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--- mantisbt:issue:2077 [2007/07/16 03:49] – created vboctor
+++ mantisbt:issue:2077 [2008/10/29 04:36] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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-TBD
+====== Bug 2077 ======
+[[http://www.mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=2077|Project news not visible site wide]]
+===== Current situation =====
+News can be posted to:
+  * a single project ( default threshold = MANAGER )
+  * "All Projects" ( needs ADMINISTRATOR priv )
+==== News Attributes ====
+  * Announcement :: news marked as such are sorted before others
+  * Public/private :: private news are visible by users above threshold ( default = DEVELOPER )
+==== Visibility ====
+When "All projects" is selected:
+  * Only news posted to "All projects" are shown
+When a specific Project is selected:
+  * News from the project + "All project" news are shown
+===== Proposed scenario =====
+The main two shortcomings of the current situation are:
+. the "All project" semantic in the news page is not consistent with the other pages
+. MANAGERs can not post news with the "All project" visibility
+==== News attributes ====
+A new is_global flag will be available for the MANAGER to mark news to be visible everywhere.
+Basically, this flag replaces the posting on "All projects"
+==== Visibility ====
+When "All projects" is selected:
+  * All news from all projects are shown ( this solves 1. )
+When a specific Project is selected:
+  * News from the project + news marked "is_global" are shown ( this solves 2. )
+Of course the current situation where users are able to see only the news
+entry that they have access to will be preserved.  This will depend on which projects
+they are members of, what is their access level for these projects,
+whether the news are public or private.
+===== Implementation to-do list =====
+==== UPDATE SCRIPT ====
+  * schema change on news_table_page (is_global TINYINT(1) DEFAULT 0)
+  * mark former "All projects" news with the "is_global" flag
+==== PAGES AND OTHER ====
+  * add new flag to add/edit news page
+  * clearly mark the news as "global" when shown in other projects
+  * ? prevent posts on "All projects"
+  * ? specific threshold for posting global news