Invisiοnist Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 So while setting up my boards *which Im still doing* I notice alot of things don't have "global" settings... at least that I'm aware of.. if there is please let me know.. but what I mean by global settings is turning something on or off on all forums. For example.. the quick reply option.. I have to go through each and every forum just to turn that setting on. I have like 30 forum areas.. maybe more lol. It's tedious work. Some with user groups. If i wanted to turn something on or off globally it would be a really nice option to have. Erm unless its already possible, if so let me know please xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuclear General Posted March 24, 2010 Share Posted March 24, 2010 It's done individually for a reason; to make it a category specific. But normally, when creating a new category, it's checked by default. And I know how tedious it can get. I have about 200 categories on my forum, and about 1,500 categories on my soon to be announced new site in IP.Content. It's going to have a lot more though! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisiοnist Posted March 24, 2010 Author Share Posted March 24, 2010 I agree individually is just necessary however, maybe have the check box clicked and then a "global setting" option to set certain things for all areas. For those of us with 100's of categories lol. The boards are amazing, I seriously love it way more than vB, the flexibility is just awesome, it's just very tedious as well. :ermm: btw this is sorta off topic but where is the option to reset all reputation :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuclear General Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 There is no option for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan H. Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 You'll need to use SQL queries for that. :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FadE. Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 So while setting up my boards *which Im still doing* I notice alot of things don't have "global" settings... at least that I'm aware of.. if there is please let me know.. but what I mean by global settings is turning something on or off on all forums. For example.. the quick reply option.. I have to go through each and every forum just to turn that setting on. I have like 30 forum areas.. maybe more lol. It's tedious work. Some with user groups. If i wanted to turn something on or off globally it would be a really nice option to have. Erm unless its already possible, if so let me know please xD I am keen for this option as I am going to be setting up a new forum soon and don't want to have to do it to my 50+ catorgies and all the user groups again.. so please is there any easier way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Charles Posted March 25, 2010 Management Share Posted March 25, 2010 Trust me we would love to do more global settings but most clients would probably kill us if we took away per-forum or per-group options and made global options :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FadE. Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Well could there be another setting we need to select first possibly? or if we do one set of grouping and then be able to just copy that settings on to the next one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Management Matt Posted March 25, 2010 Management Share Posted March 25, 2010 Personally, I think some options like 'Show fast reply' should be removed. They are anachronisms now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noles Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Trust me we would love to do more global settings but most clients would probably kill us if we took away per-forum or per-group options and made global options :) Couldn't there be both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 Couldn't there be both? We do that in a few places, but that tends to lead to more confusion, when a user finds one option but not the other and doesn't realize that they are conflicting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisiοnist Posted March 25, 2010 Author Share Posted March 25, 2010 I agree with the above user posts (non-staff). You could try to have both. Instead of taking one away just add the option to globally enable or disable it. If they say disable, then ad the option to manually enable each specific forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisiοnist Posted March 25, 2010 Author Share Posted March 25, 2010 We do that in a few places, but that tends to lead to more confusion, when a user finds one option but not the other and doesn't realize that they are conflicting. Ah, that is probably true, what if there is just one section for only enabling things globally. So they can view the list of things globally enabled and disable it when needed then it would be less confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noles Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 We do that in a few places, but that tends to lead to more confusion, when a user finds one option but not the other and doesn't realize that they are conflicting. That's true. >_< I don't even see why people wouldn't want the option to fast reply... :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nuclear General Posted March 25, 2010 Share Posted March 25, 2010 It could easily be done with an if statement as such, if they were to implement it (example below): if ($this->settings['global_fast_reply_enable']) { $use_global_fast_reply_method === true; //fast reply code here } else { $use_global_fast_reply_mothod === false; //per-forum & per-category code here } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisiοnist Posted March 26, 2010 Author Share Posted March 26, 2010 I wish they would for 3.1 its just something everyone wants ;/ that way if someone doesnt want it on their forum they can just unclick the thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfie Posted March 26, 2010 Share Posted March 26, 2010 I think for something like forums and member groups, having a 'template' that could be edited would be nice, then as new forums or member groups are created, it would load those settings as the default and then the admin makes any specific changes before saving it. Wouldn't help for pre-existing forums/groups, but if someone doesn't want a certain setting on (by default) then they don't have to uncheck it each time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Invisiοnist Posted April 1, 2010 Author Share Posted April 1, 2010 I think for something like forums and member groups, having a 'template' that could be edited would be nice, then as new forums or member groups are created, it would load those settings as the default and then the admin makes any specific changes before saving it. Wouldn't help for pre-existing forums/groups, but if someone doesn't want a certain setting on (by default) then they don't have to uncheck it each time. I so agree.. It really does get tiring always readding the same things over and over again. Even if it were possible to mimic a permission for a forum/group and then edit it later so that it has slightly different settings than the original would be really nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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