[Beta] Translate topic URL's

Merlin Sythove · Post by **Merlin Sythove** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:14 pm

Another useful and simple mod from Merlin's Software:

Translate topic urls that point to topics on your own forum, into their proper topic title.

It automatically changes this:
http:///www.yourdomain.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1234

into this:
The topic title

which makes references to topics so much more legible.

It is a very easy mod, just two small changes in posting.php and one new function in includes/functions_post.php.

Download

EDIT: It translates all viewtopic urls now, both to topics and to posts, also with more variables in the url.

zuker · Post by **zuker** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:49 pm

it's not working for me

i tryed to use

http://www.turiver.com.ar/foro/viewtopi ... 547#189547

or

http://www.turiver.com.ar/foro/viewtopic.php?p=189547

and it shows the same on the board

Merlin Sythove · Post by **Merlin Sythove** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:36 pm

No that is correct, at the moment is does not translate POST urls, only TOPIC urls.

If someone has tips on how to use regular expressions to find the viewtopic parts, please mail me!

Merlin Sythove · Post by **Merlin Sythove** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:54 am

zuker wrote:it's not working for me

i tryed to use

http://www.turiver.com.ar/foro/viewtopi ... 547#189547

or

http://www.turiver.com.ar/foro/viewtopic.php?p=189547

and it shows the same on the board

I've extended the mod so it will do links to posts as well as links to topics now. Try again!!

zuker · Post by **zuker** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:54 pm

i'll try it, thanks

bmgbmg · Post by **bmgbmg** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 1:56 pm

Merlin Sythove wrote:
zuker wrote:it's not working for me

i tryed to use

http://www.turiver.com.ar/foro/viewtopi ... 547#189547

or

http://www.turiver.com.ar/foro/viewtopic.php?p=189547

and it shows the same on the board
I've extended the mod so it will do links to posts as well as links to topics now. Try again!!

hello,
How can i modify translate only TOPIC urls?
thank you!!

Merlin Sythove · Post by **Merlin Sythove** » Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:27 pm

In the mod, find this

Code: Select all

		case  POST_POST_URL:

Add after:

Code: Select all

			return $url;

so as not to process the post-version of the code any further.

zuker · Post by **zuker** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:00 pm

did u make any progress on this merlyn?

Merlin Sythove · Post by **Merlin Sythove** » Fri Jan 18, 2008 3:07 pm

I will have a look next week if I changed the code in any way, but it worked fine for me earlier, so I have no idea why it didn't work for you. I certainly cannot find errors when there are no errors at my end, I need more information about how you installed it etc.

zuker · Post by **zuker** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:17 am

it's working fine for me, but i was just wondering because it's still a beta

Merlin Sythove · Post by **Merlin Sythove** » Sat Jan 19, 2008 8:22 am

No, in that case I'm not having another look. The amount of extra work that is needed to make it into a proper mod and submit it, is not what I usually have time for. Besides, even though 2.0.22 is still used extensively, I have a feeling that it doesn't really pay to invest time in creating proper mods for this version anymore.