Lack of interest Route Changer Option To Set XenForo_ControllerPublic_Forum::actionIndex

[tenants]

For existing sites that wish to upgrade to 1.2, if they have used http://xenforo.com/community/threads/library-set-your-own-route-controller-as-homepage.10156/ they may find this plugin has broke as part of the 1.2 upgrade (and almost no longer necessary anyway)

Using this plugin, they would have their board set something similar to:

index.php for the site homepage (custom route controller)
/forum for the forum homepage
/forums/introductions.1/ for forum controllers

Now, using XenForo core route changer, they can set this up:

index.php for the site homepage (custom route controller)
/forums for the forum homepage
/forums/introductions.1/ for forum controllers

The issue is, there is no way of setting XenForo_ControllerPublic_Forum::actionIndex individually using the core Route Changer

Even some of the most well known plugin designers (8wayrun.com/forum/ 8wayrun.com/forums/new-player-arena.92/ ) may have issues upgrading.

Enhancement Suggestion:

Allow an option to set XenForo_ControllerPublic_Forum::actionIndex to accommodate this (without having to make .htaccess changes / or still need an extra plugin related to routes)

You might even wish to go further and give options to set routes for
XenForo_ControllerPublic_Thread::actionIndex
X_ControllerPublic_Y::actionIndex
X_ControllerPublic_Y::Z

 

[ExpertPixels.com]

Well spotted.. Thanks for pointing this out... I was actually fiddling around with the tutorial you posted in your OP.. It's now basically not needed at all as 1.2 can achieve the same thing.

 

[Mike]

I forgot at the time that this was possible, but you can do an "incoming only" route filter to redirect forum/ to forums/ which should resolve the issues. (Obviously if you want to keep it at forum/, you'll need an add-on.)