Updates on the frontends with a questions category and students /instructor default group

install/data/categories.json

@@ -34,5 +34,14 @@
         "color": "#ffffff",
         "icon" : "fa-question",
         "order": 3
+    },
+    {
+        "name": "Questions",
+        "description": "Post any question you have!",
+        "descriptionParsed": "<p>Post any question you have!</p>\n",
+        "bgColor": "#e95c5a",
+        "color": "#ffffff",
+        "icon" : "fa-question",
+        "order": 5
     }
 ]

nodebb-theme-harmony/templates/partials/categories/link.tpl

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 {./name}
 {{{ else }}}
 <a class="text-reset" href="{{{ if ./link }}}{./link}{{{ else }}}{config.relative_path}/category/{./slug}{{{ end }}}" itemprop="url">{../name}</a>
-{{{ end }}}
+{{{ end }}}                                                                                                                                                                         

src/install.js

@@ -420,6 +420,42 @@ async function createGlobalModeratorsGroup() {
 	await groups.show('Global Moderators');
 }
 
+async function createStudents() {
+	const groups = require('./groups');
+	const exists = await groups.exists('Students');
+	if (exists) {
+		winston.info('Students group found, skipping creation!');
+	} else {
+		await groups.create({
+			name: 'Students',
+			userTitle: 'Student',
+			description: 'Cute students here',
+			hidden: 0,
+			private: 0,
+			disableJoinRequests: 0,
+		});
+	}
+	await groups.show('Students');
+}
+
+async function createInstructors() {
+	const groups = require('./groups');
+	const exists = await groups.exists('Instructors');
+	if (exists) {
+		winston.info('Instructors group found, skipping creation!');
+	} else {
+		await groups.create({
+			name: 'Instructors',
+			userTitle: 'Instructor',
+			description: 'Cool instructors are here',
+			hidden: 0,
+			private: 0,
+			disableJoinRequests: 0,
+		});
+	}
+	await groups.show('Instructors');
+}
+
 async function giveGlobalPrivileges() {
 	const privileges = require('./privileges');
 	const defaultPrivileges = [
@@ -584,6 +620,8 @@ install.setup = async function () {
 		await createDefaultUserGroups();
 		const adminInfo = await createAdministrator();
 		await createGlobalModeratorsGroup();
+		await createStudents();
+		await createInstructors();
 		await giveGlobalPrivileges();
 		await createMenuItems();
 		await createWelcomePost();

src/posts/create.js

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 const categories = require('../categories');
 const groups = require('../groups');
 const privileges = require('../privileges');
+const notifications = require('../notifications');
 
 module.exports = function (Posts) {
 	Posts.create = async function (data) {
@@ -64,11 +65,49 @@
 			addReplyTo(postData, timestamp),
 			Posts.uploads.sync(postData.pid),
 		]);
+
+		 // 🔹 Check if the posting user is in a specific group
+		 const postingGroup = "Students"; // Change this to the correct group name
+		 const notifyGroup = "Instructors"; // Change this to the target group
+		 const targetCategoryId = 5; // Change to the category ID you want
 
+		 const belongsToPostingGroup = await groups.isMember(uid, postingGroup);
+
+
+
 		result = await plugins.hooks.fire('filter:post.get', { post: postData, uid: data.uid });
 		result.post.isMain = isMain;
 		plugins.hooks.fire('action:post.save', { post: _.clone(result.post) });
+
+		if (belongsToPostingGroup && postData.cid === targetCategoryId) {
+
+            console.log(`User in ${postingGroup} posted in category ${targetCategoryId}, notifying ${notifyGroup}`);
+
+            // 🔹 Get all members of the notify group using `getMembers`
+            const notifyUids = await groups.getMembers(notifyGroup, 0, -1);
+
+        	if (notifyUids.length === 0) {
+                console.log(`No users found in group ${notifyGroup}, skipping notifications.`);
+                return;
+            }
+
+            // 🔹 Create the notification
+            const notification = await notifications.create({
+                type: 'custom-notification',
+                bodyShort: `A new post was made in category Question!`,
+                nid: `post:${postData.pid}`,
+                path: `/post/${postData.pid}`,
+                from: postData.uid,
+            });
+
+			// 🔹 Push the notification to all users in notifyGroup
+
+            await notifications.push(notification, notifyUids);
+
+        } 
 		return result.post;
+
+
 	};
 
 	async function addReplyTo(postData, timestamp) {