Jim
May 18th, 2014, 01:58 PM
Two different menu changes took place this weekend.
My thanks for Chris for showing me how!
Under the "General" down drop menu we now have "Trail Stories" listed.
Under the "Off-Topic" down drop menu we now have "Members Only" listed.
Prior to this change, to access those two forums, we'd have to hit the full forum listing screen to access them. Now, either method is possible.
Second, I moved "Mark Forums Read" out from the "Forum Actions" sub menu. This was a personal preference of mine that you might enjoy.
Why you ask? When I access the forum, I do so via a bookmark that loads the "show new posts" function. This is the same as hitting the link in the top right corner of the screen that says "You Have x Unread Posts" (I bookmarked that link). I then middle-mouse-button-click (press down on your mouse's "wheel" - it's also a button) to open the threads of interest in a new tab. Once all of the threads are open I click the "Mark Forum Read" function. Once the mark-read page is complete I close its tab and begin reading the remaining tabs, closing as I go. By the time I get to the desired threads they are fully loaded so no waiting for photos to fill in.
Chris: The first item, as you told me, was in the dropdown area (Search In Templates). The second item, that I had a difficult time finding, was in the Navaigation Manager (Admincp > Settings > Navigation Manager). My blockage was not expanding the main menu that showed all of the sub-categories.
My thanks for Chris for showing me how!
Under the "General" down drop menu we now have "Trail Stories" listed.
Under the "Off-Topic" down drop menu we now have "Members Only" listed.
Prior to this change, to access those two forums, we'd have to hit the full forum listing screen to access them. Now, either method is possible.
Second, I moved "Mark Forums Read" out from the "Forum Actions" sub menu. This was a personal preference of mine that you might enjoy.
Why you ask? When I access the forum, I do so via a bookmark that loads the "show new posts" function. This is the same as hitting the link in the top right corner of the screen that says "You Have x Unread Posts" (I bookmarked that link). I then middle-mouse-button-click (press down on your mouse's "wheel" - it's also a button) to open the threads of interest in a new tab. Once all of the threads are open I click the "Mark Forum Read" function. Once the mark-read page is complete I close its tab and begin reading the remaining tabs, closing as I go. By the time I get to the desired threads they are fully loaded so no waiting for photos to fill in.
Chris: The first item, as you told me, was in the dropdown area (Search In Templates). The second item, that I had a difficult time finding, was in the Navaigation Manager (Admincp > Settings > Navigation Manager). My blockage was not expanding the main menu that showed all of the sub-categories.