[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":95},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fpost\u002Fdiscussions":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"createdAt":86,"description":87,"extension":88,"meta":89,"navigation":90,"path":91,"seo":92,"stem":93,"__hash__":94},"posts\u002Fpost\u002Fdiscussions.md","Multiforum Demo Part 2: Discussions",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":79},"minimark",[9,13,16,19,26,29,35,40,43,48,52,55,61,64,70,73],[10,11,12],"p",{},"Welcome back! In this second part of my post, I'm diving into the discussion features within forums. Forums can host both events and discussions, making them ideal for communities that would like to have one foot in the real world and one foot in the online world.",[10,14,15],{},"Let's take a look at how these discussion features work. Below, you'll find some screenshots that show the discussion detail pages, discussion lists, and forums that might focus solely on discussions without any events.",[10,17,18],{},"A birdwatching forum is an example of a forum that could make use of both in-person events\nand online discussions with people who may never attend any events. For example, someone\nwho takes a picture of an unfamiliar bird in Phoenix might ask the Phoenix birdwatchers what it is.\nThat's when the Discussions tab within a forum would come in handy:",[10,20,21],{},[22,23],"img",{"alt":24,"src":25},"Discussion list within a forum","\u002Fposts\u002Fdiscussions\u002Fphx-bird-lovers-discussion-list.png",[10,27,28],{},"If you click an item in the discussion list, it goes to the discussion detail view, which contains\nthe comments. In the case of a birdwatching group, maybe there's a comment identifying the bird:",[10,30,31],{},[22,32],{"alt":33,"src":34},"Phoenix bird lovers discussion detail","\u002Fposts\u002Fdiscussions\u002Fphx-bird-lovers-discussion-detail.png",[36,37,39],"h3",{"id":38},"forum-without-any-events","Forum without any events",[10,41,42],{},"Events are optional for forums. I intend to make it possible for a forum to turn\noff the events tab. The Discussions tab is the main landing page, especially for forums\nthat could be focused on technical questions and answers, which would\nhave no need for events:",[10,44,45],{},[22,46],{"alt":39,"src":47},"\u002Fposts\u002Fdiscussions\u002Fforum-without-any-events.png",[36,49,51],{"id":50},"discussion-list-views-within-a-forum","Discussion list views within a forum",[10,53,54],{},"Here's the discussion list within a single forum, at mobile width:",[10,56,57],{},[22,58],{"alt":59,"src":60},"Discussion list view at mobile width","\u002Fposts\u002Fdiscussions\u002Fdiscussion-list-within-channel-at-mobile-width.png",[10,62,63],{},"Here's another example of a discussion list view at mobile width:",[10,65,66],{},[22,67],{"alt":68,"src":69},"Another discussion list view at mobile width","\u002Fposts\u002Fdiscussions\u002Fanother-forum-discussion-list-at-mobile-width.png",[10,71,72],{},"This screenshot shows how a discussion detail page looks at mobile width:",[10,74,75],{},[22,76],{"alt":77,"src":78},"Discussion detail page at mobile width","\u002Fposts\u002Fdiscussions\u002Fdiscussion-detail-at-mobile-width.png",{"title":80,"searchDepth":81,"depth":81,"links":82},"",2,[83,85],{"id":38,"depth":84,"text":39},3,{"id":50,"depth":84,"text":51},"2024-06-20T00:34:16.027Z","A visual walkthrough of Multiforum discussion lists, detail pages, comments, and mobile layouts.","md",{},true,"\u002Fpost\u002Fdiscussions",{"title":5,"description":87},"post\u002Fdiscussions","i-KuoW9KalUrPuzrE_uccmH1tpLweV0m5B38oryjU1I",1785377801502]