[$100] Users are not able to follow/unfollow a forum or a thread

[sdgun]

Steps
Go to the forum of a any user(ex user- TopConnCustomer group - https://vanilla.topcoder-dev.com/group/128)

Actual result
There is no option to follow/unfollow a forum or a thread

Expected result
Users should be able to follow/unfollow a forum or a thread

[jmgasper]

Contest https://www.topcoder.com/challenges/30148090 has been created for this ticket.

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[jmgasper]

Contest https://www.topcoder.com/challenges/30148090 has been updated - it has been assigned to obog.

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[jmgasper]

@atelomycterus - Can we add an option to the group page to follow all discussions in a given group?

[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper I found the 'Vanilla.EnableCategoryFollowing' config param. This param is false by default and can be configured in Vanilla settings.

Can we add an option to the group page to follow all discussions in a given group?

With 'Vanilla.EnableCategoryFollowing' = true: we'll add an option ('follow') to the group page. So if Users click on the option then they will be follow all categories related to the group. Please let me know if we can use Vanilla.EnableCategoryFollowing and this functionality meet the requirements.

Vanilla.EnableCategoryFollowing settings:

Show Categories : all or following

Follow a category:

[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper Please have a look at my previous comment.

[jmgasper]

@atelomycterus - Yep, that looks good. I've enabled that in dev, and if we can add that to the groups page, that would meet this requirement, thanks!

[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper Please apply PRs:
#128
topcoder-platform/forums-groups-plugin#16

Thanks!

Developer Notes

'EnableCategorygiFollowing' works only with 'Discussions' categories.

Changes

1. Default settings:
   $Configuration['Vanilla']['EnableCategorygiFollowing'] = true;

2. Added a menu link 'Follow Categories' / 'Unfollow Categories':
   If User hasn't followed any group's categories then 'Follow Categories' link is displayed
   If User has followed at least one group's category then 'Unfollow Categories' link is displayed.
   

User can click on 'Following' /'Follow' to unfollow/follow a category :

3. Forums without nested categories:
   

4. Forums with nested categories:

5. Viewing following categories:
   It would be user friendly if a group or parent category is displayed for nested categories. Please create a ticket if it's required.
   

[jmgasper]

Payment task has been updated: https://software.topcoder.com/review/actions/ViewProjectDetails?pid=30148090

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[sandhiyakavi]

verified.User is able to follow/unfollow forum and thread