Redmine

h1. ezFAQ Plugin (current version 0.0.1)

A FAQ management plugin to collect the frequently asked questions.

Using ezFAQ, you can add a question, assign someone to answer it, or modify the answer, ezFAQ will record each modifications. 

Further more, ezFAQ can send notify email to the assigned user(version 0.0.2), and generate a pdf document of all the valid FAQs(version 0.0.3).

It can be downloaded from github:

  http://github.com/zouchaoqun/ezfaq/tree/master

Screenshot:

!ezfaq_tn.png!:/attachments/download/863 

h2. To install from git:

(Git Version < 1.5.3)

<pre>

cd {RAILS_ROOT}/vendor/plugins

git clone git://github.com/zouchaoqun/ezfaq.git

</pre>

(Git Version >= 1.5.3 -- Because the "git-rails" gem uses Git Submodules introduced in ver. 1.5.3)

<pre>

gem install git-rails

git-rails install git://github.com/zouchaoqun/ezfaq.git

</pre>

h2. Plugin setup

1. Install will_paginate gem

  gem install will_paginate

2. Add will_paginate to the last of enviroment.rb

  require 'will_paginate'

3. Install the plugin as described "here":http://www.redmine.org/wiki/redmine/Plugins (this plugin *requires* migration). 

4. Copy the plugin directory(ezfaq_plugin) into the vendor/plugins directory

5. Migrate plugin:

  rake db:migrate_plugins

6. Start Redmine

7. In your project in Redmine, go to "Project settings" : On the "Modules" tab, enable the module by checking "Ezfaq".

h2. Using ezFAQ

# Registered users can add new faqs by click the 'New FAQ' link.

# Privileged users can modify faqs, modify faq categories by click the appropriate link.

# Privileged users can modify the FAQ list's note which will be displayed before the list and exported to the pdf document.

# When a faq is created and assigned to someone, the assigned user will receive a notify email to complete the answer.