Message list

Template for displaying a message list of some forum thread (located in ThreadMessages.ascx). Here it is tuned how the every single forum thread message is displayed.

In a MessageList tag you can use the following tags:

TopPart - top part of the message list;
BottomPart - bottom part of the message list;
MessageTemplate - message template;
AdminTemplate - template of how a message would be displayed, if it is viewed by the forum administrator.

To display message author’s information correctly you have to set up a template for displaying user’s information.

In the TopPart and BottomPart tags of the MessageList tag you can use the following parameters:

Template's part	Description
`<%# Container.ThreadName %>`	Tread's name
`<%# Container.PagingLinks %>`	The paging links

In the MessageTemplate and AdminTemplate tags of the MessageList tag you can use the following parameters:

Template's part	Description
`<%# Container.DateTime %>`	The DateTime object with information when the message was written
`<%# Container.Date %>`	The date when the message was written
`<%# Container.Time %>`	The time when the message was written
<%# Container.Message %>	Message text
<%# Container.AuthorName %>	Author's name
<%# Container.LinkToAuthorAvatar %>	The link to avatar icon of message author
<%# Container.AuthorEmail %>	Author's e-mail
<%# Container.IconTag %>	The message icon tag
<%# Container.IsWrittenByCurrentUser %>	Whether this message is written by the user who is currently authentificated or not
<%# Container.isWrittenByAdministrator %>	Whether this message was written by forum administrator or not
<%# Container.IsCurrentUserAdministrator %>	Whether this instance is current user administrator or not
<%# Container.LinkToAuthorInfo %>	The link to the information about user who wrote the message
<%# Container.GetLinkForEdit(string text, string cssClass) %>	The link to edit the message
<%# Container.GetAuthorICQStatusIcon(int iconNumber, string altText) %>	The image code to show the message author ICQ status

A template file is located in modules/Forum/ThreadMessages.ascx and can look as follows:

<%@ Control Language="c#" Inherits="CMSLib.Pages.SiteControl" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="cmsf" Namespace="CMSLib.Modules.Forums" Assembly="CMSLib" %>

<cmsf:ForumPathMenu id="ForumPathMenu1" runat=server />
<cmsf:ForumContextMenu id="ForumContextMenu1" runat="server" />

<cc1:MessageList id="MessageList1" runat="server">
<TopPart>
    <table cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="98%" border="0">
        <tr>
            <td align="center">Author</td>
            <td>Subject: <%# Container.ThreadName %></td>
        </tr>
</TopPart>
<BottomPart>
    <tr>
        <td colspan=6>
            <table>
            <tr>
                <td><%# Container.PagingLinks %></td>
            </tr>
            </table>
        </td>
    </tr>
    </table>
</BottomPart>
<MessageTemplate>
    <tr>
        <td align="center" width="100">
        <table align="center">
            <tr>
                <td align="center">
                    <a href="<%# Container.LinkToAuthorInfo %>">
                    <%# Container.AuthorName%></a>
                </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
            <td align="center">
                <img src="<%# Container.LinkToAuthorAvatar %>" /></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td><%# Container.GetAuthorICQStatusIcon(25, "ICQ status")%></td>
            </tr>
            </table>
        </td>
        <td>
            <table width="100%" border=0>
            <tr>
                <td width="50%"><%# Container.IconTag %>
                    <%# Container.Date %> I <%# Container.Time %></td>
                    <td><%# Container.GetLinkBar("link2") %>
                </td>
            </tr>
            </table>
            <hr size="1" width="100%" style="border: dotted;">
            <%# Container.Message %>
        </td>
    </tr>
</MessageTemplate>
</cmsf:MessageList>

See Also

Modules: Modules | Forum | Forums list | Threads | Message edit form

AuthorizationForms: User data page