shortcodes

What do you mean by “it doesn’t work”? Where did you place the shortcode, and what is displayed instead of the wpForo page?

I get a “404” code when I try either of these shortcodes.

(I’m guessing at the shortcodes from reading the docs)

https://share.zight.com/JrumrG0X

https://share.zight.com/rRumZN2r

• This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by lbdesign.
• This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by lbdesign.

Replace this :

[wpforo item=”forum” id=”3″] 

with this :

[wpforo item="forum" id="3" ]?

The symbols ” are written incorrectly; they should be the standard Latin double quotation marks " to ensure proper functionality.

• This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by forum.
• This reply was modified 11 months, 3 weeks ago by forum.

Thank you. I feel stupid! I should have seen that with the quotes.

However, even with the code:

[wpforo item="forum" id="3"]

What happens is: I get a 404 page error.
This shortcode above is placed on a blank page that’s structurally nested below the page with the main [wpforo] shortcode on it.

It’s as if the page with the id=3 on it doesn’t exist to WPForo. It seems to be not finding the subpage with the shortcode on it. Could there be some sort of redirect or internal confusion?

https://share.zight.com/4guRdv74

This video might help explain what I’m seeing:

https://share.zight.com/QwuBNzGK

So try avoid creating wpForo shortcoded pages hierarchically.

OK. I don’t understand why hierarchical pages would break this. But I see that removing page hierarchy allows it to work.

New question: I have two different Boards. The Forums under each Board have the same ID numbers. When I use a shortcode like this:
[wpforo item=”forum” id=”2″]
How do I control which Board the Forum will display from? Both Boards have a Forum that’s ID=2

Try adding the boardid attribute into the shortcode.
[wpforo boardid=”0″ item=”forum” id=”2″]

[wpforo boardid=”1″ item=”forum” id=”2″]

Oh, that would be great! But I’m getting a “404” with all the variations I try on that. The page for the shortcode is at the top level.

[wpforo boardid=”2″ item=”forum” id=”2″]

Boards: Zero and Two:

https://share.zight.com/JrumdoK8

Forums in board two:

https://share.zight.com/nOuQAXjE

Can you please provide the website URL or a full screenshot of the page, including both the front end and dashboard side?