(scroll down to find bold part of code, please explain what is that?)

<form id="postform" class="postform" action="/forums/bb-post.php" method="post" name="postform">

<p>

<label for="topic">

Topic title: (be brief and descriptive)

<input id="topic" type="text" tabindex="1" maxlength="80" size="50" name="topic"/>

</label>

</p>

<p>

<label for="post_content">

Post:

<textarea id="post_content" tabindex="3" rows="8" cols="50" name="post_content"/>

</label>

</p>

<p>

<label for="tags">

Enter a few words (called

<a href="/forums/tags.php">tags</a>

) separated by spaces to help someone find your topic:

<input type="text" tabindex="4" value=" " maxlength="100" size="50" name="tags"/>

</label>

</p>

<p>

<label for="forum_id">

Pick a section:

<select id="forum_id" tabindex="5" name="forum_id">

</select>

</label>

</p>

<p class="submit">

<input id="postformsub" type="submit" tabindex="4" value="Send Post »" name="Submit"/>

</p>

<p>

Allowed markup:

<code>a em strong code ul ol li blockquote</code>

.

<br/>

Put code in between

<code>backticks</code>

.

</p>

<strong><input type="hidden" value="XXXXXX" name="_wpnonce"/></strong>

<input type="hidden" value="/forums/" name="_wp_http_referer"/>

</form>

[@so1o Participant 17 years, 11 months ago]

The _wpnonce is used to determine if there needs to be a confirmation page for the post.. if you remove it you will see one (or atleast you should).

if you see the delete functionalities closely you will see what i mean.

[@mistainu Member 17 years, 11 months ago]

but the value=”XXXXX” changes every login, what is this value? i want to create a sort of “non-forum-specific” topic submission form (reasons why is too long), but basicly i wnat to substitute the value so it works everytime… how?

[@so1o Participant 17 years, 11 months ago]

_wpnonce doesnt have anything to do with the functionality.

you dont need to set the value of the variable. just call bb_nonce_field($x);

and when you are processing the $_POST call

bb_check_admin_referer( $x);

you can put $x as ‘create-topic’ or ‘create-no-forum-specific-topic’ or anything else you want.. it will take care of itself

i think the _wpnonce is a security mechanism that checks for the posting source.

[@ardentfrost Member 17 years, 11 months ago]

S010 – i think the _wpnonce is a security mechanism that checks for the posting source.

That’s what I was thinking the other day when looking for an answer to this question, but it wasn’t fully clear to me, so I didn’t bother responding

[@mistainu Member 17 years, 11 months ago]

ok, so help me:

i want to make a posting form, all fields except the topic-title are hidden, that posts to forum id #2, only tag is ‘aside’, and the posted also becomes the post content.

can this be done?