8 replies to this topic

[Earl Grey]

There doesn't currently seem to be a mod that permits this and I think it would be a fine addition to the site if you were able to place the sidebar on every page. This doesn't have to be a compulsory option, you could turn it on and off, but I personally would love to see this!

[civ]

Agreed, seems like this should be a regular setting.

[surferboy]

but doesn't the global sidebar mod do just that?

[Earl Grey]

but doesn't the global sidebar mod do just that?

No, it allows you to set a custom sidebar for every page, but not the index one with all its features.

[Mr 13]

Agreed, seems like this should be a regular setting.

+1

[8central]

+11. I'm surprised this isn't standard. It's almost too standard to assume it's not standard!

[eGullet]

I was convinced when they first released version 3 with the sidebar on the index that any moment they would add a setting allowing it to be displayed on all pages, it seems like such a glaringly obvious idea. I would bet that if you look at your board's numbers, only a fraction of people are arriving via the board index, and many people never see that page at all. For us it's about 15%: everyone else is coming directly into a topic via a search engine, or has bookmarked some forum page. So we put effort into making the "landing page" great and then no one lands there! I can't put anything important in the sidebar because so few people see it.

[Benny.]

+ 1 also

perhaps IPS can tell us how to change the code to work around until such time as its made into a setting.

[eGullet]

Unfortunately it's not so simple: a lot of the CSS will only work right on the index page. I think that ball is in Invision's court on this one.