By ksoonson on

How can I change an existing forum topic to other type of content like blog node or story node... with all the comments as the same?

And how can I modify a whole forum category(for example, the 'suppport' category of this forum or the whole 'how to I...' subcategory) to other type of content like above?

I think if a user with proper permission can change it via 'edit' tab or category admin interface or outside module, it would be great.

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.5.x or older, Drupal 4.6.x, Drupal 4.7.x

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venkat-rk’s picture

venkat-rk commented

There is an 'altertype' module available at www.settingtheworldtorights.com/node/417 that might do the trick for you.

However, I don't know if it will retain the comments on your forum posts. Give it a try and report your experiences so that it can help others.

ksoonson’s picture

ksoonson commented

oh, thank you very much. I just tried it and it worked fine on 4.6.5.

I converted a forum topic to blog entry and all the comments were the same but the category was also the same so I had to manually reassign the category in blog.

venkat-rk’s picture

venkat-rk commented

Great. I am glad it worked for you.

And thanks for posting back with the tip about having to reassign the category.

fuzzie’s picture

fuzzie commented

altertype works for me, excpet when I change a page to a forum.
I can change it to a forum, but I can't change the container in the forum.
It acts like it will change it, but on editing, it is still at the root level.

zigguratt’s picture

zigguratt commented

Does anyone know where the forum container information is kept in the database for nodes of type "forum topic"?

I'm trying to do the same thing as fuzzie, with similar results. I did change the assigned forum container and it accepts the change, but when I go back to "edit", it's defaulted to the topmost outer container again. Oddly, I do see that the target forum has one more post counted, but the post itself is invisible there.

So where in the database is the parent forum container information kept?

Thanks in advance!
Daniel

http://www.syrinx.net/

zigguratt’s picture

zigguratt commented

Never mind. Damn, I should learn to poke about for just a few more minutes before posting.

First, mouse over the "edit" tab while viewing your node to determine its id (I use path aliases absolutely everywhere). In my case it's 46. Then mouse over the name of the forum into which you'd like to place your node to determine the forum id. In my case it's 2.

Armed with this information, we can now assign the node to the desired forum. Using phpMyAdmin, click "forum" on the left. Click the "Insert" tab. In the "Value" column of the "nid" field enter the node's id. In my case it's 46. In the "Value" column of the "tid" field enter the forum's id. In my case it's 2.

Click "go" and you're done!

A BIG caveat emptor here. You are fiddling directly with your database tables. BE CAREFUL. If you screw it up because of these instructions, it's your responsibility, not mine.

http://www.syrinx.net/