suggestion : pin a message / order manually the messages / description of a group

[ceeddd]

Hi,
I'd like to have a way to présent a group to the visitors.
It could be :

• pin a message to be read first
• order manually the messages
• write a description of the message with links and images (like the messages)

Thanks

[nrobinaubertin]

Hello,
Thanks for the suggestions.

Pinning messages is a good idea and should not be too complicated. The only thing to decide is the order of pinned messages if multiple are pinned. Or we could decide to be able to pin only one message.

Manually ordering messages is something that somebody already suggested to me. This one will be part of a future feature idea: to have groups that act not as forums but as collaborative notes taking.

I don't really like adding "content" to a group. I see a group as some messages, some users and display/interact rules.

[nrobinaubertin]

After thinking a bit about this, I propose to add a property on messages: "order". This will be an integer that will allow for some ordering.
We should display messages by starting with the lowest order and finishing by those who don't have one. In case of same order, the lastActivityDate should be used.

This allows for message pinning and more complex ordering if need be in the future.
Since this needs a database change, it will be for the 0.6.x

[ceeddd]

sounds great ! thanks.