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Title: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Norrage on June 09, 2016, 12:00:43 am
Isn't it a possibility to arrange the boards the way you want them to be arranged? This way you can place your server and possible important boards at first, and other boards at last.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Brian on June 09, 2016, 12:01:59 am
Not as far as I know, I know there's the possibility to hide sections you don't want to see, and posts in there. But that's about it, I'll look in to it a bit further.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: JDC on June 09, 2016, 12:02:25 am
To be more precise, you mean an SMF plugin / add-on that allows the users to change the order of how board categories are viewed on their end, while leaving the actual forum site data intact?
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Norrage on June 09, 2016, 12:03:45 am
Not as far as I know, I know there's the possibility to hide sections you don't want to see, and posts in there. But that's about it, I'll look in to it a bit further.

True, but for example: I have all boards after IV:MP hidden, together with VC:MP. There are other boards at the bottom. I would like to arrange them after SA:MP so I do not have to scroll all the way down every time. Thanks for checking anyways.

@JDC: Yes.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Brian on June 09, 2016, 12:05:04 am
True, but for example: I have all boards after IV:MP hidden, together with VC:MP. There are other boards at the bottom. I would like to arrange them after SA:MP so I do not have to scroll all the way down every time. Thanks for checking anyways.

@JDC: Yes.
Haven't been able to find something yet, nor a plugin online, sadly. I'll keep looking.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: SugarD on June 11, 2016, 11:18:31 pm
Nothing like this exists. Why would you want to hide boards anyway? The point of being a community is being a community...
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Salmonella on June 11, 2016, 11:23:25 pm
As far as I know it's already possible to hide certain groups of boards (for example you could hide the ''Other Services'' group of boards). That's all I've ever needed.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: SugarD on June 12, 2016, 12:25:34 am
As far as I know it's already possible to hide certain groups of boards (for example you could hide the ''Other Services'' group of boards). That's all I've ever needed.
You can hide categories which group these boards, but that is it.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Salmonella on June 12, 2016, 12:36:31 am
You can hide categories which group these boards, but that is it.

True, that's all I personally need though :P
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Norrage on June 12, 2016, 04:09:48 pm
Nothing like this exists. Why would you want to hide boards anyway? The point of being a community is being a community...

Why would I want to see the VC:MP boards if I do not play VC:MP?
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: SugarD on June 12, 2016, 04:32:36 pm
Why would I want to see the VC:MP boards if I do not play VC:MP?
Why would you use Argo Forums for a global community in the World of its Own if you don't want to be a part of that?

If you don't play VC:MP, no one is forcing you to read the VC:MP boards. Just scroll past them. Hiding them just makes the community more closed off from itself.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Teddy on June 12, 2016, 04:36:31 pm
Why would you use Argo Forums for a global community in the World of its Own if you don't want to be a part of that?

If you don't play VC:MP, no one is forcing you to read the VC:MP boards. Just scroll past them. Hiding them just makes the community more closed off from itself.

This has to be the stupidest fucking logic I have ever heard.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Norrage on June 12, 2016, 05:07:08 pm
Why would you use Argo Forums for a global community in the World of its Own if you don't want to be a part of that?

If you don't play VC:MP, no one is forcing you to read the VC:MP boards. Just scroll past them. Hiding them just makes the community more closed off from itself.

So hiding them makes it more closed off, but scrolling past does not? I do not get that logic. What is the difference between shoving them to the bottom or scrolling past them?
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Stivi on June 12, 2016, 09:54:46 pm
Do this (http://i.imgur.com/HopwvPZ.png)
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Norrage on June 12, 2016, 10:01:29 pm
Do this (http://i.imgur.com/HopwvPZ.png)

Did you read the topic?

True, but for example: I have all boards after IV:MP hidden, together with VC:MP. There are other boards at the bottom. I would like to arrange them after SA:MP so I do not have to scroll all the way down every time. Thanks for checking anyways.

I did that. Tho there are more boards shown for me at the bottom of the forum, and it is annoying as fuck to scroll all the way down over the boards who are not 'shown'. I would like to arrange the not 'shown' boards at the bottom, not inbetween.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Stivi on June 12, 2016, 10:42:47 pm
Did you read the topic?

I did that. Tho there are more boards shown for me at the bottom of the forum, and it is annoying as fuck to scroll all the way down over the boards who are not 'shown'. I would like to arrange the not 'shown' boards at the bottom, not inbetween.
I did read the topic, I know you had already hidden them. But Brian also told you there's no such plugin, that's why I told you to just keep doing that.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Marcel on June 12, 2016, 10:51:55 pm
Since the board order is something done from within the forum software (SMF), I suggest against allowing people to have individual settings. The more individual settings, the longer each page load will take, resulting in reduced overall performance.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Norrage on June 12, 2016, 11:32:55 pm
Since the board order is something done from within the forum software (SMF), I suggest against allowing people to have individual settings. The more individual settings, the longer each page load will take, resulting in reduced overall performance.

Did not know that was a thing. Thanks for clearifying that.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Julio. on June 13, 2016, 09:22:16 am
I'm surprised an add-in like this doesn't exist, it doesn't sound like a relatively complex plugin to implement, I'd be surprised if it would slow down server performance. Especially if the modifications are performed client side.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Teddy on June 13, 2016, 12:15:44 pm
Especially if the modifications are performed client side.

but the settings would be stored, retrieved and processed server-side before being sent to the client
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Julio. on June 13, 2016, 12:22:44 pm
but the settings would be stored, retrieved and processed server-side before being sent to the client

True, though I was thinking the format could be stored via cookies and each category on the forum would be in essence a webpart.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Teddy on June 13, 2016, 12:25:31 pm
True, though I was thinking the format could be stored via cookies and each category on the forum would be in essence a webpart.

SMF isn't logical and only has one cookie to store the session; no settings.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Julio. on June 13, 2016, 12:28:51 pm
SMF isn't logical and only has one cookie to store the session; no settings.

Ah, I didn't know that... I'm all for minimising the local storage of cookies for users, but that takes the biscuit.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Teddy on June 13, 2016, 12:33:30 pm
Ah, I didn't know that... I'm all for minimising the local storage of cookies for users, but that takes the biscuit.

It would be more logical to use HTML5's sqlite local storage than cookies or session; but aye SMF isn't that up to date on standards.
Title: Re: Arrange boards your way
Post by: Brian on June 13, 2016, 12:47:20 pm
You can hide categories which group these boards, but that is it.
You can hide specific boards too, how ever that's not what Twenty's asking.
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