added "vip" option to groups

8 files changed, 428 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/askbot/doc/source/changelog.rst b/askbot/doc/source/changelog.rst
index 82f46e32..1b5a6c2b 100644
--- a/askbot/doc/source/changelog.rst
+++ b/askbot/doc/source/changelog.rst
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ Changes in Askbot
 
 Development version
 -------------------
+* Added "VIP" option to groups - if checked, all posts belong to the group and users of that group in the future will be able to moderate those posts. Moderation features for VIP group are in progress (Evgeny)
 * Added setting `NOTIFICATION_DELAY_TIME` to use with enabled celery daemon (Adolfo)
 * Added setting `ASKBOT_INTERNAL_IPS` - to allow anonymous access to 
   closed sites from dedicated IP addresses (Evgeny)
diff --git a/askbot/media/js/post.js b/askbot/media/js/post.js
index 483973ec..3ed61182 100644
--- a/askbot/media/js/post.js
+++ b/askbot/media/js/post.js
@@ -2654,6 +2654,14 @@ UserGroupProfileEditor.prototype.decorate = function(element){
     var btn = element.find('#moderate-answers-to-enquirers');
     moderate_publishing_replies_toggle.decorate(btn);
 
+    var vip_toggle = new TwoStateToggle();
+    vip_toggle.setPostData({
+        group_id: this.getTagId(),
+        property_name: 'is_vip'
+    });
+    var btn = element.find('#vip-toggle');
+    vip_toggle.decorate(btn);
+
     var opennessSelector = new DropdownSelect();
     var selectorElement = element.find('#group-openness-selector');
     opennessSelector.setPostData({
diff --git a/askbot/migrations/0149_auto__add_field_group_is_vip.py b/askbot/migrations/0149_auto__add_field_group_is_vip.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..377eb1f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/askbot/migrations/0149_auto__add_field_group_is_vip.py
@@ -0,0 +1,381 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+import datetime
+from south.db import db
+from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
+from django.db import models
+
+
+class Migration(SchemaMigration):
+
+    def forwards(self, orm):
+        # Adding field 'Group.is_vip'
+        db.add_column('askbot_group', 'is_vip',
+                      self.gf('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField')(default=False),
+                      keep_default=False)
+
+    def backwards(self, orm):
+        # Deleting field 'Group.is_vip'
+        db.delete_column('askbot_group', 'is_vip')
+
+    models = {
+        'askbot.activity': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Activity', 'db_table': "u'activity'"},
+            'active_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'activity_type': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_auditted': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'question': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Post']", 'null': 'True'}),
+            'receiving_users': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'received_activity'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'recipients': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'incoming_activity'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'through': "orm['askbot.ActivityAuditStatus']", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'summary': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''"}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.activityauditstatus': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('user', 'activity'),)", 'object_name': 'ActivityAuditStatus'},
+            'activity': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Activity']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'status': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.anonymousanswer': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'AnonymousAnswer'},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ip_addr': ('django.db.models.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '15'}),
+            'question': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'anonymous_answers'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"}),
+            'session_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40'}),
+            'summary': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '180'}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'wiki': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'})
+        },
+        'askbot.anonymousquestion': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'AnonymousQuestion'},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ip_addr': ('django.db.models.fields.IPAddressField', [], {'max_length': '15'}),
+            'is_anonymous': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'session_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '40'}),
+            'summary': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '180'}),
+            'tagnames': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '125'}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '300'}),
+            'wiki': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'})
+        },
+        'askbot.askwidget': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'AskWidget'},
+            'group': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Group']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'include_text_field': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'inner_style': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'outer_style': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'tag': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Tag']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        'askbot.award': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Award', 'db_table': "u'award'"},
+            'awarded_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'badge': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'award_badge'", 'to': "orm['askbot.BadgeData']"}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'notified': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'object_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'award_user'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.badgedata': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('slug',)", 'object_name': 'BadgeData'},
+            'awarded_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'awarded_to': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'badges'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'through': "orm['askbot.Award']", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'slug': ('django.db.models.fields.SlugField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        'askbot.draftanswer': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'DraftAnswer'},
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'draft_answers'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'thread': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'draft_answers'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Thread']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.draftquestion': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'DraftQuestion'},
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'tagnames': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '125', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '300', 'null': 'True'})
+        },
+        'askbot.emailfeedsetting': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('subscriber', 'feed_type'),)", 'object_name': 'EmailFeedSetting'},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'auto_now_add': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'feed_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '16'}),
+            'frequency': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'n'", 'max_length': '8'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'reported_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'subscriber': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'notification_subscriptions'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.favoritequestion': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'FavoriteQuestion', 'db_table': "u'favorite_question'"},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'thread': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Thread']"}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'user_favorite_questions'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group', '_ormbases': ['auth.Group']},
+            'description': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'described_group'", 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"}),
+            'group_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_vip': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'logo_url': ('django.db.models.fields.URLField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'moderate_answers_to_enquirers': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'moderate_email': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'openness': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '2'}),
+            'preapproved_email_domains': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'preapproved_emails': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': "''", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'askbot.groupmembership': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'GroupMembership', '_ormbases': ['auth.AuthUserGroups']},
