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Jump to Forum? *Solved

KungFuKungFu Registered User regular
edited April 2004 in H.Q. Reception Desk
On other forums I have been to in the past, some have had a drop down list at the bottom right of all pages (except forum index), that allow you to "jump to" the chosen forum, bypassing the Forum Index page.

Sounds like I am just being too lazy to go back to the Index and then to the forum I want to, but think about the times when HomeLAN is going running on its hairbrush connection and it would convienent to go from one forum to another instead of using extra time to load the index.

I would just edit the address bar of the forum #, but they seem to be out of order. Not as easy as changing a page #.

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  • Human Shield77Human Shield77 Registered User regular
    edited April 2004
    sounds good to me

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  • Garlic BreadGarlic Bread i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a bitch i'm a Registered User, Disagreeable regular
    edited April 2004
    phpBB actually has this feature built-in. Ramius apparently took it off.

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  • ÄlphämönkëyÄlphämönkëy Registered User regular
    edited April 2004
    Keith wrote:
    phpBB actually has this feature built-in. Ramius apparently took it off.

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  • KungFuKungFu Registered User regular
    edited April 2004
    alphamonkey wrote:
    Keith wrote:
    phpBB actually has this feature built-in. Ramius apparently took it off.

    I already knew it came with phpBB, but, there is still a wonder of the why :?:

    Being it would be such a nice feature. . .

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  • BergyBergy Registered User regular
    edited April 2004
    just click the forum index, its too cluttered with that down there.

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  • StarfuckStarfuck Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2004
    agreed
    either keep the format the way it is or only the pulldown, but not both. I like it the way it is though.

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  • RamiusRamius Joined: July 19, 2000 Administrator, ClubPA admin
    edited April 2004
    The reason I removed it is because it has a fairly significant overhead. It appears on every single page, and in order to create that dropdown, it needs to first query the database for the list of forums, then determine if you have rights to a forum or not, then check to see if any groups you are in give you rights to the forum or not.

    There is probably a way of implementing it without the overhead, but I never spent the time to figure that out. I just removed it.

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  • DickDick Registered User regular
    edited April 2004
    Well that about sums it up.

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  • fatthemanfattheman Registered User new member
    edited April 2004
    I don't like the feature anyway.

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  • KungFuKungFu Registered User regular
    edited April 2004
    Indeed.

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  • ShortyShorty touching the meat Intergalactic Cool CourtRegistered User regular
    edited April 2004
    Um, didn't we used to have it, for awhile?

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2004
    alphamonkey wrote:
    Keith wrote:
    phpBB actually has this feature built-in. Ramius apparently took it off.

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  • OrthancOrthanc Death Lite, Only 1 Calorie Off the end of the internet, just turn left.Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2004
    I'd do it as follows
    1) at login get the name and id of all the forums the user can access
    2) put them as an array in $_SESSION
    3) generate the select from the array at each page (single for loop, fuck all overhead).
    4) ......
    5) profit.

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