[pmwiki-users] FoxForum - Auto create forum thread name

[Hans]

Sunday, June 22, 2008, 9:08:21 AM, stevecrisp at gmail.com wrote:

> Is there a way to auto populate the new Topic name used within the
> Forum.CreateNewTopic form?  For example can it be configured to
> automatically fill in the Topic name on the CreateNewTopic page with a
> parameter that I'll pass in (either variable or URL parameter) e.g.
> ?n=Forum.CreateNewTopic&topic=MyTopic

I just remembered an alternative which does not use a foxedit link
and form, but passes on a url parameter into the form, all without
modifications to the fox.php script:

Install http://www.pmwiki.org/wiki/Cookbook/HttpVariables
then use as your action link

* [[Forum.CreateNewTopic?base={*$Group}-{*$Name}|Discuss]]

and use {?base} as variable in your CreateNewTopic form, i.e.

(:input hidden topic '{$?base}':) instead of the 'topic' text field.

Or just as value in that field:

(:input text topic '{$?base}' size=70:)

The topic box is populated if the form is called from the Discuss
link. If it is called form the Forum index page, then it is empty.


  ~Hans