h2ojunkie Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 (edited) The announcement improvements made last year are wonderful. They are so much more useful than in the past. A small extra feature can take them even further with very little code. With the current system, the user clicks on the title to open the announcement in a modal. That's great when the announcement body can contain all the info you need your members to see. But it would be even better if there was an optional "URL" field when creating an announcement. When the URL field is filled in, then the body field is left blank. Clicking on the title would take the user directly to the specified URL instead of opening the announcement modaL It's quite common that an announcement is introducing members to a new site feature or a promotion, or an event. So we end up creating an announcement that is mostly just a link to the page we really want them to see/visit. The extra click saved from not having to open the modal just to click the link in that modal would make announcements more user friendly with very minor code changes. Edited February 21, 2019 by h2ojunkie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jed Rosenzweig Posted February 21, 2019 Share Posted February 21, 2019 Isn't this a 4.4 feature? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H Posted February 22, 2019 Share Posted February 22, 2019 David is correct, in 4.4 this is an option for Announcements. Clicking it opens the URL you provide in a new browser tab. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael R Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 So how do you remove an announcement that uses a URL? It does not show up under ModeratorCP. Now I can't edit or delete the announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Ashbrook Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, Michael R said: So how do you remove an announcement that uses a URL? It does not show up under ModeratorCP. Now I can't edit or delete the announcement. There should be a menu to the right: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael R Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I'm using a URL to a post. There is no Announcement listing. The link int he announcement takes me directly to the topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opentype Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 34 minutes ago, Michael R said: It does not show up under ModeratorCP. It should show up there, no matter the type of announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael R Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 And yes, it is the same with the default theme... 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opentype Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 → Support ticket? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel F Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I agree, please submit a ticket, so that we can take a look at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael R Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 21 minutes ago, opentype said: → Support ticket? 14 minutes ago, Daniel F said: I agree, please submit a ticket, so that we can take a look at this. I will. Just wanted to make sure it wasn't me. haha! 😄 Daniel F 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark H Posted February 28, 2019 Share Posted February 28, 2019 I've answered your ticket. :) Michael R 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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