% of our visits to the community, according to analytics) but I think is a good compromise that shows initial suggestions but also doesn't limit you to those if you know what group you're looking for. That number also will naturally go down over time as browsers are mostly auto-upgrading these days.

ewinslow commented 10 years ago

Pulling this in as no further objections in a couple weeks.