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AF-Brandy
03-08-2006, 03:47 PM
Ok, I'll try to explain this the best I can.

I know that you can create a Forum listed in one category and force it to direct anyone who clicks on the forum to go wherever you want them to - but we can't do that. We can't have the same content with two different URL's - our head coder say's thats a problem with Search Engines - so...

Is is possible to create ONE forum and list it under two different categories, but use the same URL?

I asked this same question on vb.com and was told that there might be a hack/mod for it. We're in the process of upgrading to 3.5 - if that matters.

Any help or tips would be really great :)

Thanks!
Brandy

Marco van Herwaarden
03-08-2006, 05:54 PM
It shouldn't be too difficult to create, but AFAIK it doesn't exist yet.

AF-Brandy
03-08-2006, 06:56 PM
Well Marco, thanks for answering at least...even if it isn't the answer I wanted :p

Well, with over 100K members and 600 forums, I really need this...as it is, people complain ALL THE FREAKIN TIME!

Again, thanks ;)

AF-Brandy
03-14-2006, 01:02 PM
Ok, more about "Forum Linking".

I'm still thinking about this option - but the one draw back I'm having and I can't seem to resolve is this.

If I create a forum and link it to another forum - the forum I have created will always say it has zero post/views and the section about last post will be blank.

Is there a way to address this issue? If I can address this, I think I'd just use the forum linking option and see how it goes.

Can someone, anyone, please tell me if there is a way to have the most recent post data show up on the newly created and linked forum, or will it always be nada?

Thanks!
Brandy