[Zoker]

Hi there,

In phpBB there is a option to create a link, which looks like a forum.

E.g. On this page https://www.phpbb.com/community/index.php the second “forum” called “Area 51 Development Board” is a link.

Is there a plugin or option to create such a link in bbpress?

Thank you

[Robin W]

I’m not quite sure what you are asking.

Can you put a link to your forums, and say what you want where

thanks

[Zoker]

Hi Robin,

did you view the link I posted above in the first post?

Here is an explanation of the phpBB docs:

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The forum list displays a forum link like a normal forum. But instead of linking to a forum, you can point it to a URL of your choice. It can display a hit counter, which shows how many times the link was clicked.

(source: https://www.phpbb.com/support/docs/en/3.0/ug/adminguide/forums_types/ )

So its just a additional “type” next to category and forum.

I hope now its a bit clearer, what Im trying to archive 🙂

[Robkk]

@zoker

so like post formats but for bbPress post types??

https://codex.wordpress.org/Post_Formats

there is a function below in the post to implement it , but i think it will only show in the back-end of wordpress and is not implemented in the front-end just yet

[Zoker]

Ok just to be sure, compare these two images:

Thats the way it looks in phpBB, when you want to create a new “Forum”

Thats the way it looks in bbpress, when you want to create a new “Forum”

Notice the “Link” dropdown item?

Thats what Im taking about 😉

[Robkk]

alright so basically it does what this plugin does

https://wordpress.org/plugins/page-links-to/

your forum title will show like any normal forum but if you click it , it will link to whatever you want.

works pretty good when i tested it out, it wont show in the status drop-down though it will show in another meta-box somewhere below the post content.

[Robkk]

there is also a bbPress specific plugin that does the same thing and its this one

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress-forum-redirect/