Exclude page URLs Issue  

Posted by: pkheart

I am facing an issue with WPforo, I enabled "Turn Wordpress to WPforo" , in Exclude page URLs section I entered desired urls to be accessed and they are working fine. But there is an issue as i am using "Better Messages" for Chatting and it uses different slug for every new message (?new message, ?bulk message, ?thread_id=1,?thread_id=2 .... and so on)

how to give access all addresses under this address( https://discuss.pkheart.com/vu/chat/)

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Can anybody help me that how to give access all addresses under a page (  https://discuss.pkheart.com/vu/chat/ ) 

Posted by: pkheart

@crisw Thanks for understanding and Support.   🙂 

You got my point but I want to use WPforo as stadalone (for better wide screen experience & short/better url as "forum-page" excludes)

is there any possibility to allow all URLs/pages while enabling " Turn WordPress to wpForo" 

You are welcome @pkheart.

Now I am understanding the issue better. 🙂

I want to use WPforo as stadalone (for better wide screen experience & short/better url as "forum-page" excludes)

I noticed on your site that you are using 2019 WP Theme.

Have you considered changing your WP theme? And choose one which has an option for a wider screen?

One I can suggest is a theme called "StoreFront", (by Automattic - creators of WordPress), it has a full-width template, that I have used with other portals (I also tested how it looks with wpForo - it's wide enough for me! 🙂 ).

The wpForo Forum can work with that theme (using my long-winded suggestions above), and you can get the same end result.

You can try doing that while waiting for the wpForo update. 🙂

If you decide to use the WP theme "StoreFront" that you can download in the WP themes directory, just make sure you go to the WP "Widgets" area, and remove any WP widgets there, so that you can use the wpForo Widgets and take advantage of the Full-width template.

Or you can also just do a search on the WP theme directory, and search for "Full width template". I suggested "Storefront" because I've used it before, and I am wary of other themes conflicting with my simple setup.

Your website will look like a "standalone" forum, with my above suggestions, it can work.

I want to use WPforo as stadalone (for better wide screen experience & short/better url as "forum-page" excludes)

In the step-by-step suggestions that I typed above, specifically, 

Steps:
1) Go to Forum Settings
2) Under the "General Tab", UNCHECK the box that says: "Turn WordPress to wpForo"
3) Then click the blue "UPDATE OPTIONS" button at the bottom.

4) Then go to WP Dashboard, create a New WP Page call it "Forum-Page"

type the wpForo shortcode on this page

[wpforo]

click Publish.

And

6) Go to WP Dashboard
7) "Settings"
8) "Reading Settings"
9) Under "Your homepage displays", select "A static Page"
10) Then select the new "Forum-Page" you just created.
11) Click "Save Changes"

With my above suggestions, your users will not have to type

"https : // discuss . pkheart . com /vu/forum-page"

since Steps #6 to 11, takes care of the automatic redirection to your "homepage", and set by whatever WP page you want it to direct to.  

So, with my above suggestion, your user will be redirected to the "Static page" you created: 

https : // discuss . pkheart . com /vu/ 

I've personally used my above suggestions because all websites need to have their "Terms of Use", "Privacy Policy", GDPR pages, and if I turned my WP installation into a wpForo, all these pages would have to be created as "dated topics" under the "forum" folder, and if one is creating "evergreen" topics or articles, like "documentation", for example, and I don't want them dated, I would have to add a css to remove the dates on the forum, (which defeats the purpose of having a forum, in my opinion - forums should always be timestamped 🙂 ), that's why I keep them (WP and the Forum) separate and I've read up on wpForo documentation so that I understand it's many many possibilities for customizations, and also some of its limitations.  So that's why I suggested what I suggested.     

Hope this helps. Good luck and God bless you!