Lack of interest Thread Links?
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Kintaro
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It's not something we actually expose, but theoretically if you wanted to develop something then most of the pieces are already there.
When threads are moved you can opt to create a thread redirect. This does two things. It creates a new thread record in that forum with
The "target_url" can be an absolute URL too. So if you set it to
So, not something we're planning to do in the short term necessarily, but a valid suggestion. In the meantime, fairly trivial to build it yourself if you want to.
When threads are moved you can opt to create a thread redirect. This does two things. It creates a new thread record in that forum with
discussion_type set to "redirect". It adds a new record to xf_thread_redirect which sets the properties of that redirect, including the "target_url" but the value of that is typically similar to index.php?threads/thread-links.161303/.The "target_url" can be an absolute URL too. So if you set it to
https://www.google.co.uk/ then clicking that redirect in the thread list will take you right to that URL.So, not something we're planning to do in the short term necessarily, but a valid suggestion. In the meantime, fairly trivial to build it yourself if you want to.
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