Hello,

how would it be possible to exclude posts from a certain forum in the “latest discussions” section?

Like in this forum in your “latest discussions” you get posts from every forum except for “pimp your press”.

I did use the search, but i only found how to hide the category, and not how to prevent “lates discussions” from collecting posts from a certain category. Probably my English isnt good anough and miss the right search keyword.

Thanks for your advices… and patience.

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[@chandersbs Member 15 years, 2 months ago]

I’m using this code:

<?php if ( $topics ) : foreach ( $topics as $topic ) : ?>

<?php if( $topic->forum_id != 29 && $topic->forum_id != 30 && $topic->forum_id != 18 && $topic->forum_id != 15 && $topic->forum_id != 4 ) { //exclude forums here ?>

<tr<?php topic_class(); ?>>

If you’re using the Kakumei theme, replace this with that:

<?php if ( $topics ) : foreach ( $topics as $topic ) : ?>

<tr<?php topic_class(); ?>>

Just change the id’s

[@process_of_illumination Participant 15 years, 2 months ago]

Hi Chandersbs,

i am sorry i didnt get what i should do: should i edit only this part

{ //exclude forums here ?>

and fill it with the id of the forum i want to exclude?

Or should i change the ids in the following line? I only have 1 forum to exclude, and its “position” is 4, does that mean that its id is 4 as well?

<?php if( $topic->forum_id != 29 && $topic->forum_id != 30 && $topic->forum_id != 18 && $topic->forum_id != 15 && $topic->forum_id != 4 )

Thanks!

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[@kawauso Member 15 years, 2 months ago]

This might be a cleaner solution

<?php

switch ( $topic->forum_id ) { // Ignore these forums

case 29:

case 30:

case 18:

case 15:

case 4:

continue 2;

}

?>

or for including only certain forums

switch ( $topic->forum_id ) { // Include only these forums

case 29:

case 30:

case 18:

case 15:

case 4:

break;

default:

continue 2;

}

?>

but using that if statement, you need to change the line

<?php if( $topic->forum_id != 29 && $topic->forum_id != 30 && $topic->forum_id != 18 && $topic->forum_id != 15 && $topic->forum_id != 4 )

and you can find the forum ID from looking at its Edit URL in the admin panel (under Forums)