Direct link to a comment in e-mail dont work.

Torbjorn

Hi

I dont think this is a embed problem but i will describe my setup and problem.

I have a vanilla forum setup that only allow loged in members to view content.

I have embedded the forum in a WP site with the embed plugin. When someone comments on a discussion the user gets a mail with a direct link to the comment. Great.
http://tsjogren-testar.se.preview.binero.se/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/2/#Comment_2
But when the user clicks on the link the following happens:
1. A new browser window i opened and the "none embedded default vanilla forum login page" is opened
2. Then without any user input a redirect to the WP page with the embedded forum is made presenting the text 'You have to be a member to see any dicussions'
3. The user logs in, but.. The user is not redirected directly to the comment but to the forum startpage.

Question 1:
I have the vanilla forum installed in a subfolder of my webspace:
http://tsjogren-testar.se.preview.binero.se/forum/
The WP demo site is installed in a different subfolder
http://tsjogren-testar.se.preview.binero.se/vanilla

When the mail is sent out to the member the link dosent include the path to the WP site only to the vanilla install:
http://tsjogren-testar.se.preview.binero.se/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/2/#Comment_2
Is this why i get the redirect decribed above? If yes. Workaround?

Question 2:
isn´t it possible to get a direct link to a comment with my setup? Solution?

I have tested without the option 'Force your forum to be viewed through the Remote Url' in the embed vanilla plugin settings in the Vanilla dashboard. With the same result (no direct link to comment)

Chris Coyier over at CSS Tricks has a Vanilla forum where direct links to comment works great. I do think he has a different way to embed Vanilla into WordPress. Anybody know how?
http://css-tricks.com/forums/discussions

Torbjorn

Bump...
Anyone with the same problem as me (question 1) or tips for question 2?

digibomb

@Torbjorn I think you need to talk to @Mark about this!

Torbjorn

@mark Is it possible to fix a direct link to a comment with the embed solution?

Mark

Chris' site is a complete custom theme he made - so his forum just looks like his site - it's not using embed at all.

There is a configuration setting you can use to get the correct url in your emails:

$Configuration['Garden']['ExternalUrlFormat'] = 'http://tsjogren-testar.se.preview.binero.se/vanilla#/%s';

Torbjorn

Thanks for your time @mark and @digibomb. I will try the config setting and report back.

Torbjorn

@mark i pasted the setting you gave me in /conf/config.php but the email link is still:
http://tsjogren-testar.se.preview.binero.se/forum/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/14/#Comment_14

Mark

What version of Vanilla are you using? (it should say in your forum's dashboard on the bottom-right).

Torbjorn

I´m using 2.0.15. Sorry for not mentioning that earlier.

Torbjorn

@mark What version does the config string apply to?

Mark

There was a bug in older versions that caused the external url format string to only be used in *some* outgoing emails. It should be fixed in 2.0.18, which is out here: http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/16200/vanilla-2.0.18-beta-2-is-now-available

Torbjorn

@mark
Yeah. I did a new dev install with 2.0.18b2 and got the direct links to work (when clicking on a link it takes me to the destination).
I now have this problem:
Mail i sent when someone writes on my wall or send me i direct message but not when a user comments on a discussion i have started.
I dont use any special SMTP settings
I have tripplechecked all settings for notification.
Is this a known bug?

Mark

Nope - not a known bug. This forum is running that code, and I assume you're getting notifications

Torbjorn

OK the problem has something to do with my install. I did a fresh install an there the emails keep coming. Irritating because i cant find the problem. Any tips for debugging?

masseyuni

I'm having a similar issue:

I have vanilla 2.0.18b2 installed embedded in a page on our intranet site. I have "Force your forum to be viewed through the Remote Url" checked and the url set to "http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/staffroom/community/". Everything seems to be working correctly except email notifications present users with links like this:

http://tur-www4.massey.ac.nz/~wwforum/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/105#Comment_105

which is then redirected to the embedded site to a url like this:

http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/staffroom/community/#/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/105

which then redirects to:

http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/staffroom/community/#/dashboard/home/filenotfound



What should be happening is this link http://tur-www4.massey.ac.nz/~wwforum/index.php?p=/discussion/comment/105#Comment_105 should go to this link http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/staffroom/community/#/discussion/comment/105

I currently have

$Configuration['Garden']['ExternalUrlFormat'] = 'http://www.massey.ac.nz/massey/staffroom/community/#/%s';

In my config.php file but it seems to have no effect. Any ideas?

masseyuni

@mark any ideas?

masseyuni

bump

masseyuni

There was a bug in older versions that caused the external url format string to only be used in *some* outgoing emails. It should be fixed in 2.0.18, which is out here: http://vanillaforums.org/discussion/16200/vanilla-2.0.18-beta-2-is-now-available

I'm running this version and still have the issue. The links are correct when someone sends you a message, but if someone comments on discussions it's sends a broken link. Can someone point me in the direction of the code that controls this stuff? At least then I can play around with it myself.

luc

@masseyuni: You could do grep with the text string in the directories to find out where it is.

masseyuni

@luc I've tired that, the only thing I really have to search on is the "Follow the link below to check it out:" which is the same in both emails. The only result is the definitions.php. The bit I want to address is the "%2$s" variable in there but I can't figure out how that variable is populated.

nanoGrrl

Hello-

I'm running a non-embedded forum with Version 2.0.18.1. We have it set as a private community using a plugin.

We have a similar issue, where a member can send me a link they got from an email notification--but even if I am logged in, I get a sign-in page. Signing in does not take me to the comment I want to see.

Experimenting with URLs shows that I can use identical links from the date on a post or poke that into the address bar - it works. But put that link **into ** a post, and I get a sign-in page.

We're completely confused. We can't give our own members direct links!