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• Started 5 years ago by Basinalders
• Latest reply from chrishajer
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Removing "Pick a section" menu in post-form.php

1. • 
   • Basinalders
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   Hi I only have one forum so the "pick a section" dropdown menu in post-form.php is useless and confusing to people. Anyone know how I can hard-define that parameter or remove it altogether?
2. • 
   • ardentfrost
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   Look in post-form.php in bb-templates directyr. Copy the file, change it, and put the changed file into my-templates directory. It's pretty obvious which section it is.
3. • 
   • Basinalders
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   I tried that first thing. The problem is that removing that section of the code makes every thread appear "closed" to replies.
4. • 
   • chrishajer
   • Moderator

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   I was able to edit that file and the option is removed when creating a new topic, and old threads will still accept replies.

   Here is the change I made:

   Remove lines 22 through 28:
   <?php if ( is_tag() || is_front() ) : ?>
<label for="forum_id"><?php _e('Pick a section:'); ?>
<?php forum_dropdown(); ?>
</label>
<?php endif; ?>

   and insert:
   <input type="hidden" name="forum_id" id="forum_id" value="1" />

   so that it looks like this:
   <?php endif; ?>
<input type="hidden" name="forum_id" id="forum_id" value="1" />
<p class="submit">

   That assumes your forum_id is 1. You can check the HTML source of your rendered page to verify the forum_id.

   Making those changes worked for me. The drop down for selecting a forum to move a topic is still available for admin.
5. • 
   • Basinalders
   • Member

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   That works great! Thanks so much, now that i know how to do that it makes stripping everything else down to only use one forum so much easier! thanks again!
6. • 
   • chrishajer
   • Moderator

   • Posted 5 years ago #

   No problem - glad it worked for you. If it makes your topics closed to replies, let me know, since I will have the same problem.

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