Proxy Link-Forum 1.2.1

[Xon]

Xon submitted a new resource:

Proxy Link-Forum - Converts link forums into proxies for actual forums

Converts link forums into proxies for actual forums, allowing post information, post counts, etc from the destination forum to be visible when viewing the link-forum.

Note; only works as-expected for destinations which are a Forum (not a page or anything else). Does not have much in the way of input validation.

To a front-end user, a link forum can be made nearly indistinguishable to a normal forum.

Performance Impact
This causes 1 extra query if there are link-forums on the...

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[Xon]

Xon updated Proxy Link-Forum with a new update entry:

Bugfix release

Correct sub-forum menu dropdown links.

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[Xon]

Xon updated Proxy Link-Forum with a new update entry:

Bugfix release

Fix typo which broke non-proxied link forums.

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[Xon]

Xon updated Proxy Link-Forum with a new update entry:

Feature update

• Overhaul admin UI so selecting the forum to proxy uses a dropdown rather than a raw number in a text field.

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[m1ne]

What's a usage case for this? If this makes the a link forum mimic the appearance of an actual forum, whilst also linking to it, I'm not sure what the use is. Willing to bet I'm missing something here.

 

[Xon]

What's a usage case for this? If this makes the a link forum mimic the appearance of an actual forum, whilst also linking to it, I'm not sure what the use is. Willing to bet I'm missing something here.

That all it does.

It lets you have a sub-forum accessible form multiple parent forums.

 

[eva2000]

It lets you have a sub-forum accessible form multiple parent forums.

oooh i can think of a few useful cases for this on my forums !

 

[Eagle]

@Xon it's possible to add link main category?

E.g.
Main Category (link -> resource)
-Main Forum

 

[Xon]

@Xon it's possible to add link main category?

E.g.
Main Category (link -> resource)
-Main Forum

It only links with forums. Nothing else.

 

[Eagle]

I see...

I think the add-on should be develop then.

 

[Xon]

Allowing this add-on to target categories would be doable, but would require funding.

 

[Sentenza]

@Xon

I like it, thx!

But unfortunately, it doesn't consider the post and thread counts from the subforums.
It is possible to patch it?

 

[Xon]

But unfortunately, it doesn't consider the post and thread counts from the subforums.
It is possible to patch it?

Not without major performance or stability implications.

For example; you have a forum, which has a child forum, and then a child forum which is a link-proxy which point's to it's parent. You then have a 2nd child forum which links to the parent of the parent.

What is the last post from the root level that should be displayed when you have cycles like that?

 

[Xon]

Xon updated Proxy Link-Forum with a new update entry:

1.1.1 - Maintenance update

• Update installer
• Tweak listener priorities for compatibility

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[Xon]

Xon updated Proxy Link-Forum with a new update entry:

1.2.1 - Maintenance update

• Require php 5.4+
• Enforce XF1.4+ and php 5.4+ requirement
• Do not multi-count proxied forums for board totals

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[Xon]

XF2 Version: https://xenforo.com/community/resources/proxy-link-forum.5845/

 

[dutchbb]

Would it also be possible to pull from a single thread?

 

[Xon]

I'm not sure what you mean, this just makes link forums proxy stats from the forums they point to.

 

[dutchbb]

Is have some link forums that point to threads instead of forums (for highlighting sponsored threads). I placed it in a seperate category that looked empty of threads on forum list. But i fixed this by removing the 'no messages' and added the sponsor names in place.

https://forum.bodybuilding.nl/ (3th forum)

Not best way to do it, but fine for now

So my suggestion was to pull stats from those threads but that would be something different then forum to link forum.