FEATURE: only redirect new users to top page for a limited period

That period is defined by the `redirect_new_users_to_top_page_duration`
site setting and defaults to 7 days.

app/assets/javascripts/discourse/models/user.js

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ Discourse.User = Discourse.Model.extend({
 
     return this.get('website').split("/")[2];
   }.property('website'),
-  
+
   /**
     This user's profile background(in CSS).
 
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ Discourse.User = Discourse.Model.extend({
   profileBackground: function() {
     var background = this.get('profile_background');
     if(Em.isEmpty(background) || !Discourse.SiteSettings.allow_profile_backgrounds) { return; }
-    
+
     return 'background-image: url(' + background + ')';
   }.property('profile_background'),
-  
+
   statusIcon: function() {
     var desc;
     if(this.get('admin')) {
@@ -329,10 +329,10 @@ Discourse.User = Discourse.Model.extend({
       data: { use_uploaded_avatar: useUploadedAvatar }
     });
   },
-  
+
   /*
     Clear profile background
-    
+
     @method clearProfileBackground
     @returns {Promise} the result of the clear profile background request
   */
@@ -373,10 +373,16 @@ Discourse.User = Discourse.Model.extend({
     });
   },
 
-  hasBeenSeenInTheLastMonth: function() {
-    return moment().diff(moment(this.get('last_seen_at')), 'month', true) < 1.0;
+  hasNotBeenSeenInTheLastMonth: function() {
+    return moment().diff(moment(this.get("last_seen_at")), "month", true) >= 1.0;
   }.property("last_seen_at"),
 
+  shouldBeRedirectToTopPage: function() {
+    if (this.get("trust_level") > 0) { return false; }
+    var duration = Discourse.SiteSettings.redirect_new_users_to_top_page_duration;
+    return moment().diff(moment(this.get("created_at")), "days", true) < duration;
+  }.property("trust_level", "created_at"),
+
   /**
     Homepage of the user
 
@@ -389,13 +395,13 @@ Discourse.User = Discourse.Model.extend({
     //   - long-time-no-see user (ie. > 1 month)
     if (Discourse.Site.currentProp("has_enough_topic_to_redirect_to_top_page")) {
       if (Discourse.SiteSettings.top_menu.indexOf("top") >= 0) {
-        if (this.get("trust_level") === 0 || !this.get("hasBeenSeenInTheLastMonth")) {
+        if (this.get("shouldBeRedirectToTopPage") || this.get("hasNotBeenSeenInTheLastMonth")) {
           return "top";
         }
       }
     }
     return Discourse.Utilities.defaultHomepage();
-  }.property("trust_level", "hasBeenSeenInTheLastMonth"),
+  }.property("shouldBeRedirectToTopPage", "hasNotBeenSeenInTheLastMonth"),
 
   updateMutedCategories: function() {
     this.set("mutedCategories", Discourse.Category.findByIds(this.muted_category_ids));

config/locales/server.en.yml

@@ -656,6 +656,7 @@ en:
 
     topics_per_period_in_top_summary: "How many topics loaded on the top topics summary"
     topics_per_period_in_top_page: "How many topics loaded on the top topics page"
+    redirect_new_users_to_top_page_duration: "Number of days during which new users are automatically redirect to the top page"
 
     allow_index_in_robots_txt: "Site should be indexed by search engines (update robots.txt)"
     email_domains_blacklist: "A pipe-delimited list of email domains that are not allowed. Example: mailinator.com|trashmail.net"
@@ -673,9 +674,9 @@ en:
     invite_only: "Public registration is disabled, new users must be invited"
 
     login_required: "Require authentication to read posts"
-    
+
     min_username_length: "Minimum username length. (Does not apply if global nickname uniqueness is forced)"
-    
+
     min_password_length: "Minimum password length."
     block_common_passwords: "Don't allow passwords that are in the 5000 most common passwords."
 
@@ -821,9 +822,9 @@ en:
 
     detect_custom_avatars: "Whether or not to check that users have uploaded custom avatars"
     max_daily_gravatar_crawls: "The maximum amount of times Discourse will check gravatar for custom avatars in a day"
-    
+
     allow_profile_backgrounds: "Allows users to upload profile backgrounds"
-    
+
     sequential_replies_threshold: "The amount of posts a user has to make in a row in a topic before being notified"
 
     enable_mobile_theme: "Mobile devices use a mobile-friendly theme, with the ability to switch to the full site. Disable this if you want to use a custom stylesheet that is fully responsive."

config/site_settings.yml

@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ basic:
     default: 20
   topics_per_period_in_top_page:
     default: 50
+  redirect_new_users_to_top_page_duration:
+    client: true
+    default: 7
 
 users:
   enable_sso:

test/javascripts/models/user_test.js

@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@ test("homepage when top is enabled and not enough topics", function() {
 });
 
 test("homepage when top is enabled and has enough topics", function() {
-  var newUser = Discourse.User.create({ trust_level: 0, last_seen_at: moment() }),
-      oldUser = Discourse.User.create({ trust_level: 1, last_seen_at: moment() }),
+  var newUser = Discourse.User.create({ trust_level: 0, last_seen_at: moment(), created_at: moment().subtract("day", 6) }),
+      oldUser = Discourse.User.create({ trust_level: 1, last_seen_at: moment(), created_at: moment().subtract("month", 2) }),
       defaultHomepage = Discourse.Utilities.defaultHomepage();
 
   Discourse.SiteSettings.top_menu = "latest|top";
+  Discourse.SiteSettings.redirect_new_users_to_top_page_duration = 7;
   Discourse.Site.currentProp("has_enough_topic_to_redirect_to_top_page", true);
 
   equal(newUser.get("homepage"), "top", "new user's homepage is top when top is enabled");
@@ -70,6 +71,17 @@ test("homepage when top is enabled and has enough topics", function() {
   equal(oldUser.get("homepage"), "top", "long-time-no-see old user's homepage is top when top is enabled");
 });
 
+test("new user's homepage when top is enabled, there's enough topics and duration is over", function() {
+  var newUser = Discourse.User.create({ trust_level: 0, last_seen_at: moment(), created_at: moment().subtract("month", 1) }),
+      defaultHomepage = Discourse.Utilities.defaultHomepage();
+
+  Discourse.SiteSettings.top_menu = "latest|top";
+  Discourse.SiteSettings.redirect_new_users_to_top_page_duration = 7;
+  Discourse.Site.currentProp("has_enough_topic_to_redirect_to_top_page", true);
+
+  equal(newUser.get("homepage"), defaultHomepage, "new user's homepage is default when redirect duration is over");
+});
+
 
 asyncTestDiscourse("findByUsername", function() {
   expect(3);