XF 1.4 Not a forum...sort of.

[tommydamic68]

How do i get this - different icon and no discussion counts - etc - I have a forum that doesn't get posted in, just information stuff that doesn't get updated frequently.

 

[rainmotorsports]

Thats a link node. By your description its not necessarily what you want.

 

[tommydamic68]

Thats a link node. By your description its not necessarily what you want.

It appears it would, as long as clicking the links brings you into the treads posted within that forum, it just looks as if its a dead forum with no action due to me not enabling posting, its sot of like articles in that section. It seems i can't turn a regular node into a link node though.

 

[Paul B]

It seems i can't turn a regular node into a link node though.

How would you expect to turn a forum into a link node?

A link node is simply a link.
A forum is for posting threads.

 

[MattW]

It seems i can't turn a regular node into a link node though

A link node isn't a discussion node, it's purely a link to somewhere else.

 

[Martok]

I use link nodes in a slightly different way. On my site we have a first person shooter forum which has subforums for 3 games. The link forums are used to highlight these on the front page. You can see for yourself via my signature.

Maybe this is similar to what you want to achieve?

 

[tommydamic68]

I use link nodes in a slightly different way. On my site we have a first person shooter forum which has subforums for 3 games. The link forums are used to highlight these on the front page. You can see for yourself via my signature.

Maybe this is similar to what you want to achieve?

If your referencing this, then yes, just one link though, but I can I do this with an existing forum that already has content?

 

[MattW]

If your referencing this, then yes, just one link though, but I can I do this with an existing forum that already has content?
View attachment 90131

Just make the existing node invisible, and then create a link node pointing to it.

 

[tommydamic68]

Just make the existing node invisible, and then create a link node pointing to it.

Where does the icon come from in the link node and can I change it?

 

[Amaury]

Where does the icon come from in the link node and can I change it?

Style Properties > Node Icons

Yes.

 

[MattW]

Where does the icon come from in the link node and can I change it?

It's part of the node icon set

 

[Russ]

Could always just use some simple css to make it look like a different type of node.

.node_89 .nodeStats, .node_89 .nodeLastPost.secondaryContent, .node_89 .nodeTitle:after {
display: none;
}
.node_89 .nodeIcon
{
url(@imagePath/xenforo/newnodeicon.png) no-repeat 0 0 !important;
}

 

[tommydamic68]

.node_89 .nodeStats, .node_89 .nodeLastPost.secondaryContent, .node_89 .nodeTitle:after { display: none; } .node_89 .nodeIcon { url(@imagePath/xenforo/newnodeicon.png) no-repeat 0 0 !important; }

It didn't change it, I changes the node number to the proper node but it still shows the old node, any thoughts?

 

[tommydamic68]

I got it working - does exactly what I wanted it to do. Thanks for the help.