[$600] New feature for up / down votes on posts

[jmgasper]

@atelomycterus - Topcoder used to have up / down voting on comments, in the old forums. They'd like to have the same functionality in this new forum, where members / copilots / admins can up / down vote a comment.

The goal is to determine which comments and discussions are highly up voted, and also highly downvoted.

What we'll need:

1. Up / down functionality added to the Topcoder plugin and displayed on discussions
2. A new piece in the admin dashboard to view discussions / comments by votes

A single user should only be able to up vote or down vote a comment. If they have already made a choice and click it again (like "up vote"), then their initial vote should be cancelled.

This should get us started. Let me know if you have any questions on specifics on how this should work.

Relevant UI:

• https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77868364
• https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77868367
• https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77868371
• https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77868368

[jmgasper]

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[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper The main requirements are clear. Thanks!

[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper I am working on #475 as discussed via email. Let me know if the priorities of the tasks have changed.

[jmgasper]

@atelomycterus - The priority is #558 and then this one, thanks! I've reached out to Topcoder to make sure they're done making changes to the MarvelApp before we move on the ones you logged, thanks.

[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper Ok. Thanks!

[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper Could you ask a designer to export icons (https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77911792)?

Thanks!

[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper The current status

Up / down functionality added to the Topcoder plugin and displayed on discussions

Need to fix the icons only.

A new piece in the admin dashboard to view discussions / comments by vote

I'm going to implement it tomorrow and push it in the repo.

[jmgasper]

@atelomycterus - Sounds good, thanks. I've asked our designer to provide the icons.

[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper I think sdgun can test it. I'll update the icons when our designer provides them.

Please apply PRs:

• Issues-475: Voting plugin is enabled, Added Discussion sorts #565
• Issues-475: Voting plugin forums-plugins#86

Thanks!

Voting

Discussions/Comments with votes are only displayed. Please let me know if you need to add/remove data.

[jmgasper]

@atelomycterus - Great, thanks!

Here's the update from the designer:

I have marked the thumbs for export on this page https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77911792/handoff and I also showed the upvote/ downvote states at the same time

[sdgun]

@atelomycterus

1. If a voted comment/discussion is deleted, getting below error while accessing the voting.

2. In the Marvel app I see both upvotes and downvotes separated by a slash, but in the implementation we only show one at a time
   

3. Also observed an issue when one user up/down vote on a comment/discussion and then do the opposite(upvote if downvoted by the previous user and vise versa) the count still remains 0

Screencast.2021-04-12.mp4

4. Another issue noticed during testing: the counts are incorrectly updating, for ex-when click on up vote, it shows -1

Screencast.2021-04-12.mp4

Screencast.2021-04-12.mp4

Screencast.2021-04-12.mp4

[atelomycterus]

@sdgun Thanks! The Voting control looks different on screens. I looked at this screen ((https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77911793) and thought Topcoder made voting easier:

I've fixed it.

Changes

Please clear browser cache before testing.
Up and down votes are counted separately. I've cleared the previous votes on DEV. It will be easier to verify.

Fixed the icons. '-0' is not displayed according to MarvelApp.

Updated Voting Discussions/Comments pages:

@jmgasper
Please apply PRs:
topcoder-platform/forums-plugins#87
#566
Thanks!

[jmgasper]

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