Consensus Forums

This sample profile sets up the configuration needed to facilitate the creation of forums that help their users to seek consensus on the discussion topics held.

See: http://doc.tiki.org/Rating#Users_ratings_in_Forums



Remember that once you install this profile, you are NOT LOCKED IN to any feature, menu or content. Everything can always be changed, deleted or added to.

Features (Quick List)

• Forums
• Ratings
• User and Group Watches
• User Preferences screen (to allow adding a user picture/avatar)
• 2 new users created
• Multilingual enabled (for instructions to be internationalized)

3 pages found for title search 'Consensus_Forums'

• Consensus_Forums_Instructions
• Consensus_Forums_Instrucciones
• Consensus Forums

YAML (Profile Code)

Forums

Features

preferences:
 feature_forums: y
 feature_forum_parse: y
 forum_thread_defaults_by_forum: y
 wiki_comments_simple_ratings_options: 0,5,4,3,2,1
 wiki_comments_form_displayed_default: n
 rating_results_detailed: y
 rating_smileys: y
 feature_userPreferences: y
 feature_mytiki: y
 forum_thread_user_settings_threshold: 3
instructions: Instructions for the Consensus Forums

Internationalization

preferences:
 feature_multilingual: y
 feature_translation: y
 feature_best_language: y
 feature_detect_language: y
 feature_search: y

Groups & Permissions

permissions:
 Anonymous:
  allow:
   - forum_read
   - ratings_view_results
 Registered:
  allow:
   - forums_report
   - forum_attach
   - forum_edit_own_posts
   - forum_post
   - forum_post_topic
   - forum_vote
 Editors:
  description: Can approve & delete
  allow: 
   - admin_forum
  include: Registered

Create Forum

objects:
 -
  type: forum
  ref: General_Forum
  data:
   name: Discussion forum
   description: This forum allows rating forum threads and will display in the header of each user reply the current rating that this user maintains on the initial forum thread. This way, you can provide more attention and further details or clarifications to those users which agree less with the contents of the initial discussion thread (idea, proposal, action, ...). When the user changes the rating on the starting message of the thread, the user choice shown in his/her reply headers will be updated to reflect the user last rating on that starting message of the thread.   
   attachments: everyone
   is_flat: n
   thread_style: commentStyle_threaded
   enable:
    - vote_threads
    - show_description
    - ui_avatar
    - ui_rating_choice_topic
    - ui_posts
    - ui_online
   list: 
    - topic_reads
    - topic_replies
    - topic_points
    - topic_author
    - topic_last_post

Watches

preferences:
 feature_user_watches : y
 feature_group_watches : y

Users

Add two users to facilitate rating other users threads

objects:
 -
  type: user
  data: 
    name: user1
    pass: user1
    email: user1@example.com
    change: n
    groups: [ Registered ]
 -
  type: user
  data: 
    name: user2
    pass: user2
    email: user2@example.com
    change: n
    groups: [ Registered ]

Wiki pages

objects:
  -
    type: wiki_page
    ref: consensus_forums_include
    data:
      name: Instructions for the Consensus Forums
      description: Instructions on how to use forums to help users seek consensus on discussion threads
      lang: en
      mode: create_or_update
      translations: [ $consensus_forums_es_include]
      content: wikicontent:Consensus_Forums_Instructions
  -
    type: wiki_page
    ref: consensus_forums_es_include
    data:
      name: Instrucciones de los Foros de Consenso
      description: Instrucciones sobre como users los foros para ayudar a los usuarios a buscar consensos en cada hilos de debate
      lang: es
      mode: create_or_update
      content: wikicontent:Consensus_Forums_Instrucciones