http://bbpress.org/forums/ bbPress support forums Topic: Permalinks Slugs Modification - removing forum en Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:30:57 +0000 http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16041 Wed, 07 May 2008 21:28:59 +0000 mrhoratio 16041@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Chris, you have a point. However the URL structure of forums and topics always begin with "forum" or "topic". As in:</p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/bbpress/forum/pets-discussions/" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/bbpress/forum/pets-discussions/</a></code><br /> <code><a href="http://www.example.com/bbpress/topic/my-sweet-dog" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/bbpress/topic/my-sweet-dog</a></code></p> <p>So it would seem that it should be possible to remove the "bbpress" from the URL without interfering with a Wordpress installation.</p> <p>Having said that, I think the solution proposed in the thread I referred to in my last post (http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/nicer-slug-url-rewrite-plugin-done) is a much more elegant solution for shortening the bbPress URLs. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16040 Wed, 07 May 2008 21:20:37 +0000 chrishajer 16040@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>It could work like that I think if there were no website (like WordPress) in the www root. Otherwise, how does the server know it's a bbPress page vs. a WordPress page?</p> <p>If you are running a forum only on a domain, then it would be silly to have it in any sort of directory at all. Otherwise, if you have a website in the root, you have to put bbPress into some sort of directory to prevent confusion. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16038 Wed, 07 May 2008 20:55:09 +0000 mrhoratio 16038@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Just found an earlier thread which hits on a similar problem with shortening the bbPress URL:</p> <p><a href="http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/nicer-slug-url-rewrite-plugin-done" rel="nofollow">http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/nicer-slug-url-rewrite-plugin-done</a></p> <p>In the thread's example. In shows you how to shorten a url like:</p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/bbpress/forum/pets-discussions/topic/my-sweet-dog" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/bbpress/forum/pets-discussions/topic/my-sweet-dog</a></code></p> <p>to: </p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/bbpress/pets-discussions/my-sweet-dog" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/bbpress/pets-discussions/my-sweet-dog</a></code></p> <p>Now, if it could also be shortened to:</p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/pets-discussions/my-sweet-dog" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/pets-discussions/my-sweet-dog</a></code></p> <p>That would be even better. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16034 Wed, 07 May 2008 19:52:04 +0000 mrhoratio 16034@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hi Bobby, yes I added those lines to the .htaccess file as well. It didn't seem to fix the problem. So I tried adding it to rewrite-rules.php also. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16030 Wed, 07 May 2008 17:58:32 +0000 bobbyh 16030@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>You said: "I also tried adding this to the rewrite-rules.php". That's unnecessary. You just need to add those lines to your htaccess file, which should contain the contents of the page located at <a href="http://www.lifeclever.com/forums/bb-admin/rewrite-rules.php." rel="nofollow">http://www.lifeclever.com/forums/bb-admin/rewrite-rules.php.</a> Did you add those lines to your htaccess file? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16029 Wed, 07 May 2008 17:52:22 +0000 mrhoratio 16029@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hey bobby, here it is here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.lifeclever.com/forums/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lifeclever.com/forums/</a> </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16028 Wed, 07 May 2008 17:51:07 +0000 bobbyh 16028@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Can you post a link to your site? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16027 Wed, 07 May 2008 17:31:54 +0000 mrhoratio 16027@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hi bobby, I tried out your hack in bbPress 0.9, and it doesn't seem to work. Here's what I did:</p> <p>I have my bbPress directory installed in a directory called "forums" in the root web directory. So the URL to access the forums' home page is:</p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/forums" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/forums</a></code></p> <p>and accessing a forum titled "test forum" is at this URL:</p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/forums/forum/test-forum" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/forums/forum/test-forum</a></code></p> <p>a topic titled "test topic" is at this URL:</p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/forums/topic/test-forum" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/forums/topic/test-forum</a></code></p> <p>I implemented your hack, and changed "forum" to "board" in the template-functions.php. I copied the rewrite rules from rewrite-rules.php and placed them into .htaccess file in the root web directory. I also added the two lines of code you suggested in that file:</p> <pre><code>RewriteRule ^board/(.+)/page/([0-9]+)$ /forum.php?id=$1&#38;page=$2 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^board/(.+)/?$ /forum.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]</code></pre> <p>I also tried adding this to the rewrite-rules.php:</p> <pre><code>RewriteRule ^board/([^/]+)/page/([0-9]+)/?$ &lt;?php bb_option( &#39;path&#39; ); ?&gt;topic.php?id=$1&#38;page=$2 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^board/([^/]+)/?$ &lt;?php bb_option( &#39;path&#39; ); ?&gt;topic.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]</code></pre> <p>When I go to this URL: </p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/board/test-forum" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/board/test-forum</a></code></p> <p>I get a 404 error.