Custom thread URLs

[Cicada]

I was wondering if it would be possible to create a plugin that allows members to designate a URL for threads? E.G., someone could make a thread with the URL randomforumnamehere.proboards.com/thread/rules or something like that, bypassing the number and the fact that the URL is always more or less the same as the thread title. The idea is that it could make navigation a bit easier, as one wouldn't have to keep going back to a thread to get the URL if it was easier to remember. A permissions sort of thing would be nice too, as well as an option to edit said URL once it's been created.

[David Clark]

Cicada, while a plugin can't create custom URLs like you mentioned, it would be possible to create a custom page that redirects to a thread. Since custom page URLs look like this:

http://yourforumname.proboards.com/page/YourCustomPageID
You could create a custom page with the ID "rules", and it would be located at "/page/rules". From there, you could place this code in the HTML tab of your custom page and visiting the custom page's URL would redirect to the URL specified.

<script>
window.location = "URL TO YOUR THREAD"
</script>

Edit:

It is important to note that a redirection like this is only allowed if the forum is ad free and not otherwise.