Can The MLF v1.7 Default Category Be Modified? (General)

by lmoore, Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 13:07 (6071 days ago)
edited by lmoore, Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 13:14

Is there a way to change the default category from "All Categories" to a specific category in MLF v1.7?

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by Willy ⌂, Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 14:09 (6071 days ago) @ lmoore

You can change your index.php

Ther are several links to forum.php in your index.php
Try to change forum.php to forum.php?category=1.

Backup your index.php and check it out.

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by Larry @, Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 15:01 (6071 days ago) @ Willy

Thanks, that did switch the default category when I logged in as Admin. However, when I created a test account and logged in using, "All Categories" is still being shown as the default category.

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by Willy ⌂ @, Niederrhein ;), Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 20:48 (6070 days ago) @ Larry

when reading index.php there are several links to forum.php

Try to understand under which conditions (logged in / nor logged in and so on) which link is used. Then you have to change the entries for all conditions you want to redirect.

But always remember:

1. backup
2. backup
3. you know what? ;)

Regards, Willy

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by lmoore, Wednesday, August 15, 2007, 16:16 (6071 days ago) @ Willy

Willy,

Again, thanks for your help. I went back and edited "index.php" and changed "location: board.php" to "location: board.php?category=3" and that will now display the default category that I want users to see when they logon.

With this change users will not be seeing board threads at all when they logon. They will only see the 3 posts that I have made in the new default category and can only access other threads by selecting "All Categories" or individual categories. Hopefully, when I start adding my members to the forum this will make it less confusing...

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by tooky, Friday, August 17, 2007, 18:27 (6068 days ago) @ lmoore

why wouldnt you want to work with the newer an safer 2.0 version?

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by Willy ⌂ @, Niederrhein ;), Friday, August 17, 2007, 20:17 (6068 days ago) @ tooky

one issue could be the better performance of 1.7 with large DB

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by tooky, Saturday, August 18, 2007, 16:07 (6068 days ago) @ Willy

It's better for a large DB?

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by Willy ⌂ @, Saturday, August 18, 2007, 16:28 (6068 days ago) @ tooky

At first is it still a Beta.
I do not use a Beta in productive systems.

And yes - my last Test with 2.0 Beta 11 was signifficant slower with 450.000 Postings and 230 User in DB.

Regards, Willy

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