Design/UX #4290
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Forum Messages for Non-Members
Added by Samantha Raddatz over 9 years ago.
Updated about 9 years ago.
Category name:
Group Forums
Description
When a user is not a member of a group, he/she is not able to post to the forum and instead sees this page (see screenshot -- http://commons.gc.cuny.edu/groups/library-technology-subcommittee-of-the-cuny-committee-on-academic-technology/forum/) with information about how many topics and replies the forum contains. The error message that appears directly contradicts that information by saying that no topics were found.
I suggest that the first yellow bar be deleted entirely. The text in the remaining yellow bar could be modified to say something like "Join this group to access the forum!" (see mockup). If possible, it would be great if 'join this group' within that text was an active link that allows you to join the group.
Files
- Category name set to Group Forums
- Status changed from New to Assigned
- Assignee changed from Boone Gorges to Daniel Jones
- Target version set to 1.9
Yes, good ideas. Dan, can you please take a look? This might also be a good enhancement for bbPress itself, so you might think about an upstream ticket in addition to a CAC-specific fix.
Weirdly enough, I can't seem to reproduce this locally. On a hidden group, I just get a 404 page, on a private group, I can't get to the forum, and on a public group that I'm not a member of, I can see all the topics. Can't seem to get to the page in Samantha's screenshot. Any thoughts on why, Boone?
It looks like the screenshot is of a public group that doesn't have any topics. Did you try that combination?
I didn't, but it looks like from Samantha's screenshot that the forum has topics, they just aren't being displayed - says it has 15 topics and 41 replies, but then right under that it says "Oh bother, no topics were found." I can't seem to reproduce that locally.
You're right Dan -- this doesn't seem to be happening for other public groups, though it does still occur when I go to the group in my screenshot (Library Technology Subcommittee). Could this have something to do with the group's privacy settings? Or is it simply a bug?
That is really strange! I can't seem to reproduce it with any combination of settings. Any ideas, Boone?
Awesome work! Please add this to whatever list we are keeping of upstream contributions
Great, thanks for figuring that out Dan!
- Status changed from Assigned to Resolved
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