XF 2.2 Make forum go automatically to whats new

[hugo4melton]

How can I make example my subdomain https://forum.domain.com load the whats new page? instead of the default forum page?
I already changed the homepage in panel to the whats new url

But if entering the subdomain it still forwards me to the forum instead of the whats new page

 

[Mr Lucky]

Index page route is what you change to whats-new/ (note just the page like that and not the whole URL and training slash is important)

Home page is for a link in the nav to a home page that isn't part of the forum. In your case that might be domain.com (as with this site: https://xenforo.com/ )

 

[Miri]

Setup> Options> Forums default page = New posts

It works for me

 

[hugo4melton]

Setup> Options> Forums default page = New posts

It works for me

Sadly it shows mydomain.com/index.php?whats-new/posts/

Is there a way to manipulate so that it go index.php?whats-new/ instead?

@Miri

 

[Mr Lucky]

Sadly it shows mydomain.com/index.php?whats-new/posts/

Is there a way to manipulate so that it go index.php?whats-new/ instead?

@Miri

Try enabling full friendly URLs in basic options

You may need to activate the file htaccess.txt in the file system (this means removing the suffix and having a dot at the beginning.

See here:

Options overview | Manual | XenForo

End-user documentation for XenForo

xenforo.com

 

[hugo4melton]

I think i explained or worded my issue wrongly.. my apologies

By default if i set "Forums default page" to New Post.
What happens is Xenforo send the visitor by default to mydomain.com/index.php?whats-new/posts/

I would like xenforo to send visitor to mydomain.com/index.php?whats-new/ instead.

Try enabling full friendly URLs in basic options

You may need to activate the file htaccess.txt in the file system (this means removing the suffix and having a dot at the beginning.

See here:

Options overview | Manual | XenForo

End-user documentation for XenForo

xenforo.com

 

[Mr Lucky]

I would like xenforo to send visitor to mydomain.com/index.php?whats-new/ instead.

Not sure then. Unless maybe you change the Link in the forums tab of navigation to mydomain.com/index.php?whats-new/ but then you may want to add a link to the forum list in the sub navigation.

 

[hugo4melton]

Doesnt work, just tried because once i enter myforumdomain.com it auto forwards me to still to normal forum list.. even though i changed the url of the tab

Not sure then. Unless maybe you change the Link in the forums tab of navigation to mydomain.com/index.php?whats-new/ but then you may want to add a link to the forum list in the sub navigation.

 

[Miri]

I don't think it's the right choice to modify the native XenForo URLs through rewrite or 301 redirects in .htaccess. There could be many use cases where you should keep the native URLs. You could potentially create a new page with the desired URL and add a widget with the latest posts inside that page.

 

[Mr Lucky]

Doesnt work, just tried because once i enter myforumdomain.com it auto forwards me to still to normal forum list.. even though i changed the url of the tab

OK, well it worked perfectly when I tried it. ie the Forums tab goes to What's New (but the default page is set Forums)

Unless I am misunderstanding what you want.

 

[Mr Lucky]

I don't think it's the right choice to modify the native XenForo URLs through rewrite or 301 redirects in .htaccess.

OK but this is actually an official xenForo advised option for Friendly mentioned in the manual on the page I linker to above.

 

[Miri]

Hi @Mr Lucky, I didn't mean to go against your message in any way. You definitely know Xenforo better than I do, so I have a lot to learn. My advice was just personal and I firmly believe that you should never, ever change the native URLs because one day you will regret it deeply

 

[hugo4melton]

hmm but that would confuse the users if they always click on forum and always see whats new.. I noticed I cant rename Forum tab

OK, well it worked perfectly when I tried it. ie the Forums tab goes to What's New (but the default page is set Forums)

Unless I am misunderstanding what you want.

 

[Paul B]

I noticed I cant rename Forum tab

Everything is phrased.

Edit the nav.forums phrase.

 

[hugo4melton]

I tried in

Edit navigation: Forums​

and change link to

{{ link('whats-new') }}
and set

Forums default page to Forums


For me the result is if i go to myforumdomain.com still shows normal forum someow

OK, well it worked perfectly when I tried it. ie the Forums tab goes to What's New (but the default page is set Forums)

Unless I am misunderstanding what you want.

mydomain.com

 

[Paul B]

Just set this in the options:



And this if you want to get rid of index.php:

 

[Mr Lucky]

hmm but that would confuse the users if they always click on forum and always see whats new.. I noticed I cant rename Forum tab

But you said you wanted Forums default page to go to What's New:

By default if i set "Forums default page" to New Post... I would like xenforo to send visitor to mydomain.com/index.php?whats-new/ instead.

Plus the title of the thread is

Make forum go automatically to whats new​

Now I am confused.

 

[hugo4melton]

But you said you wanted Forums default page to go to What's New:



Plus the title of the thread is

Make forum go automatically to whats new​

Now I am confused.

My apologies, with forum I mean the whole forum software xenforo . Not the forum button itself

 

[Mr Lucky]

My apologies, with forum I mean the whole forum software xenforo . Not the forum button itself

That’s what I originally thought you meant, hence my reply in post #2 to use the index page route

Index page route is what you change to whats-new/

 

[hugo4melton]

That’s what I originally thought you meant, hence my reply in post #2 to use the index page route

This worked! My apologies I did not understand what u mean with changing route. Big thank you everyone helping!