"latest topics" pulled from forum to homepage
Quote from 123 on June 4, 2019, 6:27 pmhi thomas, here’s me bugging you again with another odd-ball question
[but you have only yourself to blame, as your forum became very central in my strategy…much more than “just” a forum]so:
- want the forum on homepage in whatever capacity possible – if possible.
- had a bit of an experiment [after having set the forum on it’s own page, as per your instructions] :
i’ve tried to place the forum’s short code [forum] with the short code widget on elementor on my homepage.
it didn’t work.- so i thought: just like my wp theme pulls “latest blogs” to homepage, maybe it could be done with “latest topics” from forum too,
or to mirror it in any way [although the seo risk of too much duplication comes up again in such a case as mirroring-i know that’s not you expertise – just saying for the benefit of others who may read this]- is it feasible for a lay person like me [but who likes dabbling with some tech], or should i get a professional or will it mess up your code and not worth risking?
as always: thank you in advance
hi thomas, here’s me bugging you again with another odd-ball question
[but you have only yourself to blame, as your forum became very central in my strategy…much more than “just” a forum]
so:
- want the forum on homepage in whatever capacity possible – if possible.
- had a bit of an experiment [after having set the forum on it’s own page, as per your instructions] :
i’ve tried to place the forum’s short code [forum] with the short code widget on elementor on my homepage.
it didn’t work. - so i thought: just like my wp theme pulls “latest blogs” to homepage, maybe it could be done with “latest topics” from forum too,
or to mirror it in any way [although the seo risk of too much duplication comes up again in such a case as mirroring-i know that’s not you expertise – just saying for the benefit of others who may read this] - is it feasible for a lay person like me [but who likes dabbling with some tech], or should i get a professional or will it mess up your code and not worth risking?
as always: thank you in advance
Quote from Asgaros on June 5, 2019, 11:03 amHello @123
Regarding point 2: How about by just adding the forum-shortcode inside a text-area inside of elementor? This should work fine without any problems.
Regarding point 3: Not sure if I understand it correctly, but it seems that your WordPress only shows the latest blog-posts on the startsite. If you want to change this, you can change this to a static page in Settings – Reading which contains the page including your forum-shortcode.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask again! 🙂
Hello @123
Regarding point 2: How about by just adding the forum-shortcode inside a text-area inside of elementor? This should work fine without any problems.
Regarding point 3: Not sure if I understand it correctly, but it seems that your WordPress only shows the latest blog-posts on the startsite. If you want to change this, you can change this to a static page in Settings – Reading which contains the page including your forum-shortcode.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask again! 🙂
Quote from 123 on June 5, 2019, 9:42 pm
- you are a GENIUS! it worked!
- i have a one-page site so this was crucial for easy accessibility
- i can use the homepage forum as my only forum, right? i don’t need the original page, right?
- so, what to do with the original page? i’m afraid to delete it – maybe move it to “drafts”?
- the forum now in the homepage is an exact replica [no action in it yet – didn’t launch yet, but i’ve built all the categories etc.] so does it mean that what ever happens in the homepage forum will be mirrored in the original? or are they now separate entities?
- will this copied homepage forum behave normal? all the normal functionality like in your documentation?
- you are a GENIUS! it worked!
- i have a one-page site so this was crucial for easy accessibility
- i can use the homepage forum as my only forum, right? i don’t need the original page, right?
- so, what to do with the original page? i’m afraid to delete it – maybe move it to “drafts”?
- the forum now in the homepage is an exact replica [no action in it yet – didn’t launch yet, but i’ve built all the categories etc.] so does it mean that what ever happens in the homepage forum will be mirrored in the original? or are they now separate entities?
- will this copied homepage forum behave normal? all the normal functionality like in your documentation?
Quote from Asgaros on June 6, 2019, 5:34 amHello @123
i can use the homepage forum as my only forum, right? i don’t need the original page, right?
