Changing default content type per channel?

[Shon]

There isn't any way to change the default content type (photo, link, poll, event) per channel is there?

[Wayne Luke]

There is not. Text is always the default.

[OrganForum]

There is no way to set a default channel type. You can force a channel to be a certain type with permissions, but as currently implemented, this is of limited value.
https://forum.vbulletin.com/forum/vb...ls#post4452177

[Shon]

Thank you... I too wish that you could change the permissions differently between topics and replies.

[Wayne Luke]

https://tracker.vbulletin.com/vbulle...sues/VBV-20689

Commenting and voting there with your use cases would help me push for change. I can't guarantee it will happen but I can push for it.

[Shon]

I voted it up, thank you!

[delicjous]

You could force a click on contenttype button with javascript/ jquery for specific channels.

[Shon]

I was able to find an easy workaround for this right now, but it involves a small template edit. I'm sure that's not recommended...

OrganForum

I was able to do this by editing single template: Module Templates > widget_newcontent

and adding (replace EventForumChannelD with the channel [Node ID] of your event forum channel):

<vb:if condition="$channelInfo['nodeid'] == 'EventForumChannelD">
{vb:set MyContentType, 'Event'}
<vb:else />
{vb:set MyContentType, 'Text'}
</vb:if>

and replacing:

defaultContentType=Text,

with:

defaultContentType={vb:raw MyContentType},

It works exactly as I was hoping for.

[OrganForum]

Thanks! I'll give it a try.