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Richard Davey
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Posted: 21st Aug 2003 21:26 Edited at: 21st Aug 2003 21:32
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Hi all,

I added in an option tonight that lets you hide the left nav while viewing forum threads (i.e. reading a thread). Just go into your forum profile and turn on the "slim" forum mode. It also makes the text size slightly lower so you get more on-screen.

It only affects when READING a thread. Not when viewing the list of threads, so no complaining about that also make sure you refresh your browser, it uses a new CSS style which you'll need to pick up.

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Rich

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Posted: 21st Aug 2003 21:30 Edited at: 21st Aug 2003 21:31
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Yahoo!!!

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Richard Davey
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Posted: 21st Aug 2003 21:31
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Go into your FORUM profile!! There aren't many options

Must try harder.. 1/10

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Rich

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Posted: 21st Aug 2003 21:35
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I didn't think it worked because it only worked on view thread.

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sweet, I was just going to complain about that

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Nice idea, but turning on slim mode gives me a script error on every page. I am happy with normal mode anyway.

I don't want to turn off script debugging because I do a lot of work related web development and need to see script errors.

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Posted: 22nd Aug 2003 12:45
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Ahem, if you're happy with normal then don't turn the option on

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sweet

thanx rich, yayy


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Richard Davey
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Posted: 22nd Aug 2003 14:44
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Spooky - the JS error is gone now, you can enable slim mode without it happening.

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Well done! I prefer normal text size though, specially as I have big monitors so I will not be using slim mode!

Nice to see you squashed up main forum page as there was a hell of a lot of blank space on it and a lot of scrolling was needed.

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Quote: "sweet, I was just going to complain about that"


HAHAHA...oh dear, that is rich.

Not Rich the admin, but...bah you know what i mean

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Yeah, you need to make it that you can turn it off every where and not just in view message too...

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Posted: 26th Aug 2003 11:03
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No. It will only apply in view messages, I'm not turning it off anywhere else.

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Why?

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Because this site is more than a forum.

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I always thought of the forums as a separate section...

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How about letting users set their own widths for the Author and Message columns?

Or at least a width limit on signature graphics. I use a 800x600 screen, and some of the wider sigs mean I have to horizontally scroll every thread where that person posts (I'm talking to YOU, Martin_COTN! )
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Posted: 30th Aug 2003 23:21
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Even if you could set a fixed width on the message column, a massive sig graphic would still break it - there's no avoiding that. What would be easier is if I added an option to your Forum Profile which let you either disable the display of sigs entirely or strip out any image tags embedded in them. That'd work (and be quite easy to do too).

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Posted: 31st Aug 2003 05:20
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my sig is not that big...

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nor that good, lol

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Rich, I would definitely use the no-image-tags feature if you decide to add it.
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Posted: 31st Aug 2003 05:36
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after my display of uglieness???

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Posted: 31st Aug 2003 10:58
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I also would. Damn waste of bandwidth those sigs are.

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Posted: 31st Aug 2003 14:01
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Yeah I think I would too! Okay, I'm adding it next week!!

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Posted: 31st Aug 2003 14:08 Edited at: 31st Aug 2003 14:11
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dont worry everyone, i got rid of the bannar

And added a funny saying! I suppose I did cause alot of people scrolling pain, it wont happen again

please excuse me while I greave

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Posted: 31st Aug 2003 17:16
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no, please just have a litmited size!!!

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Definatly add an option to strip img tags from sigs. I don't mind the text just the images.

The menu has disapeared at the side of the forum as well, makes it much easier to read.
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yes, i like that too! But please make it an option to turn off sig pics, i quite like mine!

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