[META] build out other nice-to-have features

[jenlampton]

Here are a bunch of great ideas for the forum:

• [x] #8 FAQ page (featured or most common questions)
• [x] #9 Provide a list of all my own posts
• [x] Promote as a FAQ (a Flag for moderators only)
• [x] #10 Email people when activity happens on the thread
• [ ] #11 @mentions that send an email to said person
• [x] https://github.com/backdrop-ops/forum.backdropcms.org/issues/12 Ability for people to bookmark a particular comment for later
• [x] Votes on answers / Thumbs-up / I found this helpful Flag
• [x] https://github.com/backdrop-ops/forum.backdropcms.org/issues/13 Ability to easily find the most meaningful answers
• [ ] https://github.com/backdrop-ops/forum.backdropcms.org/issues/14 Auto-unpublish after X reported flags
• [ ] https://github.com/backdrop-ops/forum.backdropcms.org/issues/15 Auto-block users for bad behavior
• [ ] https://github.com/backdrop-ops/forum.backdropcms.org/issues/16 Award points (or badges?) over time (+2 for answer, +1 for comment, +½ for reporting spam -1 for posting spam, tie in to auto block!)
• [ ] https://github.com/backdrop-ops/forum.backdropcms.org/issues/19 Enable comments to be moved or changed into a new topic

Permissions:

• We may eventually need some semi-private or access-controlled forums

Search

• Search will be very important for the forum, and will likely need to be modified

[Dinornis]

I think soon or later you will find that there is a need to manage access to forums based on user roles, meaning only some roles having access to certain forums while other forums available to all.

[docwilmot]

Email people when activity happens on the thread

We dont have any contrib notifications type modules except Rules; will that do?

@mentions that send an email to said person

Theres a Mentions module (never heard of it till Google just now.)

Ability for people to bookmark a particular comment for later

Dont quite understand what this means

Votes on answers Ability to sort replies by # of votes Auto-unpublish after X reported flags Auto-block user ? if new and spamming, or X reported posts

Sounds like Flag + Rules

Award points (or badges?) over time (+2 for answer, +1 for comment, +½ for reporting spam -1 for posting spam, tie in to auto block!)

Rules again?

Allow users to subscribe / unsubscribe from email updates

Again Flag + Rules would do this

Have some semi-private or access-controlled forums

I dont think we have any taxonomy access modules yet.

[jenlampton]

@Dinornis I've moved our conversation about emails over to the issue about emails (I just created it) so these thoughts won't be lost when we get around to working on it! :) Please see https://github.com/backdrop-ops/forum.backdropcms.org/issues/10

[jenlampton]

I've created an issue for each of these items that is not yet done. Some of them have more info about the use case (user story) and each has technical specs added too.

Some of the details are things we talked about at the forum meeting(s), some stuff was added after being recommended by @docwilmot and @Dinornis, and some stuff I just thought up now.

Please everyone feel free to weigh in on each individual issue, if you like!

[docwilmot]

Maybe another nice-to-have which I really appreciate is a notification on a reply as to which comment or commenter it is replying to. Like http://gizmodo.com/this-goth-chicken-doesnt-conform-to-your-perfect-chicke-1791841530

[klonos]

There's a CKEditor plugin to support mentions: https://ckeditor.com/cke4/addon/mentions

We should consider that too, so that people can mention others in their comments.

[docwilmot]

I ported Mentions and CKEditor Mentions years ago