So I can think of a number of ways to make a NodeBB site appear to have a sort of content-structure beyond topics and posts.

Architecturally, you could simply stand NodeBB next to a nodejs content management app like Calypso - or you could roll your own, either separate from NodeBB and make a lot of links, or as part of a Fork.

That said, what would an integral capability look like in NodeBB? I can't see what it would take exactly, but the outcome would look something like this:

The Category view would include a content section like the landing page MOTD. Admins enter that content.
In addition, the Category view would enable Admins to present a specialized view of posts - like a searchable listing that pulls specific items in as if they were links to content or data items (which of course is more or less already in place).
Finally, Users would be able to enter structured data - with textboxes etc, and that structure would follow to the database to facilitate the structured Category post views. So a user could comment about a price for something, but also post an "official" price entry (ultimately these reflect the same gesture - "I have something to share" )

This would enable the app to (A) conform to a legacy idea of seeing content, (B) expand to structured data entry and retrieval system, and (C) retain the discussion format as the matrix from which these useful extra functions operate.

My question: how hard would this be to do, assuming we accept the architectural proposition that NodeBB is a realistic platform for this sort of thing?

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