Chapter System / Ability for Single-user-only editable articles.

[CedricFP]

Hello,

I am definitely extremely intrigued by this piece of software. It seems to be exactly what I have been looking for (and I've been holding off moving to VB4.0 for a long time because of not being able to find what I want).

However, for my usages, I need the following features and am unsure from reading the documentation if VaultWiki has them.


Chapter System
First of all, I require a chapter system. I understand that articles in VW have collapsible sections which could be made into chapters, but the unique thing I require is that each chapter independently be commentable. That is, is it possible for me to create a single article with separate comments for each section within that article?

From what I can gather, the "Books" system of this VW achieves this? Please could you confirm.


Single-user editable books

If the Book system alluded to above does achieve this, is it possible for me to set the following permissions for creating books:

• Anyone can create a book
• ONCE CREATED, book can only be edited by its CREATOR

Book Categories

Lastly, can book entries be further divided into categories. That is, you can create a book within a category called "Manual" and another book within a category called "BB Codes" etc.


Thanks for your time.

PS: One last question: Does the premium option only last for 1 year?

[pegasus]

The Books system does what you are looking for in terms of a Chapter System. The documentation was made using this system.

Once created, the book can be edited by its creator and other users. It's possible to limit the Book permissions to only the creator in one of two ways:

• After creating the Book, use its Protect tab and turn on "Collaboration Protection", OR
• Turn off "Can edit wiki articles?" for all usergroups in the Book forum (Usergroups > Forum Permissions). This will revert to the vBulletin default of only letting the creator or moderators make changes.

Note: This only applies to the Book's first page. Book permissions do not cascade to its chapters because they might be in different forum locations. The creator can achieve a similar effect if he uses the Protect tab on each chapter as discussed above, or if you don't allow multi-user editing anywhere in the wiki.

Books can be divided into categories either structurally or virtually.

Structurally, you would create sub-forums called "Manual" and "BB-Codes", and the appropriate Books would be created in each.

Virtually, you would use CATEGORY BB-Code tags to add [CATEGORY] Manual [ /CATEGORY ] to a Book. Provided the category cache remains up-to-date, the Book would then be listed on the virtual Category:Manual page. You would probably want to link to this page elsewhere on the site so your users can find it. Or to add the page to the thread list, add some content to Category:Manual.

[CedricFP]

Thanks for the quick reply.

So let's assume this theoretical layout.

I have a book forum: FORUM HELP

I have 2 subforums (categories): MANUAL and BB-CODES

Any user creating a thread in MANUAL would become a BOOK in that "category"

By switching off "Can edit wiki articles" for that entire book forum (FORUM HELP), this ensures that only the book creator can edit his entries.

The problem is that the book chapters do not share the same permissions unless they are posted in the same forum (FORUM HELP).

Is it possible to ensure that any chapters getting added to that book must fall within the same book forum (FORUM HELP)?


My apologies for drawing this out, but it is something I need to be absolutely certain of.

Also, does the premium subscription last only 1 year? Thanks.

[Mokonzi]

By switching off "Can edit wiki articles" for that entire book forum (FORUM HELP), this ensures that only the book creator can edit his entries.

No, you can't switch it off in a forum, but you can switch it off in a usergroups permissions for a forum. In other words, you'd need to remove the permission for every usergroup you don't want to be able to edit an article in that forums usergroup permissions. It's not a single setting in the forum manager.

Also, does the premium subscription last only 1 year? Thanks.

Yeah, 1, but as you'll see, it's well worth it. Pegasus and the team are a great support team.

[pegasus]

Is it possible to ensure that any chapters getting added to that book must fall within the same book forum (FORUM HELP)?

This specifically is not possible without making your own plugin, but you may not need to because:

A user can only add chapters to a book, if they are allowed to edit the main book. So that would mean that only the creator can add the chapters anyway. As long as the creator has the structure you're suggesting in mind, it should work out fine. (Maybe an announcement in the "Forum Help" forum "Editors: How to create books in this forum")

[CedricFP]

No, you can't switch it off in a forum, but you can switch it off in a usergroups permissions for a forum. In other words, you'd need to remove the permission for every usergroup you don't want to be able to edit an article in that forums usergroup permissions. It's not a single setting in the forum manager.



Yeah, 1, but as you'll see, it's well worth it. Pegasus and the team are a great support team.

Yes I am certainly extremely interested in this product as think it does for me exactly what I need it to.

This specifically is not possible without making your own plugin, but you may not need to because:

A user can only add chapters to a book, if they are allowed to edit the main book. So that would mean that only the creator can add the chapters anyway. As long as the creator has the structure you're suggesting in mind, it should work out fine. (Maybe an announcement in the "Forum Help" forum "Editors: How to create books in this forum")

Thanks. That's exactly what I needed to hear!