How to stop Forum Topics from appearing in the Top Topics list in the sidebar

by erickub , Posted to Total Outdoor Network on 07/06/2009 2:37 PM | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

erickub
Joined: 03/11/2009
Location: ND

By default, the sidebar on the home page will show all forum topics that have a display level of "Low" or higher AND are contained in a Forum that has a display level of "Low" or higher.

All topics are set to a display level of "Normal" when they are created.

To stop topics from appearing in the top discussions list, there are 2 options.

To Remove an Individual Topic
1. View the forum topic you wish to remove
2. Click the "Edit Topic" link - or "Edit Page" button
3. Scroll down to the Display section and change the topics "Display Level" to "Buried"
4. Save changes.

To Remove ALL Topics within a Forum
1. View the Forum you wish to remove
2. Click on the "Edit Forum" link - or "Edit Page" button
3. Scroll down to the Display section and change the forums "Display Level" to "Buried"
4. Save Changes

Note: Topics will still appear with the Forums section of the web site and within the All Top Topics and All New Discussions lists.

Thanks,

Eric

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Re: How to stop Forum Topics from appearing in the Top Topics list in the sidebar

by Tim Sandstrom on 07/06/2009 3:02 PM | Reply #1 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Tim Sandstrom
Joined: 07/14/2003
Location: ND

Is this for all members? Or do the site managers have to set all of this.

Re: How to stop Forum Topics from appearing in the Top Topics list in the sidebar

by Tim Sandstrom on 07/06/2009 3:05 PM | Reply #2 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Tim Sandstrom
Joined: 07/14/2003
Location: ND

Will you work on a system so there is a tab for "Politics"? How about extending that further so there is a tab for "Hunting" or "Fishing", etc?

The reason I ask is I don't want topics to just disappear from the nice easy top topic setup. I want them to disappear from the "main" top topics but I want them to go into a political tab (those are the topics that mostly need to go). Removing them from the top topics link all together will basically destroy participation. I think it would be best to make a political tab.

Thoughts?

Re: How to stop Forum Topics from appearing in the Top Topics list in the sidebar

by erickub on 07/06/2009 9:04 PM | Reply #3 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

erickub
Joined: 03/11/2009
Location: ND

Part of the issue is width (we only have enough room for maybe 4 or 5 tabs and that depends on how long the title of each tab is)

Also - Right now, you have to remember that each time you add a tab, we are grabbing another 20 topic titles to render for every page which will slow performance a bit....

I think just splitting between Outdoors related and then "Other" or non-outdoors is probably sufficcient? - At least for the Top Topics tab...

thoughts?

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Re: How to stop Forum Topics from appearing in the Top Topics list in the sidebar

by Tim Sandstrom on 07/07/2009 08:43 AM | Reply #4 | "Quote" | "Quick Reply" |

Tim Sandstrom
Joined: 07/14/2003
Location: ND

I don't think width is an issue is it? I mean, you can stack the tabs on top of one another giving you 6 to 8 tabs with a double stack.

If performance is that big of a deal maybe we can just give it a try and see how slow it is. If it is bad we will just stick with "Other".

There are other options I have in the back of my mind but I will hold off until you think about what I said above.

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Posted On: 07/06/2009 2:37 PM

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