XF 1.5 Creating a thread as a category?

[T Money]

Normally as I understand it, a thread belongs to a forum, which in turn belong to a category:

CATEGORY -> FORUM -> THREAD

Is there a way to create a thread as a category, thereby bypassing a forum page?

 

[wang]

I do not think that that is possible.

 

[Jeremy P]

What's the end goal?

You can swap the category for a forum (forums can have sub-forums), in which you could create a thread.

Forum
|- Threads
|- Subforum
|-- Threads

 

[T Money]

I want to create a single thread only that belongs to one category (and no more threads will be allowed), hence do not require a forum page to minimize the hassle.

For example: for this thread "Creating thread as a category?", I wish to place it in the main "Forums" page and go directly here, without going to "Xenforo Community Support".

 

[Jeremy P]

You could create a forum (instead of a category) and disable all posting to it for everyone but admins, but that still wouldn't display the thread in the node list.

What I would do is create a (stickied and closed) thread in a forum somewhere, and create a link node to it. It still requires your thread to be in a forum, but it will at least be in the node list. This is what is done with the FAQ node here:

Otherwise it would require custom development.

 

[T Money]

Jeremy P thanks, this looks like a good alternative.
What do you think about creating a page node? Is there an advantage/disadvantage setting up a page node vs. link node?

 

[Jeremy P]

A page node could work too, it would really be down to your own needs and preference. A page node works like a static page on a website (see https://xenforo.com/community/pages/example-page/ for an example).

A link node can link to anything, a thread, post, or even an entirely different website.