Rubric
Thread prefixes for Flarum 2: a short coloured label before a discussion's title, the way traditional forums have always had them. Rumor, Official, Solved, Question — chosen when the discussion is started, and separate from tags.
Choosing one
The composer gets a prefix picker beside the tag selector. It only offers the prefixes that fit the tags you've chosen and that you're allowed to use.
Anyone who can rename a discussion can change its prefix later, from Change prefix in the discussion's controls. The label shows on the discussion page too:
Filtering
Click a label to see every discussion with that prefix. The link is shareable (/?prefix=rumor, or /t/some-tag?prefix=rumor inside a tag), and the filter shows as a chip you can clear:
The search box understands it as well: prefix:rumor. For the API, it's filter[prefix]=rumor on /api/discussions (several at once: rumor,official; exclude with filter[-prefix]).
Settings
Admin → Rubric:
Each prefix has:
Name and colour. The text on the label turns dark or light to suit the colour, so any colour stays readable.
Icon (optional), any Font Awesome class.
Tags it can be used in. None chosen means everywhere.
Staff only. For prefixes like Official: only members with the Use staff-only prefixes permission (under Moderate in Permissions; moderators by default) can apply it.
Drag the handles to change the order they're offered in. A live preview shows the label as you edit:
Require a prefix lists the tags where a new discussion must have one. It only applies when the member has at least one prefix they're allowed to choose there, so a tag whose only prefix is staff-only never locks members out.
Good to know
Checked on the server. The prefix has to exist, fit the discussion's tags, and be one the member may use; a staff-only prefix from anyone else is refused, and so is a missing prefix in a tag that requires one.
No extra requests. The prefix list is small and arrives with the forum's own data, so labels in a long list cost nothing.
Deleting a prefix leaves its discussions as they were, just without the label.
Fits your theme. It uses the theme's own colours for everything but the label itself, so it works with the default theme, Bespoke and dark mode.
Installation
<code>composer require ernestdefoe/rubric
php flarum migrate
php flarum cache:clear</code>
Then enable Rubric in the admin panel.
Updating
<code>composer update ernestdefoe/rubric
php flarum migrate
php flarum cache:clear</code>
Licence
MIT.
