The Smart-Thinker Wall module allows you to attach a Facebook-style Wall to a Group, Event, UserProfile or other entity. This allows users to collaborate, discuss or simply leave comments (It is not designed to replace the Forums module).This was a sponsored enhancement/project and is based loosely on the Facebook Wall design and is fully templatable/localisable so you can change the look and feel to match your site.
To see this module in action, have a look at my PokerDIY profile, this poker group, this poker event, or this custom entity, a live poker league. Feel free to log in and test the wall, but please bear in mind this is a live, working site, so leave sensible comments (the Wall is usually at the very bottom, under the other entity).
This module uses templates and tokens to display the Wall Posts, so you can define what content is shown as well as the layout. It integrates with the other Smart-Thinker modules (Groups/Events/UserProfile) so that you can define the security rights around who can see or post on a Wall. For example, if you add it to a UserProfile then you could chose to only allow your Friends to be able to post. If you add it against a Group then you could only allow Group Members to post on the Wall. On PokerDIY the Wall is actually quite simple and allows everyone to see and post (this is by design). You can also allow users to search on posts, as well as have a "threaded" conversation (where the top-level Wall Posts/Topics have replies. We wanted a simple Facebook-looking Wall on PokerDIY so we turned these off in the Module Settings. You can read the Module Config Guide here.
Please raise any queries on our Wall Forum. You can download a free trial version for your own site here. NOTE: This module requires DNN 4.6.0 as it uses the core token replacement functionality. If you are using friend integration for Wall security it requries The Smart-Thinker UserProfile module version 4.3.11.
Enhancements
- *Sponsored Enhancement* Facebook-Style Textbox at top of wall for quick posting on Topic Item view (log in on PokerDIY to see it)
- Smart-Thinker StoryFeed module integration (publish Wall stories to feed)
- Header/Footer Template for Topic Item (Supports any HTML and the [WRITEONWALL] Token)
- - http://www.smart-thinker.com/Support/Forums/tabid/111/forumid/32/threadid/4416/scope/posts/Default.aspx
- Implemented IHydratable on Info Onjects for performance gains
- Generated token images (Online/CountryFlag) now populate alt text
- Refactored Group methods into Group module
- "Post on X's Wall" does now not appear if you are viewing Profile X.
Bugs
Please raise any questions or queries on the Wall Forum.