+            'authusergroups_ptr': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.AuthUserGroups']", 'unique': 'True', 'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'level': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '1'})
+        },
+        'askbot.markedtag': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'MarkedTag'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'reason': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '16'}),
+            'tag': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'user_selections'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Tag']"}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'tag_selections'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.post': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Post'},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'approved': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'posts'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'comment_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'deleted': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'deleted_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'deleted_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'deleted_posts'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'group_posts'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'through': "orm['askbot.PostToGroup']", 'to': "orm['askbot.Group']"}),
+            'html': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_anonymous': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_edited_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'last_edited_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'last_edited_posts'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'locked': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'locked_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'locked_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'locked_posts'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'offensive_flag_count': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'old_answer_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': 'None', 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'old_comment_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': 'None', 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'old_question_id': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': 'None', 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'parent': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'comments'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"}),
+            'post_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '255', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'score': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'summary': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '180'}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'null': 'True'}),
+            'thread': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'default': 'None', 'related_name': "'posts'", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True', 'to': "orm['askbot.Thread']"}),
+            'vote_down_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'vote_up_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'wiki': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'wikified_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'askbot.postflagreason': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'PostFlagReason'},
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'details': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'post_reject_reasons'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'})
+        },
+        'askbot.postrevision': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('-revision',)", 'unique_together': "(('post', 'revision'),)", 'object_name': 'PostRevision'},
+            'approved': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'approved_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'approved_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'author': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'postrevisions'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'by_email': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'email_address': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'is_anonymous': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'post': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'revisions'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"}),
+            'revised_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            'revision': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'summary': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '300', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'tagnames': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '125', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'text': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {}),
+            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '300', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'askbot.posttogroup': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('post', 'group'),)", 'object_name': 'PostToGroup', 'db_table': "'askbot_post_groups'"},
+            'group': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Group']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'post': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.questionview': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'QuestionView'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'question': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'viewed'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"}),
+            'when': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {}),
+            'who': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'question_views'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.questionwidget': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'QuestionWidget'},
+            'group': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Group']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'order_by': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'-added_at'", 'max_length': '18'}),
+            'question_number': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '7'}),
+            'search_query': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "''", 'max_length': '50', 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'style': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'default': '"\\n@import url(\'http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Yanone+Kaffeesatz:300,400,700\');\\nbody {\\n    overflow: hidden;\\n}\\n\\n#container {\\n    width: 200px;\\n    height: 350px;\\n}\\nul {\\n    list-style: none;\\n    padding: 5px;\\n    margin: 5px;\\n}\\nli {\\n    border-bottom: #CCC 1px solid;\\n    padding-bottom: 5px;\\n    padding-top: 5px;\\n}\\nli:last-child {\\n    border: none;\\n}\\na {\\n    text-decoration: none;\\n    color: #464646;\\n    font-family: \'Yanone Kaffeesatz\', sans-serif;\\n    font-size: 15px;\\n}\\n"', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'tagnames': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'}),
+            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        },
+        'askbot.replyaddress': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'ReplyAddress'},
+            'address': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '25'}),
+            'allowed_from_email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '150'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'post': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'reply_addresses'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"}),
+            'reply_action': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'auto_answer_or_comment'", 'max_length': '32'}),
+            'response_post': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'edit_addresses'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"}),
+            'used_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'None', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.repute': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Repute', 'db_table': "u'repute'"},
+            'comment': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'negative': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'positive': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'question': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Post']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'reputation': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '1'}),
+            'reputation_type': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'reputed_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'askbot.tag': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('-used_count', 'name')", 'object_name': 'Tag', 'db_table': "u'tag'"},
+            'created_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'created_tags'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'deleted': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'deleted_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'deleted_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'deleted_tags'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '255'}),
+            'status': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '1'}),
