Sharepoint 2010 Discussion Board Features

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Sharepoint 2010 Discussion Board Features

SP2010 Discussion boards is enhanced from earlier versions, still it is justanother type of list template which enables saving posts and replies. The gapbetween the SharePoint forum lists and real Discussion Boards services (likethose available on the internet) is quite big, and include some very basic andcritical missing features such as:2013 Sharepoint Discussion Board
Sharepoint 2010 Discussion Board Features List
Sharepoint Discussion Board Examples

Discussion Board Plus provides a powerful alternative to SharePoint discussion boards. Supercharged forums. Cut through the chatter by elevating the most important topics to the top of the board with the Sticky option. Ra 1 game. Custom Icons make new, unanswered, sticky, private, and locked topics easy to see. Keep your boards organized by Moving topics to other Discussion Board Plus lists. Activate the feature titled SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features. Ni circuit design suite 14.0. Navigate back to the Site Settings page using the breadcrumbs. Inside the Site Action section of the Site Settings page, select Site features. Activate the feature titled SharePoint Server Enterprise Site features. Note: Activation of these features.
·There is no discussion board index that enablesmanaging multiple discussion boards under groups/subjects.
2013 Sharepoint Discussion Board·No ability to control the visibility of specificdiscussion boards
·No out-of-the-box ability to manage abusive posts
·Limited Look N feel - very far from Internet-styleforums
Ifwe have to extend all rich functions, we need to opt for 'Third party tools'.However, some of the features (with limited look N feel) can be managed by few customizations.Below customization is to achieve 'Mark as Answer' feature without much customcoding.
1)Create List (OOTB) of type'Discussion boards'
a.It contains two contenttypes, 'Message' & 'Discussion'. Add new column of type 'Yes/No' with name'MarkedAnswer'under 'Message' content type.

b.List contains three views (Flat,Subject, and Threaded). Edit the 'Flat' View and make newly added column'MarkedAnswer' as visible. It would appear as below.
3)Discussion boards use'Thread.xsl' to display above layout.
4)Take a backup of'C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWeb ServerExtensions14TEMPLATELAYOUTSXSL' folder before updating any xsl file,as it will impact globally to farm.
5)Open 'Thread.xsl' file andfind template '<xsl:templatename='StatusBar'>'

Sharepoint 2010 Discussion Board Features

6)Add below code between and  tag to highlight background 

Sharepoint 2010 Discussion Board Features List

Discussion Board Plus provides a powerful alternative to SharePoint discussion boards. Supercharged forums. Cut through the chatter by elevating the most important topics to the top of the board with the Sticky option. Ra 1 game. Custom Icons make new, unanswered, sticky, private, and locked topics easy to see. Keep your boards organized by Moving topics to other Discussion Board Plus lists. Activate the feature titled SharePoint Server Enterprise Site Collection Features. Ni circuit design suite 14.0. Navigate back to the Site Settings page using the breadcrumbs. Inside the Site Action section of the Site Settings page, select Site features. Activate the feature titled SharePoint Server Enterprise Site features. Note: Activation of these features.
·There is no discussion board index that enablesmanaging multiple discussion boards under groups/subjects.
2013 Sharepoint Discussion Board·No ability to control the visibility of specificdiscussion boards
·No out-of-the-box ability to manage abusive posts
·Limited Look N feel - very far from Internet-styleforums
Ifwe have to extend all rich functions, we need to opt for 'Third party tools'.However, some of the features (with limited look N feel) can be managed by few customizations.Below customization is to achieve 'Mark as Answer' feature without much customcoding.
1)Create List (OOTB) of type'Discussion boards'
a.It contains two contenttypes, 'Message' & 'Discussion'. Add new column of type 'Yes/No' with name'MarkedAnswer'under 'Message' content type.
b.List contains three views (Flat,Subject, and Threaded). Edit the 'Flat' View and make newly added column'MarkedAnswer' as visible. It would appear as below.
3)Discussion boards use'Thread.xsl' to display above layout.
4)Take a backup of'C:Program FilesCommon FilesMicrosoft SharedWeb ServerExtensions14TEMPLATELAYOUTSXSL' folder before updating any xsl file,as it will impact globally to farm.
5)Open 'Thread.xsl' file andfind template '<xsl:templatename='StatusBar'>'
6)Add below code between and  tag to highlight background 

Sharepoint 2010 Discussion Board Features List<xsl:choose>
<xsl:whentest='$thisNode/@MarkedAnswer = 'Yes''>background-color: #00bb00xsl:when>
xsl:attribute>
------OR---------Add add answered image as below-----------------
<xsl:choose>
<xsl:whentest='$thisNode/@Mark_x0020_as_x0020_answer = 'Yes''>
<imgsrc='/_layouts/images/kpinormal-0.gif'alt=' />
xsl:choose>
Sharepoint Discussion Board Examples 7) Save the Thread.xsl file and 'Restart IIS' toreflect this change on site. This should display as below…