How can I merge two Topics ?
Quote from TOF on January 2, 2018, 11:57 pmAll is in the question ….
If a user open a new topic …. and an admin want to merge it with an already existing topic, what is the solution ?
Thanks
All is in the question ….
If a user open a new topic …. and an admin want to merge it with an already existing topic, what is the solution ?
Thanks
Quote from Asgaros on January 3, 2018, 11:28 amHello TOF,
this is on my todo-list and I hope that I can implement it soon:
https://github.com/Asgaros/asgaros-forum/issues/111
Hello TOF,
this is on my todo-list and I hope that I can implement it soon:
Quote from TOF on January 3, 2018, 2:18 pmGreat !
I will wate this new fonction …. it’s better than Copy/past to keep the number of post by users.
Great !
I will wate this new fonction …. it’s better than Copy/past to keep the number of post by users.
Quote from TOF on April 15, 2018, 3:15 pmCan I have some news about it ?
This is THE administrative fonction that I want before to launch my forum !!!
Can I have some news about it ?
This is THE administrative fonction that I want before to launch my forum !!!
Quote from Asgaros on April 15, 2018, 4:21 pmHello @tof
No news about it yet because I need to find a user-friendly way to implement it. Do you have any suggestions? What should happen after an admin presses the merge-button? To show a list of all available topics in which a topic can be merged is not an option because there could be thousands of them.
Hello @tof
No news about it yet because I need to find a user-friendly way to implement it. Do you have any suggestions? What should happen after an admin presses the merge-button? To show a list of all available topics in which a topic can be merged is not an option because there could be thousands of them.
Quote from TOF on April 16, 2018, 1:38 amHello @asgaros
When an admin or a moderator press the merge button, you can show a form with listboxes
The fisrt listbox shows the categories
When you have select a category a second listbox shows the forums from the selected category
Then you select a forum
At last you can show the topics from the selected forum with a checkbox or a radio button
The admin or the moderator select the topic
You just have to show a message :
Are you shure to merge topic 25 with topic 12?
If press ok …. the topic 25 will be merge into topic 12
I think it will be user friendly
An admin or a moderator have to be carreful about topics with the same theme
A forum with several topics with the same theme is not user friendly for the users!!!!!
When the topics are filters from a forum, you have less topics
often the subjects to merge are recent.
So if the list of topics is sorted in descending order of the last answer, the moderator’s job will be easier.What do you think about that
Hello @asgaros
When an admin or a moderator press the merge button, you can show a form with listboxes
The fisrt listbox shows the categories
When you have select a category a second listbox shows the forums from the selected category
Then you select a forum
At last you can show the topics from the selected forum with a checkbox or a radio button
The admin or the moderator select the topic
You just have to show a message :
Are you shure to merge topic 25 with topic 12?
If press ok …. the topic 25 will be merge into topic 12
I think it will be user friendly
An admin or a moderator have to be carreful about topics with the same theme
A forum with several topics with the same theme is not user friendly for the users!!!!!
When the topics are filters from a forum, you have less topics
often the subjects to merge are recent.
So if the list of topics is sorted in descending order of the last answer, the moderator’s job will be easier.
What do you think about that
Quote from Asgaros on April 19, 2018, 6:49 pmHello @tof
I really like the idea of the step-by-step topic-selection process. But I am still a little bit afraid of larger forums because the problem will be the same: If you have a lot of topics inside a specific forum, it could be hard to find the topic which you want to merge.
Another problem is that the discussion-structure of a topic could be destroyed – especially when users dont quote each others message. Posts are always ordered by date so after a merge an answer could not be related anymore to the post before.
I will think about how to implement it. In the meantime the easiest solution would be closing a duplicate topic and create an answer into it which refers to the other topic.
Hello @tof
I really like the idea of the step-by-step topic-selection process. But I am still a little bit afraid of larger forums because the problem will be the same: If you have a lot of topics inside a specific forum, it could be hard to find the topic which you want to merge.
