"Like" Option in SharePoint 2010 Discussion Board

Question

We have installed SharePoint2010 - I was looking "Like" option in SharePoint Discussion Board - i have look around every-where but couldn't able to find - does it needs any customization or third=party ?

Kindly assist

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Answer 1

Hi,

have you installed Sharepoint Server 2010 or Foundation?

This option is for Sharepoint server 2010, standard or enterprise.

regards.

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Tomás González. Twitter://@tgmourino

Answer 2

Thanks for your reply - it on Enterprise with cluster SQL and NLB Web application

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Answer 3

Hi! By default SharePoint doesn't provide this facility, it needs customization.

Answer 4

Thanks for your reply - would you kindly let me know the procedure how this can be done ??

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Answer 5

Sorry, can`t find the direct scenario, but you may try to do this by the analogy to this one http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/36855/Sticky-posts-in-SharePoint-Discussion-boards

Answer 6

As earliar said, you required customization to done Like functionality same as social networking site(s).

Here you need to create one 'Like' list where you are logging/storing Like/Dislike information. This list hardly contains 1/2 columns (e.g. LikedItemID-Lookup with parent ID, Likedby-if required). Whenever user click on Like or Dislike button you need to Add/Update list item in 'Like' list. You can Add/Update item using C# or ECMAScript (Server Object Model or COM resp.). And while retrieving discussion board item retrieve information from 'Like' list.

Hope it helps.

Answer 7

Thanks a lot for your reply - would you kindly give more details perhaps some URL where i can follow the steps :-)

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Answer 8

Hi,

You can also create a Yes/No (check box) column in your discussion board named “Do you like it”, when user edit the item, he can select Yes or No.

Or you can create a custom Action in the form to initiate workflow, when user click the button, it will start the workflow, in the workflow , add an action to  update the Like(the custom column you add) column in the discussion board.

For more information, you can refer to: http://www.manageprojectsonsharepoint.com/archive/2011/05/09/call-a-workflow-with-a-custom-action.aspx

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Xue-mei Chang

TechNet Community Support

Answer 9

Thanks for your reply - well this is not my requirement - kindly assist...

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