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Resolved Where is the setting that creates threads from articles?

Discussion in 'AMS Support' started by colcar, Aug 24, 2020.

  1. colcar

    colcar Member AMS Premium Pickem Sportsbook

    Sorry for the dumb question but I'm playing around with this terrific addon for the first time today and could have sworn I saw a setting that automatically creates a thread on the forum when you post an article, I know it must be somewhere, I must have checked it because that is what's happening on my forum right now.

    I've looked everywhere but cannot seem to find it!
     
  2. Bob

    Bob Developer Staff Member

    Its a category option (so that you can manage it on a per category basis).

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  3. colcar

    colcar Member AMS Premium Pickem Sportsbook

    Wonderful stuff, thanks! I never cease to be amazed by the quality of support here.
     
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  4. Bob

    Bob Developer Staff Member

    Both times you've caught me when I am here :D I do try my best to respond the same day tho ;)
     
  5. colcar

    colcar Member AMS Premium Pickem Sportsbook

    Ha ha, lucky me.

    Is there any way to automatically drag an image from the article into the thread?
     
  6. Bob

    Bob Developer Staff Member

    Automatically, No (well, at least not without customization that would require programming).

    You could manually edit the first post and use the article embed function of the editor to add the embed article, however, that is just a small thumbnail.

    Something like this...

    Grab the AMS BB Code from the Share this article sidebar block.. .

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    Go to the discussion thread... (this is XF 2.2, but its the same process for earlier xf 2 versions).

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    Edit the first post of the thread... If you have the AMS BB Code added to the editor toolbar, you can choose the article via that function (or just copy the AMS bbcode from the article itself (as mentioned above).

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    Remove the existing text and add the AMS BB Code.

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    Click on Preview to make sure its rendering the AMS BB Code (as shown below).

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    And Save...

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    Probably not what you wanted, but figured I'd let you (and anyone else reading this), a neat trick ;)
     
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  7. colcar

    colcar Member AMS Premium Pickem Sportsbook

    Excellent stuff again mate, thanks for that :)
     
  8. colcar

    colcar Member AMS Premium Pickem Sportsbook

    So now I've got it set so a thread is automatically created when an article is posted, is there a setting that put a link to the thread at the bottom of the article?
     
  9. Bob

    Bob Developer Staff Member

    No, just the Navigation Tab and the Sidebar Block (which is a button). In medium and narrow responsive, the sidebar moves below the article, so in essence, there IS a link to the thread via the button in the sidebar.
     
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  10. colcar

    colcar Member AMS Premium Pickem Sportsbook

    When the thread is created and the text "This thread is for the general discussion..." is added to the thread with the link to the article, is there a setting that allows the link to unfurl?
     
  11. Bob

    Bob Developer Staff Member

    have you tried EDITING the post?

    The TEXT can be changed (its a phrase), however, the LINK is done via PHP, so you'd have to modify programming code (in the article create service).
     
  12. colcar

    colcar Member AMS Premium Pickem Sportsbook

    Yes I was just looking at this post Question....

    Interesting stuff, I'll have a tinker about and see what I can do. Thanks Bob.
     
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