+            'suggested_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'suggested_tags'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'tag_wiki': ('django.db.models.fields.related.OneToOneField', [], {'related_name': "'described_tag'", 'unique': 'True', 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"}),
+            'used_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'})
+        },
+        'askbot.thread': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Thread'},
+            'accepted_answer': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'blank': 'True', 'related_name': "'+'", 'null': 'True', 'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"}),
+            'added_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'answer_accepted_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'answer_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'approved': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True', 'db_index': 'True'}),
+            'close_reason': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'closed': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'closed_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'closed_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']", 'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'favorited_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'unused_favorite_threads'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'through': "orm['askbot.FavoriteQuestion']", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'favourite_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'followed_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'followed_threads'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'group_threads'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'through': "orm['askbot.ThreadToGroup']", 'to': "orm['askbot.Group']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'last_activity_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_activity_by': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'unused_last_active_in_threads'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'score': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'tagnames': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '125'}),
+            'tags': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'related_name': "'threads'", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'to': "orm['askbot.Tag']"}),
+            'title': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '300'}),
+            'view_count': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'})
+        },
+        'askbot.threadtogroup': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('thread', 'group'),)", 'object_name': 'ThreadToGroup', 'db_table': "'askbot_thread_groups'"},
+            'group': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Group']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'thread': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['askbot.Thread']"}),
+            'visibility': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '1'})
+        },
+        'askbot.vote': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('user', 'voted_post'),)", 'object_name': 'Vote', 'db_table': "u'vote'"},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'votes'", 'to': "orm['auth.User']"}),
+            'vote': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {}),
+            'voted_at': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'voted_post': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'related_name': "'votes'", 'to': "orm['askbot.Post']"})
+        },
+        'auth.authusergroups': {
+            'Meta': {'unique_together': "(('group', 'user'),)", 'object_name': 'AuthUserGroups', 'db_table': "'auth_user_groups'", 'managed': 'False'},
+            'group': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'user': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['auth.User']"})
+        },
+        'auth.group': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'Group'},
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '80'}),
+            'permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'auth.permission': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('content_type__app_label', 'content_type__model', 'codename')", 'unique_together': "(('content_type', 'codename'),)", 'object_name': 'Permission'},
+            'codename': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'content_type': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ForeignKey', [], {'to': "orm['contenttypes.ContentType']"}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '50'})
+        },
+        'auth.user': {
+            'Meta': {'object_name': 'User'},
+            'about': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'avatar_type': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'n'", 'max_length': '1'}),
+            'bronze': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'consecutive_days_visit_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'country': ('django_countries.fields.CountryField', [], {'max_length': '2', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'date_joined': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'date_of_birth': ('django.db.models.fields.DateField', [], {'null': 'True', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'display_tag_filter_strategy': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'email': ('django.db.models.fields.EmailField', [], {'max_length': '75', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'email_isvalid': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'email_key': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32', 'null': 'True'}),
+            'email_signature': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'email_tag_filter_strategy': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '1'}),
+            'first_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'gold': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'gravatar': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '32'}),
+            'groups': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Group']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'ignored_tags': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'interesting_tags': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'is_active': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'is_fake': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_staff': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'is_superuser': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'last_login': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'last_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '30', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'last_seen': ('django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField', [], {'default': 'datetime.datetime.now'}),
+            'location': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'new_response_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'password': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '128'}),
+            'questions_per_page': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '10'}),
+            'real_name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'reputation': ('django.db.models.fields.PositiveIntegerField', [], {'default': '1'}),
+            'seen_response_count': ('django.db.models.fields.IntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'show_country': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'False'}),
+            'show_marked_tags': ('django.db.models.fields.BooleanField', [], {'default': 'True'}),
+            'silver': ('django.db.models.fields.SmallIntegerField', [], {'default': '0'}),
+            'status': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'default': "'w'", 'max_length': '2'}),
+            'subscribed_tags': ('django.db.models.fields.TextField', [], {'blank': 'True'}),
+            'user_permissions': ('django.db.models.fields.related.ManyToManyField', [], {'to': "orm['auth.Permission']", 'symmetrical': 'False', 'blank': 'True'}),
+            'username': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'unique': 'True', 'max_length': '255'}),
+            'website': ('django.db.models.fields.URLField', [], {'max_length': '200', 'blank': 'True'})
+        },
+        'contenttypes.contenttype': {
+            'Meta': {'ordering': "('name',)", 'unique_together': "(('app_label', 'model'),)", 'object_name': 'ContentType', 'db_table': "'django_content_type'"},
+            'app_label': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'id': ('django.db.models.fields.AutoField', [], {'primary_key': 'True'}),
+            'model': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'}),
+            'name': ('django.db.models.fields.CharField', [], {'max_length': '100'})
+        }
+    }
+
+    complete_apps = ['askbot']
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/askbot/models/__init__.py b/askbot/models/__init__.py
index c16087f7..4a593d17 100644
--- a/askbot/models/__init__.py
+++ b/askbot/models/__init__.py
@@ -481,6 +481,8 @@ def _assert_user_can(
         error_message = suspended_error_message
     elif user.is_administrator() or user.is_moderator():
         return
+    elif user.is_post_moderator(post):
+        return
     elif low_rep_error_message and user.reputation < min_rep_setting:
         raise askbot_exceptions.InsufficientReputation(low_rep_error_message)
     else:
@@ -532,7 +534,7 @@ def user_assert_can_unaccept_best_answer(self, answer = None):
                 )
         return # success
 
