How to make menu links to specific forum categories

[leolam]

Let me explain the issue how you can create specific links to forum categories or even forum threads in the same way and assign modules specifically to that menu link!

General remark

• Remember...Joomla is MENU-driven! So you assign modules to menu's meaning you have to create menu-links to be able to assign modules to them
• Next: Joomla has issues with its id' system and you need to manipulate a little the links to the forum category or Thread to enable the link to show up in the module pane so you will be able to assign the menu to it

Below I wil describe a method how to do this! :

Joomlaboard Howto create menulinks directly to forum categories and or threads

• create a new Board in your forum named "testforum"
• than create a new menu item in main menu pointing to Joomlaboard (type link = component > joomlaboard) and name it TESTFORUM
• now click on menu link and the entire forum will open
• when you move your mouse over the "TESTFRUM" you will notice a link somethng like = http://www.yoursite.com/index.php?optio ... t&catid=13
• copy and paste that link and save in notepad for reference (not wordpad!)
• go to admin > main menu > new and choose right bottom URL-link
• on next pane give the forum a name and insert (copy/[paste from your notepad) the above link mentioned link in the URL-link as follows

  index.php?option=com_joomlaboard&task=listcat&catid=13

note what has been done!

taken out:

http://www.yoursitename.com/

and

&Itemid=32

which causes your link NOT to appear in your module manager... That (id-issues) is  a flaw in Joomla.

You will see that if you go to your module that link TESTFORUM shows up in the module right pane and you can assign the module to your desired forum-link!

Once you are done "unpublish" the TESTFORUM-link in the menu. DO NOT DELETE because you need it again to use it to see the next forum-link you make

Think this will help!

Cheers
Leo