Forum update
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| Moodle Forum Revamp | |
|---|---|
| Project state | Specification |
| Tracker issue | MDL-39707 |
| Discussion | |
| Assignee | Jason Fowler & Andrew Nicols @ Moodle HQ |
Project goals
- Improve accessibility of the Moodle Forums
- Make the forums more modern in appearance
- Make the code in the forums module more manageable
- Make it possible for themers and developers to over ride aspects of the forum layout easily
Considerations
- Backwards compatibility
- Creating sub-plugins for "Forum Types" (Q&A etc) and "Forum Formats"
- Subscription management
- Editor Light - a cut down version of Atto for "Reply inline"
- Make use of Renderables and Renders
Details
At present the Moodle forums are the oldest part of the code base, and lag behind the rest of Moodle in a big way.
We hope to implement a new interface for the forums, based on the accessible view from MoodleRooms' HSU Forum, and add some new functionality over time.
