Refactored Knowledge Base portlet

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.0 EE SP1 (6.0.11)
• Fix Version/s: 6.0 EE SP2 (6.0.12)
• Component/s: Knowledge Base
• Labels: None

The Knowledge Base portlet has undergone major refactoring, including:

1) Improved algorithm used for version comparison
2) Articles subscribed to do not appear as subscribed in other portlets
3) Refactored and consolidated upgrade code
4) Made CSS more simple
5) Refactored and simplified util classes
6) Added social equity for comments
7) Moved find article logic to a struts acction
8) Refined JSP logic
9) Fixed inconsistent application of AUI taglib
10) Improvement to article priority processing
11) Delegated URL creation to PortletURLFactoryUtil
12) Improved performance of large data sets by only displaying root articles for group or articles
13) Improved performance of large data sets by only displaying immediate child articles instead of all descendants
14) Open search URLs now changes the portlet's windows state to maximized
15) Improved admin portlet functionality
16) Simplified article permission checking
17) Simplified priority logic
18) Made UI consistent with core portlets
19) Improved error message when an invalid file is uploaded
20) Improved translation
21) Added support for sections
22) Made display portlet search container columns configurable
23) Added new icons for the portlets
24) Added Knowledge Base Search portlet