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Managing forums

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API examples for newer versions


Please visit the latest API Examples documentation to view API examples for newer versions of Kentico.



The following example creates a forum.

 

private bool CreateForum()
{

  // Get the forum group
  ForumGroupInfo group = ForumGroupInfoProvider.GetForumGroupInfo("MyNewGroup", CMSContext.CurrentSiteID);

 
    if (group != null)
    {
        // Create new forum object
        ForumInfo newForum = new ForumInfo();
 
        // Set the properties
        newForum.ForumDisplayName = "My new forum";
        newForum.ForumName = "MyNewForum";
        newForum.ForumGroupID = group.GroupID;
        newForum.ForumSiteID = group.GroupSiteID;
        newForum.AllowAccess = SecurityAccessEnum.AllUsers;
        newForum.AllowAttachFiles = SecurityAccessEnum.AuthenticatedUsers;
        newForum.AllowPost = SecurityAccessEnum.AllUsers;
        newForum.AllowReply = SecurityAccessEnum.AllUsers;
        newForum.AllowSubscribe = SecurityAccessEnum.AllUsers;
        newForum.ForumOpen = true;
        newForum.ForumModerated = false;
        newForum.ForumThreads = 0;
        newForum.ForumPosts = 0;
 
        // Save the forum
        ForumInfoProvider.SetForumInfo(newForum);
 
        return true;
    }
 
    return false;
}

 

The following example gets and updates a forum.

 

private bool GetAndUpdateForum()
{

  // Get the forum
  ForumInfo updateForum = ForumInfoProvider.GetForumInfo("MyNewForum", CMSContext.CurrentSiteID);

    if (updateForum != null)
    {
        // Update the properties
        updateForum.ForumDisplayName = updateForum.ForumDisplayName.ToLower();
 
        // Save the changes
        ForumInfoProvider.SetForumInfo(updateForum);
 
        return true;
    }
 
    return false;
}

 

The following example gets and bulk updates forums.

 

private bool GetAndBulkUpdateForums()
{
    // Prepare the parameters
    string where = "ForumName LIKE N'MyNewForum%'";
    string orderBy = "";
    string columns = "";
    int topN = 10;
 
    // Get the data
    DataSet forums = ForumInfoProvider.GetForums(where, orderBy, topN, columns);
    if (!DataHelper.DataSourceIsEmpty(forums))
    {
        // Loop through the individual items
        foreach (DataRow forumDr in forums.Tables[0].Rows)
        {
            // Create object from DataRow
            ForumInfo modifyForum = new ForumInfo(forumDr);
 
            // Update the properties
            modifyForum.ForumDisplayName = modifyForum.ForumDisplayName.ToUpper();
 
            // Save the changes
            ForumInfoProvider.SetForumInfo(modifyForum);
        }
 
        return true;
    }
 
    return false;
}

 

The following example deletes a forum.

 

private bool DeleteForum()
{

  // Get the forum
  ForumInfo deleteForum = ForumInfoProvider.GetForumInfo("MyNewForum", CMSContext.CurrentSiteID);

 
    // Delete the forum
    ForumInfoProvider.DeleteForumInfo(deleteForum);
 
    return (deleteForum != null);
}