Can we separate a category into it's own forum?
Quote from Gespanne on December 17, 2018, 7:38 pmOur forum is large and complex compared to many and our users would like it if we could provide direct access from the main menu on our landing page to one of the categories, in this case Classified Ads. It is easy to provide direct access to a forum since it has a URL but Categories don’t seem to have a URL. Two solutions appear to present themselves, one is to make the category “Classifieds” a forum and the forums under it into sub-forums. This solution doesn’t seem to be the best so we like the second choice, to make our “Classifieds” category into a forum of it’s own. That would provide simple direct access from the home page menu. Can you suggest a way/tool to move a category?
Our forum is large and complex compared to many and our users would like it if we could provide direct access from the main menu on our landing page to one of the categories, in this case Classified Ads. It is easy to provide direct access to a forum since it has a URL but Categories don’t seem to have a URL. Two solutions appear to present themselves, one is to make the category “Classifieds” a forum and the forums under it into sub-forums. This solution doesn’t seem to be the best so we like the second choice, to make our “Classifieds” category into a forum of it’s own. That would provide simple direct access from the home page menu. Can you suggest a way/tool to move a category?
Quote from Asgaros on December 17, 2018, 7:54 pmHello @gespanne
What exactly do you mean with “make the category into a forum of its own”? You want that it becomes a forum or where exactly do you want to move it? It sounds a little bit like when you want to put a shoebox into itself which is impossible from a logical point of view.
Hello @gespanne
What exactly do you mean with “make the category into a forum of its own”? You want that it becomes a forum or where exactly do you want to move it? It sounds a little bit like when you want to put a shoebox into itself which is impossible from a logical point of view.
Quote from Gespanne on December 17, 2018, 8:26 pmYes, I knew that it was awkward when I wrote it. We have a forum that has a number of categories, “Classifieds” is a category on our forum. The items under categories in your taxonomy are called forums. Actually, when I first approached Asgaros in my research I had a lot of trouble with the idea that the whole thing was a forum and the items under categories had the same name.
We’d like to split off the category “Classifieds” and make a new Asgaros installation on our site [running two copies of the software if that’s possible] where Classifieds is the name of the forum and our current forums under the current category “Classifieds” would moved up a level to become categories.
I’m sure that’s not a better explanation but I tried. As an alternative, if there is a way to establish a menu item on our home page menu that would take the user directly to a category [like Classifieds] that would be fine.
Yes, I knew that it was awkward when I wrote it. We have a forum that has a number of categories, “Classifieds” is a category on our forum. The items under categories in your taxonomy are called forums. Actually, when I first approached Asgaros in my research I had a lot of trouble with the idea that the whole thing was a forum and the items under categories had the same name.
We’d like to split off the category “Classifieds” and make a new Asgaros installation on our site [running two copies of the software if that’s possible] where Classifieds is the name of the forum and our current forums under the current category “Classifieds” would moved up a level to become categories.
I’m sure that’s not a better explanation but I tried. As an alternative, if there is a way to establish a menu item on our home page menu that would take the user directly to a category [like Classifieds] that would be fine.
Quote from Asgaros on December 17, 2018, 8:48 pmHello @gespanne
An idea which came into my mind is the usage of shortcode-parameters:
- Create a new page called “Classifieds”
- Use the following shortcode in that page: [forum category="123"]
123 is an example-ID. Please replace it with the ID of your “Classifieds” category which you can find in the structure-area.
In this case the page behaves like when you “opened” the “Classifieds” category – forums of other categories are not visible.
Hello @gespanne
An idea which came into my mind is the usage of shortcode-parameters:
- Create a new page called “Classifieds”
- Use the following shortcode in that page: [forum category="123"]
123 is an example-ID. Please replace it with the ID of your “Classifieds” category which you can find in the structure-area.
In this case the page behaves like when you “opened” the “Classifieds” category – forums of other categories are not visible.
Quote from Gespanne on December 17, 2018, 9:38 pmThanks Thomas! It worked a treat. Having the regular menu bar displayed is a bit confusing but perhaps I can add some text to explain the inability to navigate back to the regular forum from the Classifieds section.
Best wishes for a fine holiday,
A
Thanks Thomas! It worked a treat. Having the regular menu bar displayed is a bit confusing but perhaps I can add some text to explain the inability to navigate back to the regular forum from the Classifieds section.
Best wishes for a fine holiday,
A
Quote from Asgaros on December 17, 2018, 9:49 pmI just checked your site and based on the post-id you can try to add the following code to Forum -> Appearance -> Custom CSS:
#post-680 #forum-breadcrumbs { border-top: 1px solid #eeeeee; } #post-680 #forum-header { display: none; }This should hide the header-menu from your new page.
I wish you a nice holiday as well! 🙂
I just checked your site and based on the post-id you can try to add the following code to Forum -> Appearance -> Custom CSS:
#post-680 #forum-breadcrumbs {
border-top: 1px solid #eeeeee;
}
#post-680 #forum-header {
display: none;
}
This should hide the header-menu from your new page.
I wish you a nice holiday as well! 🙂