Start New Topic button on main page to skip selector, post directly in a default forum of my choice

[David N.]

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. 

[Nathan Explosion]

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

[David N.]

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

[Nathan Explosion]

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*]

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. 🙄

[Stuart Silvester]

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.

[Sonya*]

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 

 

[Stuart Silvester]

4 minutes ago, Sonya* said:

There is already bug/suggestion report for it 

 

We'll doubly make sure we look at it then 👍🏻