Another problem is that the discussion-structure of a topic could be destroyed – especially when users dont quote each others message. Posts are always ordered by date so after a merge an answer could not be related anymore to the post before.
I will think about how to implement it. In the meantime the easiest solution would be closing a duplicate topic and create an answer into it which refers to the other topic.
Quote from TOF on April 22, 2018, 12:04 amQuote from Asgaros on April 19, 2018, 6:49 pm
I will think about how to implement it. In the meantime the easiest solution would be closing a duplicate topic and create an answer into it which refers to the other topic.
It’s the same problem if you have a lot of topics !!!
You have to find the topic !
Quote from Asgaros on April 19, 2018, 6:49 pm
Another problem is that the discussion-structure of a topic could be destroyed – especially when users dont quote each others message. Posts are always ordered by date so after a merge an answer could not be related anymore to the post before.
Maybe you can change the background color of a merged topic … and add a message : This topic have been merged by Name_of_moderator
And maybe you can also change the date and time of the merged topic in order to add it at the end of the topic
What do you think about that @Asgaros ?
Quote from Asgaros on April 19, 2018, 6:49 pm
I will think about how to implement it. In the meantime the easiest solution would be closing a duplicate topic and create an answer into it which refers to the other topic.
It’s the same problem if you have a lot of topics !!!
You have to find the topic !
Quote from Asgaros on April 19, 2018, 6:49 pm
Another problem is that the discussion-structure of a topic could be destroyed – especially when users dont quote each others message. Posts are always ordered by date so after a merge an answer could not be related anymore to the post before.
Maybe you can change the background color of a merged topic … and add a message : This topic have been merged by Name_of_moderator
And maybe you can also change the date and time of the merged topic in order to add it at the end of the topic
What do you think about that @Asgaros ?
Quote from caercam on April 28, 2019, 12:20 pmHey, potential future user of Asgaros forum here! My two cents on this issue.
I’m using FluxBB for now and the process to merge topics is not really straightforward, but functional enough:
1/ move both topics to a mod-only forum to avoid new anwers while you’re merging.
2/ hit the “Moderate” button in the forum footer; this adds a select input after each topic in the page and enable moderation actions.
3/ select the topics to merge.
4/ hit the “Merge” in the footer.
5/ move back the resulting topic to its previous location.There’s an option to leave a redirection link where the first was before being merged to avoid users loosing track of their topics. Main con of this is, even after moving the topic to merge to the new forum there’s chances both topics won’t be on the same page, so you’ll have to post new answers in both to get them up the list and merge them. You’ll have to delete those messages when merge is done.
Like I said that’s not really straightforward, but avoids having to query and scroll through multiple select lists of categories, then forums, then topics. This WordPress so unlike FluxBB this could be done very easily with some JavaScript and REST API queries, but I don’t know yet what the Asgaros opinion on JS/REST API.
Hey, potential future user of Asgaros forum here! My two cents on this issue.
I’m using FluxBB for now and the process to merge topics is not really straightforward, but functional enough:
1/ move both topics to a mod-only forum to avoid new anwers while you’re merging.
2/ hit the “Moderate” button in the forum footer; this adds a select input after each topic in the page and enable moderation actions.
3/ select the topics to merge.
4/ hit the “Merge” in the footer.
5/ move back the resulting topic to its previous location.
There’s an option to leave a redirection link where the first was before being merged to avoid users loosing track of their topics. Main con of this is, even after moving the topic to merge to the new forum there’s chances both topics won’t be on the same page, so you’ll have to post new answers in both to get them up the list and merge them. You’ll have to delete those messages when merge is done.
Like I said that’s not really straightforward, but avoids having to query and scroll through multiple select lists of categories, then forums, then topics. This WordPress so unlike FluxBB this could be done very easily with some JavaScript and REST API queries, but I don’t know yet what the Asgaros opinion on JS/REST API.