XF 2.2 Redirection in a Forum Post?

[Steve Freides]

I would like to create a forum post with a title like "Click Here To Go There" and that functions like a redirector post.

I'm imagine I would need something like

<meta data-fr-http-equiv="Refresh" content="0; url='https://<my_forum_home/forums/there/'" />

1. Is this possible?

2. If so, please give a sample syntax since the example I gave doesn't work.

Thanks in advance for your replies.

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[Steve Freides]

Communication >> Notices

And it can be on one line.

I found this in the ACP. I will play with it a bit in our test area and report back.

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[Steve Freides]

Got it - I see it's a thing that cannot be changed once a node is created. I will play with this in our test area as well.

Move it back to where it was and create a new Link forum, and link to it. Was the suggestion.

Thanks.

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[beerForo]

Interested to hear what worked for you.

 

[Paul B]

If you want it to take up as little space as possible and be directly above the thread list then use the ad position:



Just wrap the content in a conditional statement to only show in that node.

 

[Steve Freides]

Interested to hear what worked for you.

Will be working on this as time allows over the next week, maybe some time tomorrow, I hope, haven't changed anything yet.

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[Steve Freides]

You can remove that in your settings under Sub-forum display: None.

How do I turn off the Sub-Forums item when using a Link forum? Link forum otherwise seems to do what I want.

Thanks.

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[Steve Freides]

If you want it to take up as little space as possible and be directly above the thread list then use the ad position:

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Just wrap the content in a conditional statement to only show in that node.

How do I do this? "Ad position" of what - is this a thread I create, something I create in the ACP, etc.? We have never used this and I can't find anything like this.

Thanks.

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[Paul B]

I would recommend reading the manual and HYS forum.

Most features and functionality are explained there.

It's more or less a requisite for someone who is the administrator of a site.

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[Steve Freides]

I would recommend reading the manual and HYS forum.

Most features and functionality are explained there.

It's more or less a requisite for someone who is the administrator of a site.

Getting started | Manual | XenForo

End-user documentation for XenForo

xenforo.com

Have you seen...?

This forum spotlights some of XenForo's interesting features. Spotlights on features in upcoming releases will be posted here.

xenforo.com

We have a funny division of labor - I am de facto admin but de jury super moderator, and we have a developer who handled the install and does all the custom work.

I appreciate your suggestion and your links and I will dive right in asap, likely over the weekend.

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[Paul B]

In the meatime, the ad function is at admin.php?advertising/

Create a new ad in that position with the URL and wrap it in a conditional statement for the node ID.
Off the top of my head it should be something like:

<xf:if is="$__globals.forum.node_id == 1">
    URL here
</xf:if>

 

[Steve Freides]

I found the ad function, created one, but it doesn't appear anywhere.

I open the docs. I searched for "advertising" - no matches. How might I find out, without reading from cover to cover, about node IDs and also about what those various positions mean.

Thank you.

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