Category as Link - HL Vanilla Community
<main> <article class="userContent"> <p>The <strong>Category as Link</strong> addon allows admins to configure a Category to display on the main <strong>All Categories</strong> page that has a <strong>custom URL</strong>.</p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/OUBDZBCV0MO0/all-categories-page.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/OUBDZBCV0MO0/all-categories-page.png" alt="all_categories_page.png" height="500" width="466" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/JEDX3MLIUHU5/addon-image.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/JEDX3MLIUHU5/addon-image.png" alt="addon_image.png" height="118" width="700" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <h2 data-id="enable-the-addon">Enable the addon</h2><p><strong>🛑 IMPORTANT</strong>: <strong>This addon is not fully supported, and may not work with all other addons.</strong> It is strongly recommended that this is tested thoroughly on your staging site before being used. Refer to the <strong>Conflicts </strong>section below for more information.</p><p>To enable this addon, contact <a href="mailto:support@vanillaforums.com" rel="nofollow noreferrer ugc">Vanilla Support</a>.</p><h2 data-id="how-it-works">How it works</h2><p>Once this addon is enabled, you will see a new option, called <strong>Redirect Url</strong>, when editing a Category: </p><div class="embedExternal embedImage display-large float-none"> <div class="embedExternal-content"> <a class="embedImage-link" href="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/KPVSW0Z2CIM0/redirect-url-option.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener ugc" target="_blank"> <img class="embedImage-img" src="https://us.v-cdn.net/6030677/uploads/KPVSW0Z2CIM0/redirect-url-option.png" alt="redirect_URL_option.png" height="490" width="824" loading="lazy" data-display-size="large" data-float="none"></img></a> </div> </div> <p>If a valid link is entered in this field, users will be taken to the provided URL when clicking the Category. </p><h2 data-id="conflicts">Conflicts </h2><p>There are some addons that override the way Category links are rendered. These addons generally have conflicting implementations and cannot be enabled at the same time. The addons with this limitation are:</p><ul><li>Category As Link</li><li>HTML Links</li><li>Subcommunities</li></ul><p>You can only have one of these addons enabled at once, so choose the functionality best suited, and most needed, for your community.</p> </article> </main>