public ActionResult Create(CreateTopicViewModel topicViewModel)
{
if (ModelState.IsValid)
{
// Quick check to see if user is locked out, when logged in
if (LoggedOnUser.IsLockedOut || LoggedOnUser.DisablePosting == true || !LoggedOnUser.IsApproved)
{
FormsAuthentication.SignOut();
return ErrorToHomePage(LocalizationService.GetResourceString("Errors.NoAccess"));
}
var successfullyCreated = false;
Category category;
var topic = new Topic();
using (var unitOfWork = UnitOfWorkManager.NewUnitOfWork())
{
// Not using automapper for this one only, as a topic is a post and topic in one
category = _categoryService.Get(topicViewModel.Category);
// First check this user is allowed to create topics in this category
var permissions = RoleService.GetPermissions(category, UsersRole);
// Check this users role has permission to create a post
if (permissions[AppConstants.PermissionDenyAccess].IsTicked || permissions[AppConstants.PermissionReadOnly].IsTicked || !permissions[AppConstants.PermissionCreateTopics].IsTicked)
{
// Throw exception so Ajax caller picks it up
ModelState.AddModelError(string.Empty, LocalizationService.GetResourceString("Errors.NoPermission"));
}
else
{
// We get the banned words here and pass them in, so its just one call
// instead of calling it several times and each call getting all the words back
var bannedWordsList = _bannedWordService.GetAll();
List<string> bannedWords = null;
if (bannedWordsList.Any())
{
bannedWords = bannedWordsList.Select(x => x.Word).ToList();
}
topic = new Topic
{
Name = _bannedWordService.SanitiseBannedWords(topicViewModel.Name, bannedWords),
Category = category,
User = LoggedOnUser
};
// See if the user has actually added some content to the topic
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(topicViewModel.Content))
{
// Check for any banned words
topicViewModel.Content = _bannedWordService.SanitiseBannedWords(topicViewModel.Content, bannedWords);
// See if this is a poll and add it to the topic
if (topicViewModel.PollAnswers != null && topicViewModel.PollAnswers.Count > 0)
{
if (permissions[AppConstants.PermissionCreatePolls].IsTicked)
{
// Create a new Poll
var newPoll = new Poll
{
User = LoggedOnUser
};
// Create the poll
_pollService.Add(newPoll);
// Save the poll in the context so we can add answers
unitOfWork.SaveChanges();
// Now sort the answers
var newPollAnswers = new List<PollAnswer>();
foreach (var pollAnswer in topicViewModel.PollAnswers)
{
// Attach newly created poll to each answer
pollAnswer.Poll = newPoll;
_pollAnswerService.Add(pollAnswer);
newPollAnswers.Add(pollAnswer);
}
// Attach answers to poll
newPoll.PollAnswers = newPollAnswers;
// Save the new answers in the context
unitOfWork.SaveChanges();
// Add the poll to the topic
topic.Poll = newPoll;
}
else
{
//No permission to create a Poll so show a message but create the topic
TempData[AppConstants.MessageViewBagName] = new GenericMessageViewModel
{
Message = LocalizationService.GetResourceString("Errors.NoPermissionPolls"),
MessageType = GenericMessages.info
};
}
}
// Update the users points score for posting
_membershipUserPointsService.Add(new MembershipUserPoints
{
Points = SettingsService.GetSettings().PointsAddedPerPost,
User = LoggedOnUser
});
// Create the topic (The topic service creates the related post)
topic = _topicService.Add(topic);
// Save the changes
unitOfWork.SaveChanges();
// Now add the post to the topic
_topicService.AddLastPost(topic, topicViewModel.Content);
// Now check its not spam
var akismetHelper = new AkismetHelper(SettingsService);
if(!akismetHelper.IsSpam(topic))
{
// Add the tags if any too
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(topicViewModel.Tags))
{
// Sanitise the tags
topicViewModel.Tags = _bannedWordService.SanitiseBannedWords(topicViewModel.Tags, bannedWords);
// Now add the tags
_topicTagService.Add(topicViewModel.Tags.ToLower(), topic);
}
// Subscribe the user to the topic as they have checked the checkbox
if (topicViewModel.SubscribeToTopic)
{
// Create the notification
var topicNotification = new TopicNotification
{
Topic = topic,
User = LoggedOnUser
};
//save
_topicNotificationService.Add(topicNotification);
}
try
{
unitOfWork.Commit();
successfullyCreated = true;
// Successful, add this post to the Lucene index
if (_luceneService.CheckIndexExists())
{
_luceneService.AddUpdate(_luceneService.MapToModel(topic));
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
unitOfWork.Rollback();
LoggingService.Error(ex);
ModelState.AddModelError(string.Empty, LocalizationService.GetResourceString("Errors.GenericMessage"));
}
}
else
{
unitOfWork.Rollback();
ModelState.AddModelError(string.Empty, LocalizationService.GetResourceString("Errors.PossibleSpam"));
}
}
else
{
ModelState.AddModelError(string.Empty, LocalizationService.GetResourceString("Errors.GenericMessage"));
}
}
}
using (UnitOfWorkManager.NewUnitOfWork())
{
if (successfullyCreated)
{
// Success so now send the emails
NotifyNewTopics(category);
// Redirect to the newly created topic
return Redirect(string.Format("{0}?postbadges=true", topic.NiceUrl));
}
var allowedCategories = _categoryService.GetAllowedCategories(UsersRole).ToList();
if (allowedCategories.Any())
{
topicViewModel.Categories = allowedCategories;
}
}
return View(topicViewModel);
}
return ErrorToHomePage(LocalizationService.GetResourceString("Errors.NoPermission"));
}
public ActionResult Create()
{
using (UnitOfWorkManager.NewUnitOfWork())
{
var allowedCategories = _categoryService.GetAllowedCategories(UsersRole).ToList();
if (allowedCategories.Any() && LoggedOnUser.DisablePosting != true)
{
var viewModel = new CreateTopicViewModel
{
Categories = allowedCategories,
LoggedOnUser = LoggedOnUser
};
return View(viewModel);
}
return ErrorToHomePage(LocalizationService.GetResourceString("Errors.NoPermission"));
}
}
