Exclude forum from search-results

Ola,

I want to exclude a forum from the search-results. Is there an easy way to do so?
I know there is a value $lastOut to exclude posts from last_discussions. Maybe this can be used for the searchpage too.

_Marco

hello.. do you also want to hide it from other members? or just exclude it from search? cause for example a private closed forum will be excluded from search by default.

I was thinking to hide it from everyone (exept admin), and create some extra templates to use as a guestbook. The guestbook I use now is an other php script, but it would be cool to use some miniBB functions and templates.

_Marco

well, you will need to modify bb_func_search.php and add your SQL forum exclusion string like forum_id!=10 to the $xtr variable

or change this line

if (isset($clForumsUsers)) $closedForums=getAccess($clForums, $clForumsUsers, $user_id); else $closedForums='n';


to


if (isset($clForumsUsers)){
$closedForums=getAccess($clForums, $clForumsUsers, $user_id);
$closedForums[]=10;
}
else $closedForums=array(10);


where 10 is your hidden/closed forum id.

Nice! this sound like something I could make work.
I'll try it later and keep you informed.

Thanx,

_Marco

Try also a non-core-destructive solution... in your bb_plugins.php, paste something like that:

if($action=='search') { $clForums[]=10; $clForumsUsers[10]=array(); }

where "10" is an ID of your forum to hide.

After thinking, I think I could use a "hidden" forum that does not show in the Forums-list, last discussions, search results, stats, userinfo, etc.
A simple line like $hideForums=array(); in bb_specials.php would be most easy for me. That means some functions have to be modified to exclude the $hideForums for all users (exept admin).

Is this hard to do? It would be a nice feature ;)

_Marco

Although I still think it would be a nice option ($hideForums), I've found a solution that works fine for me.

Very simple:

$clForums=array(9);
$clForumsUsers[9]=array(1);

_Marco

Your solution seems more better than adding additional options. Let's keep it mini ;)

how to exlude only a topic ?

666
I think you would need to put in bb_plugins.php the code like this...

if($action=='vthread' and $topic=YOUR_TOPIC_ID) $metaRobots='NOINDEX,NOFOLLOW';