</p> <p>However, when I go to this url:</p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/forums/forum/test-forum/" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/forums/forum/test-forum/</a></code></p> <p>It redirects and changes the URL in the address bar in the browser window changes:</p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/forums/board/test-forum/" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/forums/board/test-forum/</a></code></p> <p>That also brings up a 404 page.</p> <p>Also, when I go this URL:</p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/topic/test-topic" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/topic/test-topic</a></code></p> <p>The URL works, but it redirects and changes the URL in the address bar in the browser window changes to:</p> <p><code><a href="http://www.example.com/forums/topic/test-forum" rel="nofollow">http://www.example.com/forums/topic/test-forum</a></code></p> <p>I am a little perplexed as to what is going on. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16025 Wed, 07 May 2008 17:03:49 +0000 bobbyh 16025@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I wanted the forum-specific URLs to look like this:</p> <p>* <a href="http://boards.weddingbee.com/board/beehive" rel="nofollow">http://boards.weddingbee.com/board/beehive</a></p> <p>If you make the right edits to that core file and an htaccess file, I think the URL can be anything you want... </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16024 Wed, 07 May 2008 17:01:25 +0000 mrhoratio 16024@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hey bobby, just curious. Why did you have to change the second "forum" to "board"? Is there anyway to just leave it as "forum"? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16020 Wed, 07 May 2008 09:19:42 +0000 bobbyh 16020@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I did something similar, but it required a core hack. I renamed the second "forum" to "board". It required two steps:</p> <p>1. With version 0.8.3, I modified line 363 of /bb-includes/template-functions.php to this:</p> <p><code>$link = bb_get_option( &#39;uri&#39; ) . &quot;board/&quot; . $forum-&gt;$column . ( 1 &lt; $page ? &quot;/page/$page&quot; : &#39;&#39; );</code></p> <p>2. I created an htaccess file by copying the text from /bb-admin/rewrite-rules.php, with two extra lines:</p> <pre><code>RewriteRule ^board/(.+)/page/([0-9]+)$ /forum.php?id=$1&#38;page=$2 [L,QSA] RewriteRule ^board/(.+)/?$ /forum.php?id=$1 [L,QSA]</code></pre> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-16017 Wed, 07 May 2008 03:26:48 +0000 mrhoratio 16017@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Hey, I'm trying to figure this out also. Anyone figured out a way to remove the first "forum" in <a href="http://www.example.com/forum/forum/forum-name." rel="nofollow">www.example.com/forum/forum/forum-name.</a> So that the URL is shorter? I tried doing it with mod_rewrite, but having some issues with bbPress automatically redirecting. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-10851 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:35:04 +0000 noelgreen 10851@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>There has got to be a fairly easy way to remove the "forums/" slug from the URL... anyone know how yet? </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-6351 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:42:24 +0000 sambauers 6351@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>&gt; Is the 'forum' the "forum" I want to remove?</p> <p>No. It's a little more complicated than that. In fact, that part you say needs to be hacked, needs to be left completely alone. Really, you are asking for a world of pain by attempting this. It took me hours to write and test the slugs support. Seriously, just rename your forum directory - it's not worth the hours you will spend. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-6348 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 23:13:40 +0000 Mirce 6348@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Thanx for the response.<br /> I tried to follow how the links are made in functions.php. In bb_repermalink() the case 'forum-page' needs to be "hacked"</p> <p>$forum_id = bb_get_id_from_slug('forum', $permalink);</p> <p>Is the 'forum' the "forum" I want to remove?<br /> Thanx. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-6341 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 22:13:32 +0000 sambauers 6341@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>Without core hacks or writing your own plugin that hooks into the get_forum_link function and the bb_repermalink function it's not possible. Your .htaccess file may be correct, but the links generated on the forum won't work without changing the what those functions expect. I suggest you change the name of the subdirectory you are placing your forums in - that would be the path of least resistance.. </p> http://bbpress.org/forums/topic/permalinks-slugs-modification-removing-forum#post-6336 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 20:38:50 +0000 Mirce 6336@http://bbpress.org/forums/ <p>I want to install bbPress permalinks slugs on <a href="http://www.example.com/forum." rel="nofollow">www.example.com/forum.</a> The forum will be hosted in <a href="http://www.exmaple.com/forum/" rel="nofollow">www.exmaple.com/forum/</a></p> <p>I am trying to remove the "forum" from the forum's url because the normal output its ugly.</p> <p>So from:<br /> <a href="http://www.example.com/forum/forum/forum-name" rel="nofollow">www.example.com/forum/forum/forum-name</a><br /> to get<br /> <a href="http://www.example.com/forum/forum-name" rel="nofollow">www.example.com/forum/forum-name</a> </p> <p>I've edited in /bb-includes/template-functions.php the $link from<br /> $link = bb_get_option( 'uri' ) . "forum/" . $forum-&gt;$column . ( 1 &lt; $page ? "/page/$page" : '' );<br /> to<br /> $link = bb_get_option( 'uri' ) . $forum-&gt;$column . ( 1 &lt; $page ? "/page/$page" : '' );<br /> but I do not manage to make the new link to work for .httaccess. Is there a way to do it?</p> <p>Thanx. </p>