OSQA-823 - Show question list even for non-existing tags & prepopulate tags field for new questions

forum/forms/qanda.py

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ def clean(self, value):
 
 
 class TagNamesField(forms.CharField):
-    def __init__(self, user=None, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, user=None, initial='', *args, **kwargs):
         super(TagNamesField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
 
         self.required = True
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def __init__(self, user=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.help_text = _('Tags are short keywords, with no spaces within. At least %(min)s and up to %(max)s tags can be used.') % {
             'min': settings.FORM_MIN_NUMBER_OF_TAGS, 'max': settings.FORM_MAX_NUMBER_OF_TAGS    
         }
-        self.initial = ''
+        self.initial = initial
         self.user = user
 
     def clean(self, value):
@@ -175,10 +175,10 @@ class AskForm(forms.Form):
     title  = TitleField()
     text   = QuestionEditorField()
 
-    def __init__(self, data=None, user=None, *args, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, data=None, user=None, default_tag='', *args, **kwargs):
         super(AskForm, self).__init__(data, *args, **kwargs)
 
-        self.fields['tags']   = TagNamesField(user)
+        self.fields['tags']   = TagNamesField(user, initial=default_tag)
 
         if int(user.reputation) < settings.CAPTCHA_IF_REP_LESS_THAN and not (user.is_superuser or user.is_staff):
             spam_fields = call_all_handlers('create_anti_spam_field')

forum/settings/view.py

@@ -57,3 +57,11 @@
 label = _("Limit related tags block"),
 help_text = _("Limit related tags block size in questions list pages. Set to 0 to display all all tags.")))
 
+DISPLAY_EMPTY_LIST_FOR_NONEXISTENT_TAGS = Setting('DISPLAY_EMPTY_LIST_FOR_NONEXISTENT_TAGS', False, VIEW_SET, dict(
+label = _("Display empty question list for nonexistent tags"), required=False,
+help_text = _("Display an empty question list (instead of an error page) for nonexistent tags")))
+
+AUTO_SET_TAG_ON_QUESTION = Setting('AUTO_SET_TAG_ON_QUESTION', False, VIEW_SET, dict(
+label = _("Automatically set tag on questions asked from tag page"), required=False,
+help_text = _("Automatically set the tag on new questions asked from the tag page")))
+

forum/skins/default/templates/header.html

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
             {% loopregistry page_top_tabs %}{% spaceless %}
                 <a id="nav_{{ tab_name }}"{% ifequal tab tab_name %} class="on"{% endifequal %} href="{{ tab_url }}" >{{ tab_title }}</a>
             {% endspaceless %}{% endloopregistry %}
-            <a id="nav_ask" href="{% url ask %}" class="special">{% trans "ask a question" %}</a>
+            <a id="nav_ask" href="{% url ask %}{% if settings.AUTO_SET_TAG_ON_QUESTION and tag %}?tag={{ tag }}{% endif %}" class="special">{% trans "ask a question" %}</a>
         </div>
 
         <div id="searchBar">

forum/views/readers.py

@@ -96,15 +96,19 @@ def unanswered(request):
 def questions(request):
     return question_list(request, Question.objects.all(), _('questions'), show_summary=True)
 
-@decorators.render('questions.html')
 def tag(request, tag):
+    tag_obj = None
     try:
-        tag = Tag.active.get(name=unquote(tag))
+        tag_obj = Tag.active.get(name=unquote(tag))
     except Tag.DoesNotExist:
-        raise Http404
+        if django_settings.DISPLAY_EMPTY_LIST_FOR_NONEXISTENT_TAGS:
+            tag_obj = Tag(name=unquote(tag), used_count=0, created_by_id=-1)
+            tag_obj.id = -1
+        else:
+            raise Http404
 
     # Getting the questions QuerySet
-    questions = Question.objects.filter(tags__id=tag.id)
+    questions = Question.objects.filter(tags__id=tag_obj.id)
 
     if request.method == "GET":
         user = request.GET.get('user', None)
@@ -117,7 +121,7 @@ def tag(request, tag):
 
     # The extra tag context we need to pass
     tag_context = {
-        'tag' : tag,
+        'tag' : tag_obj,
     }
 
     # The context returned by the question_list function, contains info about the questions
@@ -137,7 +141,11 @@ def tag(request, tag):
     # Create the combined context
     context = dict(question_context.items() + tag_context.items())
 
-    return context
+    result = render_to_response('questions.html', context, context_instance = RequestContext(request))
+    if tag_obj.id < 0:
+        # prevent search engines indexing these pages / link spam attacks
+        result.status_code = 418 # I'm a teapot
+    return result
 
 @decorators.render('questions.html', 'questions', tabbed=False)
 def user_questions(request, mode, user, slug):

forum/views/writers.py

@@ -104,9 +104,12 @@ def ask(request):
                         return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('auth_signin'))
         elif "go" in request.POST:
             form = AskForm({'title': request.POST['q']}, user=request.user)
-
+
+    default_tag = ''
+    if settings.AUTO_SET_TAG_ON_QUESTION and 'tag' in request.GET:
+      default_tag = request.GET['tag']
     if not form:
-        form = AskForm(user=request.user)
+        form = AskForm(user=request.user, default_tag=default_tag)
 
     return render_to_response('ask.html', {
         'form' : form,