-    elif self.is_administrator() or self.is_moderator():
+    elif self.is_administrator() or self.is_moderator() or self.is_post_moderator(answer):
         will_be_able_at = (
             answer.added_at +
             datetime.timedelta(
@@ -1967,6 +1969,16 @@ def user_add_missing_askbot_subscriptions(self):
 def user_is_moderator(self):
     return (self.status == 'm' and self.is_administrator() == False)
 
+def user_is_post_moderator(self, post):
+    """True, if user and post have common groups
+    with moderation privilege"""
+    if askbot_settings.GROUPS_ENABLED:
+        group_ids = self.get_groups().values_list('id', flat=True)
+        post_groups = PostToGroup.objects.filter(post=post, group__id__in=group_ids)
+        return post_groups.filter(group__is_vip=True).count() > 0
+    else:
+        return False
+
 def user_is_administrator_or_moderator(self):
     return (self.is_administrator() or self.is_moderator())
 
@@ -2782,6 +2794,7 @@ User.add_to_class('leave_group', user_leave_group)
 User.add_to_class('is_group_member', user_is_group_member)
 User.add_to_class('remove_admin_status', user_remove_admin_status)
 User.add_to_class('is_moderator', user_is_moderator)
+User.add_to_class('is_post_moderator', user_is_post_moderator)
 User.add_to_class('is_approved', user_is_approved)
 User.add_to_class('is_watched', user_is_watched)
 User.add_to_class('is_suspended', user_is_suspended)
diff --git a/askbot/models/post.py b/askbot/models/post.py
index 8b8ff76a..f5481d23 100644
--- a/askbot/models/post.py
+++ b/askbot/models/post.py
@@ -578,6 +578,12 @@ class Post(models.Model):
         return self.groups.filter(id=group.id).exists()
 
     def add_to_groups(self, groups):
+        """associates post with groups"""
+        #this is likely to be temporary - we add
+        #vip groups to the list behind the scenes.
+        groups = list(groups)
+        vips = Group.objects.filter(is_vip=True)
+        groups.extend(vips)
         #todo: use bulk-creation
         for group in groups:
             PostToGroup.objects.get_or_create(post=self, group=group)
diff --git a/askbot/models/user.py b/askbot/models/user.py
index 39bb8ea9..e5cccbf3 100644
--- a/askbot/models/user.py
+++ b/askbot/models/user.py
@@ -485,6 +485,8 @@ class Group(AuthGroup):
                             null = True, blank = True, default = ''
                         )
 
+    is_vip = models.BooleanField(default=False)
+
     objects = GroupManager()
 
     class Meta:
diff --git a/askbot/templates/widgets/group_info.html b/askbot/templates/widgets/group_info.html
index cba8177a..1ea1539f 100644
--- a/askbot/templates/widgets/group_info.html
+++ b/askbot/templates/widgets/group_info.html
@@ -77,6 +77,17 @@
             {% endfor %}
         </select>
         <br/>
+        <input
+            type="checkbox"
+            id="vip-toggle"
+            {% if group.is_vip %}checked="checked"{% endif %}
+            data-toggle-url="{% url toggle_group_profile_property %}"
+        />
+        <label for="vip-toggle">
+            {% trans %}Make group VIP{% endtrans %}
+        </label>
+        <br/>
+
         <a 
             id="preapproved-emails"
             title="{% trans %}list of email addresses of pre-approved users{% endtrans %}"
diff --git a/askbot/views/commands.py b/askbot/views/commands.py
index f05cc9e2..f02061cd 100644
--- a/askbot/views/commands.py
+++ b/askbot/views/commands.py
@@ -985,7 +985,11 @@ def toggle_group_profile_property(request):
     #todo: this might be changed to more general "toggle object property"
     group_id = IntegerField().clean(int(request.POST['group_id']))
     property_name = CharField().clean(request.POST['property_name'])
-    assert property_name in ('moderate_email', 'moderate_answers_to_enquirers')
+    assert property_name in (
+                        'moderate_email',
+                        'moderate_answers_to_enquirers',
+                        'is_vip'
+                    )
     group = models.Group.objects.get(id = group_id)
     new_value = not getattr(group, property_name)
     setattr(group, property_name, new_value)