This is a rails-based forum engine with some strong opinions:
- Authentication is OpenID, makes new profile if not exists
- There are no forums/subforums
- Topics are tagged
- Tags are lowercase. By definition
- Everyone can edit tags for a topic
- A user is either normal or admin, no moderators
- Avatars are gravatars
- No smilies or sigs
There are two kinds of topics:
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Normal: These topics always show their entire contents.
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Continuous: These topics are more like a chat room than like a forum topic. They show only the latest 30 or so messages, and provide you with a paginated archive when you really need the history.
- Mark some tags as usable only by admins
- Remove UsersController#destroy
- Admin: option to split topics
- Only admins and users themselves should be able to edit a user's profile
- Only admins should have the Admin checkbox on profile editing
- Reserve tag editing for original poster and admins
- Replace Markdown with whitelisted HTML
- Replace Prototype with unobtrusive JavaScript
- Create Search page using Google Site Search
- Give users a text box to add their own profile info
- When switching message modes, preserve message
- In large message mode, post/cancel buttons overlap right column