Creating threads
This topic contains the following:
- Creating an empty thread
- Creating a thread with a first post
Creating an empty
To create an empty thread , you must perform the following:
- Get an instance of the manager.
Get instance of the ForumsManager object.
- Create a new thread.
To create a new thread, call the CreateThread method of the manager.
- Set the properties.
Set the properties of the ForumThread instance. For more information about the specific properties, read Threads.
- Add the thread to a forum.
To add the thread to a forum, set the Forum property of the ForumThread instance to an instance of a forum.
- Publish the thread.
To publish the thread, set the IsPublished property to true.
- Save the changes.
Save the changes to the manager.
Here is a code example:
public static void CreateThread(string threadTitle, Guid forumId)
{
ForumsManager forumsManager = ForumsManager.GetManager();
ForumThread thread = forumsManager.CreateThread();
thread.Title = threadTitle;
thread.UrlName = Regex.Replace(threadTitle.ToLower(), @"[^\w\-\!\$\'\(\)\=\@\d_]+", "-");
thread.Forum = forumsManager.GetForum(forumId);
thread.LastModified = DateTime.UtcNow;
thread.IsPublished = true;
forumsManager.RecompileItemUrls<ForumThread>(thread);
forumsManager.SaveChanges();
}
Creating a thread with a first post
To create a thread with a first post, you must perform the following:
- Get an instance of the manager.
Get instance of the ForumsManager object.
- Create a new thread.
To create a new thread, call the CreateThreadWithPost method of the manager and pass the instance of the forum, the title of the thread and the contents of the post as arguments. This method handles the creating of a thread and a post in it.
- Save the changes.
Save the changes to the manager.
Here is a code example:
public static void CreateThreadWithFirstPost(string threadTitle, string postContent, Guid forumId)
{
ForumsManager forumsManager = ForumsManager.GetManager();
var forum = forumsManager.GetForum(forumId);
ForumThread thread = forumsManager.CreateThreadWithPost(forum, threadTitle, postContent);
forumsManager.SaveChanges();
}