Show category instead of thread

[aruffell]

Simple one I hope since playing about with XF and comparing to VBulletin with vbseo.

URL Structure is currently http://forums.domain.com/forums/welcome.137/ but want to ditch the /forums/ and the .137 so it just has welcome which is the forum category name.

Next one is a thread, which shows as http://forums.domain.com/threads/hi.9540/ but I'd like it to be http://forums.domain.com/categoryname/hi-9540/ so for instance http://forums.domain.com/welcome/hi-9540/

Any ideas on this one?

Thanks.

 

[Paul B]

The forums route is hard coded into the software.

The Route Filter feature in 1.2 will allow you to change it, but not remove it completely.

There is also a route changer add-on but I haven't used it.

 

[Lycaon]

You'd be able to do this is in 1.2 with Route Filters.

 

[aruffell]

Took a look at Jake's route changer add-on but it seems you can only change a word like threads to another word.

I'm guessing there is no way for any thread in a certain category to be recognized like vbseo does so it will be %category_name%/thread-title-9540

Thanks.

 

[Paul B]

No.

 

[aruffell]

No way to ditch /forums/ either?

Jakes solution allows me to change it from forums to whatever I want, but not to get rid of it completely. I don't need http://forums.domain.com/forums/...........

Any way of getting rid of the /forums bit as i already have it in my subdomain.

Thanks.

 

[Lycaon]

Not until 1.2

 

[Paul B]

As I have already explained, Route Filters will not allow a route to be removed completely.

Note that the find and the replace fields both need to start with a "prefix" (basically, alphanumeric and dash), so you can't simply remove a route prefix. Doing that would break everything.

 

[kkm323]

I don't think is possible to accomplish that with route changer. I wish I am wrong, because i wanted this option way back. The reasoning to stay away from this option is the fact that moving threads to another forum will affect the seo of your site, since the link(url) will also change. Overall, its better to stay away from this feature.

edit:Brogan confirm my thought (ninja)

 

[aruffell]

ok, thanks everyone