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Anonymous Reports Last Modified: August 11, 2003 07:08AM |
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############################################################################# ### HOWTO-anonymous-reports #### ############################################################################# Thie file details the basic steps needed to add anonymous reports capability. Users can file bugs from this form but not have any other access to the bug tracker. Essentially they can report but not view any other bugs. Furthermore, this page can be placed outside the mantis web tree to further isolate the bug tracker from the user. This form only supports reporting for one project. A good addition would be capability for multiple projects. Another modification would be to include some advanced bug fields on the report form. This is extremely simple and is more of an example or springboard for further modifications. I will only give general advice (not code) for requests for customizations or enhancements. ### Required: * Mantis 0.15.x or later * anonymous_report.tar.gz URL: http://mantisbt.sourceforge.net/mods/anonymous_report.tar.gz Contains: - report_anon_page.php - report_anon.php ### Setup: We will proceed assuming the following setup: * Your web root (usually htdocs for apache) is /usr/local/apache/htdocs/ (On a windows box it would look something like this C:\\apache\\htdocs\\mantis\\ instead. Adapt to reflect your setup) * Mantis is installed in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/mantis/ * Anonymous posting will be in /usr/local/apache/htdocs/products/p1 This is accessible via http://yourdomain/products/p1/report_anon_page.php ### Steps: 0. Prerequisites 1. Copy the Files 2. Setup Anonymous User 3. Obtain User ID 4. Obtain Project ID 5a. Config report_anon_page.php 5b. Config report_anon.php ################################# Step 0: Prerequisites ################################# Mantis is installed and running properly. ################################# Step 1: Copy the Files ################################# Install the files by unzipping it to a web accessible directory. This directory should NOT be your mantis directory. On unix use the tar command: tar zxvf anonymous_report.tar.gz On Windows use Winzip or your favorite archiver. ########################################### Step 2: Setup Anonymous User ########################################### You will need to create a user with at least reporting privileges. You may want to set the email to something useful, like a mailing list. ########################################### Step 3: Obtain User ID ########################################### Next grab the grab the user ID and keep the info handy. You can get this from the "Manage -> Edit User" page. The user ID will be in the URL: eg. http://mysite/mantis/manage_user_page.php3?f_id=<USER_ID> ##################################### Step 4: Obtain Project ID ##################################### Grab the project ID of the project you want the reporter to enter by going to "Mange -> Manage Projects -> Edit". The project ID will be in the URL: eg. http://mysite/mantis/manage_proj_edit_page.php3?f_project_id=<PROJECT_ID> ###################################### Step 5a: Config report_anon_page.php ###################################### This is the file that users will go to for bug reports. You may want to modify the html for company/project branding and add more detailed instructions. You will need to edit the portions at the top of the page. Change the paths in the include() to reflect the location of your mantis package. In our example this would mean: Change: include( "../mantis/strings_english.txt" ); To: include( "../../mantis/strings_english.txt" ); OR include( "/usr/local/apache/htdocs/mantis/strings_english.txt" ); Perform the same change for all the include() statements. ###################################### Step 5b: Config report_anon_page.php ###################################### Next, set the following variables: $f_go_to_page = "report_anon_page.php"; $g_project_cookie_val = 0000002; $f_reporter_id = 0000005; Replace $g_project_cookie_val with the project ID. Replace $f_reporter_id with the user ID. Replace $f_go_to_page with the URL that you want the user to be redirected to after submitting a bug. ################################# Step 6: Config report_anon.php ################################# This file does the actual work of adding the report. It is almost exactly the same as report_bug.php3 and does almost the exact same thing except do access checks. Perform the same steps in Step 5a to this file. ################################### FINISHED! ################################### You're now finished adding anonymous bug posting! Simply create a link that users can use to get to the report_anon_page.php3 file. Go ahead and test to make sure that bugs are reported correctly. If you wish to report any errors, comments, or suggestions please send email to kenito@300baud.org |
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