Forum Description

[Jblevins02]

How do you create a forum description

[Jblevins02]

Found it

[Mark.B]

AdminCP > Channel Management > Channel Manager

[Jblevins02]

Yup, thanks though

[Mark.B]

Always good to put the solution in, even if you found it yourself...helps others with the same question later....

[brainless_mn]

Related question:
Can the forum description be displayed when the user gets on that forum?

[Mark.B]

Related question:
Can the forum description be displayed when the user gets on that forum?

No, that's not a function of the software, sorry.

[brainless_mn]

No, that's not a funtion of the software, sorry.

Isn't that a lack in functionality?
What's the work around? Can one create a module and put the variable in the module?

[Mark.B]

Isn't that a lack in functionality?
What's the work around? Can one create a module and put the variable in the module?

That would require custom code to achieve, so the short answer is "Not on the cloud platform" I'm afraid.

It would be worth putting in an improvement request though, to see what the developers think of the idea.

vB5 Improvement request

http://tracker.vbulletin.com/secure/CreateIssue.jspa?pid=10091&issuetype=4

[brainless_mn]

Thanks for the response. I'll create a ticket.

In the mean time, can I simply add a static HTML module and copy/paste the description in the module? OR would that same description would display in all forums using that template?

[Mark.B]

Thanks for the response. I'll create a ticket.

In the mean time, can I simply add a static HTML module and copy/paste the description in the module? OR would that same description would display in all forums using that template?

In theory you should be able to save each page as a different template, and that should work....however, needs experimentation as I've known that to be temperemental, not with that specific idea but in trying to save other stuff that is 'forum specific'.