This thread is related to "Separate New Topic Form" add-on, which allows to set up "new topic" link separated on a different page, also as to display new topic form on the first forums page. This is an official plugin issued by miniBB team (Sergei Larionov), you can download/install it for free from our Downloads page.

The addon has been updated today. Latest release fixes some "tabindex" fixes for the latest miniBB version.

Is there a way to have the New Topci form not display a category, but instead have the user select? Problem now is it defaults to the first one, and everyone posts without selecting the correct category. This causes me a lot of time in having to move the messages after they have been posted.

not display a category, but instead have the user select

- sorry, what do you mean by "user select"?

This causes me a lot of time in having to move the messages after they have been posted

- just skip the form then and use miniBB defaults... I am sure you will have more chances then to save your time ;-)

When you're using the new topic form on the first page and you have a post only forum, it still shows in the option box. Is there a way to check for post only forums and remove it? I couldn't quite figure it out.

hello.. change the following line:

$listForums2=(isset($forumEx) && $forumEx!='')?preg_replace('#<option([ ]+)selected="selected"([ ]+)value="('.$forumEx.')">(.*?)</option>#is','',$listForums):$listForums;

to:

$listForums2=(isset($forumEx) && $forumEx!='')?preg_replace('#<option(([ ]+)selected="selected")?([ ]+)value="('.$forumEx.')">(.*?)</option>#is','',$listForums):$listForums;

(the difference is in this part of the code: (([ ]+)selected="selected")? (notice additional brackets and a question mark after the last bracket)

Let us know how it works.

It' perfect Sergei, thanks =)

how to replace the text "new topic" for image bottum ?

hello. i see you've asked about other button replacements in another topic too :) The simplest way is to go to the lang/eng.php (or whatever your language pack name is) and replace words there like "New Topic" with your image HTML code like <img src...>

The addon has been updated today. The issue described by lime is fixed now in the official release.

Having used the compiler to set everything up I now realise I would like to remove the 'Start New Topic' option from the first page - but I can't work out how to do that...

Any pointers appreciated!

Steve

If you are about the "Configurable topic form" add-on, in bb_plugins.php its code has the following:

so you probably have to set it to 0.

Perfect - thanks!

Having used the compiler to set everything up I now realise I would like to remove the 'Start New Topic' option from the first page - but I can't work out how to do that...

Any pointers appreciated!

Best is to check this addon and read the installation - then reverse it in your files.