[$500] Home page redesign

[jmgasper]

From Topcoder:

The following page/design should appear when hitting the url: https://discussions.topcoder.com/ and be considered “Home”.

We would like our forums grouping to be interacted with similar to this website example.

Collapsible parent headers

Notice that the parent categories are collapsable.

Sub categories

Under each parent category are the subcategories. Each subcategory item (row) should contain:

• Subcategory Title
• Description (optional)
• Most Recent (same data as we see currently)
• Number of Discussions (same data as we see currently)
• Number of Posts (same data as we see currently)

Breadcrumb

note that the breadcrumb will no longer include “Roundtable” / "Public Forums" as part of the hierarchy. For example if I am landed on “New Here & Getting Started” it should read:

Home > General > New Here & Getting Started

Challenge Forums

• Challenge Forums should not include “Home” in their breadcrumb and begin at “Challenge Forums”

MarvelApp

• https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77868356
• https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77868357
• https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77868359
• https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77868360

[jmgasper]

Challenge https://www.topcoder.com/challenges/a585114e-26fe-4cee-83e9-c104eb82cca0 has been created for this ticket.

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[jmgasper]

Challenge https://www.topcoder.com/challenges/a585114e-26fe-4cee-83e9-c104eb82cca0 has been assigned to obog.

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[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper I'm working on this task.

[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper Almost implemented. A few questions/notes below.

Please apply PRs:

• Issues-519: made service files executable #546
• Issues-487: Home page redesign forums-theme#36
  Thanks!

A few questions/notes

1. By default the first category is active (expanded). Let me know if you want to change it (expand/collapse all/specific categories).

2. In MarvelApp if clicking on General then going to a home page, not the General category page. Is it correct?
   Please see https://marvelapp.com/prototype/c06bg41/screen/77911790.
   

3. Let me know if you want to display a static description on a home/draft/watching page or other pages.
   

4. I haven't seen the logged issues about the updated left nav. Please create a ticket if it's in the scope.
   

Testing

[jmgasper]

1. Let's expand all by default
2. It's going back to the homepage, with the General category open. I think that should be the case for any breadcrumb - can we automatically open up the parent category and scroll to it? For instance, if News is the breadcrumb, we would be redirected back to the homepage, but News would be expanded and scrolled to
3. We can leave that off for now, on the homepage, since I don't have content from Topcoder for what that text should be
4. Logged: [$200] Left nav for homepage #548

[atelomycterus]

@jmgasper Ready for review. Please apply PR-#552.