This is correct.
so, what to do with the original page? i’m afraid to delete it – maybe move it to “drafts”?
You can safely delete this page because it only contains the forum-shortcode and not any content. Dont forget to adjust the forum-location value in Forum – Settings – General.
the forum now in the homepage is an exact replica [no action in it yet – didn’t launch yet, but i’ve built all the categories etc.] so does it mean that what ever happens in the homepage forum will be mirrored in the original? or are they now separate entities?
Yes. Basically its one forum-instance which is included on different pages.
will this copied homepage forum behave normal? all the normal functionality like in your documentation?
It should. Otherwise just let me know.
Hello @123
i can use the homepage forum as my only forum, right? i don’t need the original page, right?
This is correct.
so, what to do with the original page? i’m afraid to delete it – maybe move it to “drafts”?
You can safely delete this page because it only contains the forum-shortcode and not any content. Dont forget to adjust the forum-location value in Forum – Settings – General.
the forum now in the homepage is an exact replica [no action in it yet – didn’t launch yet, but i’ve built all the categories etc.] so does it mean that what ever happens in the homepage forum will be mirrored in the original? or are they now separate entities?
Yes. Basically its one forum-instance which is included on different pages.
will this copied homepage forum behave normal? all the normal functionality like in your documentation?
It should. Otherwise just let me know.
Quote from 123 on June 26, 2019, 11:04 pmdear thomas – me again…
big problem – can’t use the forum:
recap: it’s not on it’s own page but on homepage
worked perfectly as long as I was using the back endBut now i’m getting ready to launch the site and found out that the front end doesn’t work :
a.Nearly impossible to login it keeps shooting you to the top of the page and you need to scroll back down and then it shoots you back up it’s an endless loop
b. The same with trying to post a question (if you eventually managed to get in)This happened before the update today/ yesterday so that is not the reason
And I have tried from incognito plus I erased cash in case there was something thereDo you think it is something I can fix or will I have to remove it from home page and put it back on its own page (hope not :-(( )
2. An unrelated question
Is it possible to insert a WordPress Form inside an answer I give in the forum? (i.e. to put a short code of a WordPress form in – just a one box form as an opt in to to get people’s emails)As always thank you from the bottom of my heart for your time and patience with me!
dear thomas – me again…
big problem – can’t use the forum:
recap: it’s not on it’s own page but on homepage
worked perfectly as long as I was using the back end
But now i’m getting ready to launch the site and found out that the front end doesn’t work :
a.Nearly impossible to login it keeps shooting you to the top of the page and you need to scroll back down and then it shoots you back up it’s an endless loop
b. The same with trying to post a question (if you eventually managed to get in)
This happened before the update today/ yesterday so that is not the reason
And I have tried from incognito plus I erased cash in case there was something there
Do you think it is something I can fix or will I have to remove it from home page and put it back on its own page (hope not :-(( )
2. An unrelated question
Is it possible to insert a WordPress Form inside an answer I give in the forum? (i.e. to put a short code of a WordPress form in – just a one box form as an opt in to to get people’s emails)
As always thank you from the bottom of my heart for your time and patience with me!
Quote from Asgaros on June 27, 2019, 5:53 pmHello @123
This scrolling-behavior is definitely not caused by Asgaros Forum. I assume that it is caused by your theme or another extension which adds some animation/loading functionality to the frontend.
Is it possible to insert a WordPress Form inside an answer I give in the forum?
Yes, it is possible to use shortcodes inside of posts. Just ensure that you enable the Forum -> Settings -> General -> Allow shortcodes in posts.
Hello @123
This scrolling-behavior is definitely not caused by Asgaros Forum. I assume that it is caused by your theme or another extension which adds some animation/loading functionality to the frontend.
Is it possible to insert a WordPress Form inside an answer I give in the forum?
Yes, it is possible to use shortcodes inside of posts. Just ensure that you enable the Forum -> Settings -> General -> Allow shortcodes in posts.