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howto set categories tab as homepage?

chall3ng3rchall3ng3r
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This is a great project. before this i was trying to install bbPress, but it never installed successfully. then from somewhere, i found this. its perfect. all what i am stuck with is, setting the categories page as homepage of the forums. can anyone help me here? // chall3ng3r //

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  • MinisweeperMinisweeper
    Posts: 5,574
    this has been discussed ...somewhere. search!
  • nathannathan
    Posts: 893
    If he is new mini, you coud have pointed him in the right direction. http://www.lussumo.com/munity/comments.php?DiscussionID=412 There is a link to the thread regarding this issue.
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper
    Posts: 5,574
    i could have, but i'm on a handheld; things are hard enough as it is. i would have usually. atleast this way anyone with easier access who didnt realise it had been discussed could have searched for him.
  • nathannathan
    Posts: 893
    :)
  • chall3ng3rchall3ng3r
    Posts: 4
    thank you. but i didn't find the solution on the given link. is it still in discussion? or its already been done? kindly post a solution. i read all that post & comments, but there's no solution to the issue. tia, // chall3ng3r //
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper
    Posts: 5,574
    in that case I assume a solution hasnt been made - i'm sure mark will get round to it. I think a simple option imgn the admin settings which allowed you to set *any* page as 'home' would be best.
  • MarkMark
    Posts: 4,883
    It will be in the next revision. There is no release date for the next revision.
  • chall3ng3rchall3ng3r
    Posts: 4
    next revision. thats great. so, i gotta wait :| // chall3ng3r //
  • rhoekmanjrrhoekmanjr
    Posts: 4
    Did this ever happen? I'd really like to use Categories as the start page because I'm using this as a support forum for a web app where I want to users to be able to jump into one of three categories. Any info would be great. I've looked through all the posts about this and no one seems to have found a working solution. Thanks!
  • MinisweeperMinisweeper
    Posts: 5,574
    Yup, it's a config choice in v1.
  • ercatliercatli
    Posts: 183
    "I want to users to be able to jump into one of three categories". Am I missing something because I'm still new? :-) You don't need to make the categories page as your start, you just need to make a HTML page as the start (which you're already doing, rhoekmanjr). Then you simply simply go to the categories one by one and copy the URL it gives (it will be of the form "xxxxx/?CategoryID=n" - you need to copy this as each category will have a different ID No) and then paste that into your HTML as a link. I have done that - look at the bottom of this page for a single link to the forum, but you could easily do as many as you want - http://home.exetel.com.au/h2bh/text/chap01.html
  • bikutabikuta
    Posts: 38
    Is it available as an option in the settings control panel or do I need to make a change in the config file?
  • VincentVincent
    Posts: 353
    i have a not so perfect extension that will do the job you you already made into an extension

    http://lussumo.com/addons/?PostBackAction=AddOn&AddOnID=249
  • AbacusAbacus
    Posts: 124
    Whats the name of it?
  • AbacusAbacus
    Posts: 124
    Anyone got an update on how to this?
  • [-Stash-][-Stash-]
    Posts: 2,610
    http://vanillaforums.org/addon/249
  • AbacusAbacus
    Posts: 124
    As I thought - no update at all :)
  • RaizeRaize
    Posts: 697
    Learn to appreciate what you have instead of what you don't have.
  • AbacusAbacus
    Posts: 124
    ah a philosopher - just what every forum needs ;-)
  • TimTim
    Posts: 1,573
    @Abacus I noticed you posting a lot recently. Vanilla 1 is a good forum, but all of our efforts are focused on Vanilla 2 right now. Have you considered upgrading, and benefiting from all our work, as well as improved forum assistance?

    Vanilla Forums Senior Developer [GitHub, Twitter, About.me]

  • DarfuriaDarfuria
    Posts: 14
    Did anything become of this? I've had a bit of a search around and looked through the Vanilla 2 settings, but alas no joy :(
  • LincolnLincoln
    Posts: 2,058
    In Vanilla 2, you could probably do this by setting your default route to 'categories'.

    Vanilla developer [GitHub, Twitter]

  • DarfuriaDarfuria
    Posts: 14
    Ah - that makes sense, thank you.

    How could I go on to modify that to not show any posts beneath the category headings, and instead show statistics about the amount of topics & posts, and the category description, a la phpBB3?
  • LincolnLincoln
    Posts: 2,058
    @Darfuria You'd need to customize the theme: http://vanillaforums.org/page/ThemeQuickStart (Part 2 especially)

    Vanilla developer [GitHub, Twitter]

  • DarfuriaDarfuria
    Posts: 14
    Okay - thank you very much for your assistance :-)
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