Point a menulink to a page outside Soholaunch (ex. forum)

[Ruben]

I would suggest building a redirect. (forwarding).

1. create a new page with for ex. the name: Forum
2. create a textfile on your pc with the following info:

<? header("Location: http://yourdomain.com/placetoforum.php"); ?>

now save this file as pointtoforum.inc (or any other name.inc)

2a. Upload this file using the filemanager.
3. go and edit the Forum page you created at step 1
4. drag the 'Custom Scripts' button into a empty field and choose your pointtoforum.inc file.
(this should be the only thing that is in this page)
5. Save the page and add this page to the menu.
6. Done. now you will be redirected to your forumpage.

[Cameron Allen]

I have included the redirect script ruben suggested above. To use it simply download, extract it locally, edit the domain name in the redirect.inc, then upload it through filemanager, and drop it on a page.

[Ruben]

Cameron,

Would it not be possible to add an option in the menu system where a user can just enter a link with is outside of their domain/ outside of soholaunch installation?

Ruben

[Cameron Allen]

This is something on the Slate for version 5, along with adding the ability to upload custom buttons.

[Ruben]

That sounds really cool. 'looking' forward to it.

[cashopoly]

Cameron, I too look forward to this feature being available in the next version.

Thanks!

[macomb]

How would I alter the redirect.inc to open the Destination in a new window?

[Bradnjxn]

I didn't look at the redirect.inc file but when you want a link to open in a new window add this after the <a href="yoursite.com" target=_blank>. This tells the browser you want a new window.

[Eduardo]

Can you tell me how to hyperlink from another webpage to a page from soholaunch?
Ed.

[Bradnjxn]

Eduardo,

If you want to link to a page in Soholaunch use this format:
"yoursite.com/index.php?pr=Page_Name"

Can you tell me how to hyperlink from another webpage to a page from soholaunch?
Ed.

[Eduardo]

I have many Office Word webpages with photos of properties, and would like to use them with Soholaunch. Is there a variation of the redirect file that would allow me to load these .htm webpages but still keep the leftside soholaunch buttons and top template? In other words, I think the redirect file loads the link to the whole page, and I only want it to load it on the "content frame".

[erchambers]

Thanks very much! I dont understand code as well as others, but I followed right along with this one and it worked!! :) :) :)

Thanks again

Eric

[Bradnjxn]

Eduardo,

Did you ever figure out a way to do this? If not, let me know & I'll show you a way to do it.

Take a look at www.woodhavenbaptist.com/index.php?pr=Photos. This is pretty much done like what you're wanting to do. The photo album is another webpage that is framed by Soho. The webpage happens to be hosted on the same website as the rest, but it doesn't have to be. Let me know if I can help.



I have many Office Word webpages with photos of properties, and would like to use them with Soholaunch. Is there a variation of the redirect file that would allow me to load these .htm webpages but still keep the leftside soholaunch buttons and top template? In other words, I think the redirect file loads the link to the whole page, and I only want it to load it on the "content frame".

[Eduardo]

Bradnjxn: please give me a little more detail on how to do it. I guess it would involve a variation on the redirect so that the redirected link appears framed by soho and not in a new window. Thanks, Eduardo.
Eduardo,

Did you ever figure out a way to do this? If not, let me know & I'll show you a way to do it.

Take a look at www.woodhavenbaptist.com/index.php?pr=Photos. This is pretty much done like what you're wanting to do. The photo album is another webpage that is framed by Soho. The webpage happens to be hosted on the same website as the rest, but it doesn't have to be. Let me know if I can help.

[Bradnjxn]

Eduardo,

If these .htm pages you are talking about aren't already hosted somewhere, I think I would consider trying to use Soho to display these properties. In the end it would be easier than trying to upload these pages, graphics, etc. everytime you add a property.

You could use a simple Soho blog to show them, even have a "featured property" section that rotates entries on your Home Page (using Special Promo Blog). And, with a little coding, you could have the properties display in order by price. Or you could get more fancy and create a complete searchable database of the properties.

BUT if you want to try the iframe first:

The first thing you need to do is create a file using notepad or something that will be saved as 'anyfilename.php':

Here is an example:

<IFRAME src="http://imagecaster.com/" frameBorder=NO width=100% height=1150 scroll="NO"></IFRAME>

Now, upload this through your file manager.

Then edit the page you want the properties to appear on. Just drop a 'custom code' into your page. Choose 'anyfilename.php' from the drop down menu. This should do it!

I'm just going off memory and could of skipped something. If it doesn't work, let me know.

[jrazz2]

<? header("Location: http://yourdomain.com/"); ?>

I am using the above redirect to link to the parent site for our group. I haven't been able to figure out exactly how to add the target=_blank info to it to get the redirect to open in a new window.

Thanks in advance for any help!

Robin

[CGPhotos]

my link isnt working, where did I go wrong?
<?
$destination = "http://www.caringlaser.com.com">. ;
header("Coppermine/index.php");
?>

[hostertag]

Thank you for these helpful little tidbits. This is an issue I was looking for help with myself.:) These work great in the photo album.