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DNN Forum Module Customise to an ID

I want to Make the DNN Forum Module Specific to an ID. Example I want to Send a ProductID and when the detail of that Product Appears that Product based Forum should also appear. SO How can i do that?
asked 7/20/2012
syed sana ul haq fazli2
syed sana ul haq fazli
  • YOu mean to say that we have to use the ForumID as a ProductID and that Forum will be changed when we send it the new ProductID. But can you give me an example. How can I do that. as DOnt know much about the Forum DB Tables Structure so if you can guide me from which table i can get the ID and can i change it regarding my ProductID - syed sana ul haq fazli 7/21/2012

  • I'm not sure how you want to send a product ID. Each DNN Forum has its own unique URL. In the URL, directly after the forumid/ there is a number. That number is the ID for that forum. If you change that ID to another forum ID, DNN will load the other forum. So, if you put product details on a web page, you could include a link to the forum that is associated with that product.

    Each forum also has an RSS feed that you could use to pull the most recent number of posts. When users click on an entry in the RSS feed, they would be taken to that post and the forum for the product.

    Your last option might be to use the custom URL in an iFrame module to load the DNN Forum module already opened to the specific forum on the page with your product detail. - Nathan Byrer 7/20/2012

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I'm not sure how you want to send a product ID. Each DNN Forum has its own unique URL. In the URL, directly after the forumid/ there is a number. That number is the ID for that forum. If you change that ID to another forum ID, DNN will load the other forum. So, if you put product details on a web page, you could include a link to the forum that is associated with that product.

Each forum also has an RSS feed that you could use to pull the most recent number of posts. When users click on an entry in the RSS feed, they would be taken to that post and the forum for the product. 

Your last option might be to use the custom URL in an iFrame module to load the DNN Forum module already opened to the specific forum on the page with your product detail

answered 7/20/2012 Nathan Byrer 44
Nathan Byrer

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