David N. Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 (edited) 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, 2022 by Nathan Explosion SeNioR- and David N. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David N. Posted June 3, 2022 Author Share Posted June 3, 2022 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Explosion Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 (edited) 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, 2022 by Nathan Explosion Sonya* and SeNioR- 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonya* Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 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. 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Silvester Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonya* Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 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 Matt, SeNioR- and 13. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Silvester Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 4 minutes ago, Sonya* said: There is already bug/suggestion report for it We'll doubly make sure we look at it then 👍🏻 Sonya*, Mark H and Daniel F 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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