diff --git a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index 9790848e8..a2c252f83 100644
--- a/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -639,7 +639,7 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   #     identifier:version:1.0.0
   #     identifier:source:some/file
   def parse_redmine_links(text, project, obj, attr, only_path, options)
-    text.gsub!(%r{([\s\(,\-\[\>]|^)(!)?(([a-z0-9\-]+):)?(attachment|document|version|commit|source|export|message|project)?((#|r)(\d+)|(:)([^"\s<>][^\s<>]*?|"[^"]+?"))(?=(?=[[:punct:]]\W)|,|\s|\]|<|$)}) do |m|
+    text.gsub!(%r{([\s\(,\-\[\>]|^)(!)?(([a-z0-9\-]+):)?(attachment|document|version|forum|news|commit|source|export|message|project)?((#|r)(\d+)|(:)([^"\s<>][^\s<>]*?|"[^"]+?"))(?=(?=[[:punct:]]\W)|,|\s|\]|<|$)}) do |m|
       leading, esc, project_prefix, project_identifier, prefix, sep, identifier = $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $7 || $9, $8 || $10
       link = nil
       if project_identifier
@@ -676,6 +676,16 @@ module ApplicationHelper
             if message = Message.visible.find_by_id(oid, :include => :parent)
               link = link_to_message(message, {:only_path => only_path}, :class => 'message')
             end
+          when 'forum'
+            if board = Board.visible.find_by_id(oid)
+              link = link_to h(board.name), {:only_path => only_path, :controller => 'boards', :action => 'show', :id => board, :project_id => board.project},
+                                             :class => 'board'
+            end
+          when 'news'
+            if news = News.visible.find_by_id(oid)
+              link = link_to h(news.title), {:only_path => only_path, :controller => 'news', :action => 'show', :id => news},
+                                            :class => 'news'
+            end
           when 'project'
             if p = Project.visible.find_by_id(oid)
               link = link_to_project(p, {:only_path => only_path}, :class => 'project')
@@ -695,6 +705,16 @@ module ApplicationHelper
               link = link_to h(version.name), {:only_path => only_path, :controller => 'versions', :action => 'show', :id => version},
                                               :class => 'version'
             end
+          when 'forum'
+            if project && board = project.boards.visible.find_by_name(name)
+              link = link_to h(board.name), {:only_path => only_path, :controller => 'boards', :action => 'show', :id => board, :project_id => board.project},
+                                             :class => 'board'
+            end
+          when 'news'
+            if project && news = project.news.visible.find_by_title(name)
+              link = link_to h(news.title), {:only_path => only_path, :controller => 'news', :action => 'show', :id => news},
+                                            :class => 'news'
+            end
           when 'commit'
             if project && project.repository && (changeset = Changeset.visible.find(:first, :conditions => ["repository_id = ? AND scmid LIKE ?", project.repository.id, "#{name}%"]))
               link = link_to h("#{project_prefix}#{name}"), {:only_path => only_path, :controller => 'repositories', :action => 'revision', :id => project, :rev => changeset.identifier},
diff --git a/app/models/board.rb b/app/models/board.rb
index 0663a13af..a76868d09 100644
--- a/app/models/board.rb
+++ b/app/models/board.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class Board < ActiveRecord::Base
   validates_length_of :name, :maximum => 30
   validates_length_of :description, :maximum => 255
 
+  named_scope :visible, lambda {|*args| { :include => :project,
+                                          :conditions => Project.allowed_to_condition(args.shift || User.current, :view_messages, *args) } }
+
   def visible?(user=User.current)
     !user.nil? && user.allowed_to?(:view_messages, project)
   end
diff --git a/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb b/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
index 5806b7224..a154729f3 100644
--- a/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/helpers/application_helper_test.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class ApplicationHelperTest < ActionView::TestCase
                       :repositories, :changesets,
                       :trackers, :issue_statuses, :issues, :versions, :documents,
                       :wikis, :wiki_pages, :wiki_contents,
-                      :boards, :messages,
+                      :boards, :messages, :news,
                       :attachments,
                       :enumerations
 
@@ -163,7 +163,11 @@ RAW
     version_link = link_to('1.0', {:controller => 'versions', :action => 'show', :id => 2},
                                   :class => 'version')
 
+    board_url = {:controller => 'boards', :action => 'show', :id => 2, :project_id => 'ecookbook'}
+
     message_url = {:controller => 'messages', :action => 'show', :board_id => 1, :id => 4}
+    
+    news_url = {:controller => 'news', :action => 'show', :id => 1}
 
     project_url = {:controller => 'projects', :action => 'show', :id => 'subproject1'}
 
@@ -198,9 +202,15 @@ RAW
       'source:/some/file.ext#L110'  => link_to('source:/some/file.ext#L110', source_url_with_ext.merge(:anchor => 'L110'), :class => 'source'),
       'source:/some/file@52#L110'   => link_to('source:/some/file@52#L110', source_url.merge(:rev => 52, :anchor => 'L110'), :class => 'source'),
       'export:/some/file'           => link_to('export:/some/file', source_url.merge(:format => 'raw'), :class => 'source download'),
+      # forum
+      'forum#2'                     => link_to('Discussion', board_url, :class => 'board'),
+      'forum:Discussion'            => link_to('Discussion', board_url, :class => 'board'),
       # message
       'message#4'                   => link_to('Post 2', message_url, :class => 'message'),
       'message#5'                   => link_to('RE: post 2', message_url.merge(:anchor => 'message-5', :r => 5), :class => 'message'),
+      # news
+      'news#1'                      => link_to('eCookbook first release !', news_url, :class => 'news'),
+      'news:"eCookbook first release !"'        => link_to('eCookbook first release !', news_url, :class => 'news'),
       # project
       'project#3'                   => link_to('eCookbook Subproject 1', project_url, :class => 'project'),
       'project:subproject1'         => link_to('eCookbook Subproject 1', project_url, :class => 'project'),