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Posted June 2, 20222 yr I have one main forum where 90% of the new topics belong, and several more specific, lesser used forums for more advanced users. I wish I could set up the Start New Topic button on the main forums page to skip the forum chooser (which confuses most of our visitors anyway who end up posting in the wrong forum) and instead post directly in our main forum. It's easier for moderators to occasionally move the rare topics that don't belong in the main forum than to constantly move topics that are posted in the wrong forum back to the main forum.
June 2, 20222 yr Template edit. forums -> front -> forums -> index Find: <a class="ipsButton ipsButton_medium ipsButton_important" href="{url="app=forums&module=forums&controller=forums&do=add" seoTemplate="topic_non_forum_add_button"}" data-ipsDialog data-ipsDialog-size='narrow' data-ipsDialog-title='{lang="select_forum"}'>{lang="start_new_topic"}</a> Add the following after &do=add (changing 1 to the ID of the forum you want to use): &id=1 And remove the following: data-ipsDialog data-ipsDialog-size='narrow' data-ipsDialog-title='{lang="select_forum"}' Result: <a class="ipsButton ipsButton_medium ipsButton_important" href="{url="app=forums&module=forums&controller=forums&do=add&id=1" seoTemplate="topic_non_forum_add_button"}">{lang="start_new_topic"}</a> Edited June 2, 20222 yr by Nathan Explosion
June 3, 20222 yr Author Thanks a lot @Nathan Explosion that worked great! 18 hours ago, Nathan Explosion said: forums -> front -> forums -> index For anyone looking to do the same thing, I actually found the file to edit under: forums -> front -> index -> index
June 3, 20222 yr Here's a plugin that removes the need for the template edit. (NE) Start New Topic - specific forum 1.0.0.xml Edited June 3, 20222 yr by Nathan Explosion
June 3, 20222 yr 29 minutes ago, Nathan Explosion said: Here's a plugin that removes the need for the template edit. (NE) Start New Topic - specific forum 1.0.0.xml 3.48 kB · 0 downloads This should be default in my eyes. Especially if we have a list of categories and forums where user does not have a permission of post. Sometimes there is only one forum, that they are allowed to "choose" from. 🙄
June 3, 20222 yr 1 hour ago, Sonya* said: Sometimes there is only one forum, that they are allowed to "choose" from. 🙄 I would consider that a bug, we address this in other areas where there's only one possible node. I have created an internal report for this.
June 3, 20222 yr 3 minutes ago, Stuart Silvester said: I would consider that a bug, we address this in other areas where there's only one possible node. I have created an internal report for this. There is already bug/suggestion report for it
June 3, 20222 yr 4 minutes ago, Sonya* said: There is already bug/suggestion report for it We'll doubly make sure we look at it then 👍🏻