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Question: Is there a way to make the Links sidebar always be fully expanded. Its annoying to have to navigate away from the page I'm on to see what's under the "SOCIS" menu.
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Links SidebarQuestion: Is there a way to make the Links sidebar always be fully expanded. Its annoying to have to navigate away from the page I'm on to see what's under the "SOCIS" menu. »
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I don't believe that it's
I don't believe that it's possible for users to do it, not as far as I can see. (I'm still poking around the inner workings of Drupal.)
I could have it always expanded for everybody, but I'm not sure how many people would like to see a big long list of things, which is why I think Bryan just set it to display the University links.
Jess H.R. Hunte
2nd Year, B.Comp.
SOCIS Webmaster
If there was a method to
If there was a method to said madness I don't remember.
Oh wait yes I do. I didn't want them all expanded like Jesse said cause of asthetics and the only reason the university links is expanded is because otherwise you would never see those links.
I put thought into it who knew.
Bryan Heisler
"Half the lies I tell aren't true"
--Elazmeh
Couldn't client-side
Couldn't client-side expanding be done with some Javascript? I don't know how hard that would be to implement since I don't know how the forums are deployed, just a suggestion.
The catch is the more
The catch is the more customizing we do at a code level the harder it is to maintain the package as a whole.
Right now if there was an update to drupal all that that would need to be done is switch over to the up to date version with up to date modules.
Any code level modification I would say just create a new module otherwise the upkeep of this site is going to be just as big a pain in the neck as the old one and trust me we don't want that.
Bryan Heisler
"Half the lies I tell aren't true"
--Elazmeh
Design always has to balance
Design always has to balance functionality. Currently the functionality is poor, since I cannot easily navigate around the site. So, in this case, I think it would be better to have the links expanded by default. As Dru said, its just a matter of setting them visible, it shouldn't be hard. Right now, you aren't encouraging users to navigate around the site, as they don't see all the links.
Dave
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"The only thing more dangerous than a hardware guy with a code patch is a programmer with a soldering iron."
Ditto
I'm just going to agree with Dave on this one.
- Dave
Okay, because there is
Okay, because there is obvious call for expansion, I will make a poll to see how many people feel they would like to have this done. This is just so we can keep this diplomatic, and at least we'll know that the userbase wants it.
Jess H.R. Hunte
2nd Year, B.Comp.
SOCIS Webmaster
Total Diplomacy
I don't believe absolutely everything needs to be diplomatic, espescially when it comes to web site usability.
Just make a call, otherwise we'll spend more time arguing and debating.
- Dave
I thought arguing and
I thought arguing and debating was the point of democracy? ;)
Disclaimer: I don't actually care what the decision is. I'm just trying to be witty.
It's possible, just set to
It's possible, just set to always expanded.
There's no client-side way to do it without client JS unless you make the menu it's own block which is collapsible and user controlled.
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Andrew