Popup forum window is annoying

[BryceI]

If there's any way to get rid of the pop-up window for the forums, do it, I say.

[Ken Jennings]

Yeah, I'm annoyed by it too. And I wrote it! The problem, obviously, is there no room for my left-nav in any phpBB template I've looked at lately, so if the Message Boards link took you directly to the phpBB main page, you'd lose all nav. Which would also be annoying. Any suggestions?

[BryceI]

http://www.phpbbhacks.com/download/4319

[BryceI]

Here's how it looks on a default install of phpbb:

http://www.theinouyes.org/forum/

Took about 3 minutes.

[Ken Jennings]

Here's how it looks on a default install of phpbb:

http://www.theinouyes.org/forum/

Took about 3 minutes.

I know I could probably drop in some left-nav of my own design without any trouble, but I don't know if I like the idea of the site navigation suddenly changing on just one page. When I tried to put the phpBB screens inside the content area of www.ken-jennings.com/messageboards.html, I found that they wouldn't go down that narrow. Just too much columnar data on some of the screens.

I'll keep thinking about it.

[BryceI]

could we at least get navigation back to the homepage somewhere?

[harpua]

here, here. i'm with bryce. i had encountered the same question--how to navigate from the message boards back to the rest of the brain.

ps: bryce inouye? hey, i remember you from the yorktown stake growing up. i sometimes try to keep from being super googleable, but i'm bill /3en@c, which i think you can read. my sister mary may also be familiar. also, a few months ago i had lunch in tokyo with josh porter, who is married to kara of course.

[BryceI]

here, here. i'm with bryce. i had encountered the same question--how to navigate from the message boards back to the rest of the brain.

ps: bryce inouye? hey, i remember you from the yorktown stake growing up. i sometimes try to keep from being super googleable, but i'm bill /3en@c, which i think you can read. my sister mary may also be familiar. also, a few months ago i had lunch in tokyo with josh porter, who is married to kara of course.

Hi, Bill. Funny who you bump into online.

[Ken Jennings]

could we at least get navigation back to the homepage somewhere?

Done: first link under the top banner. But I'm still looking for a nicer way to integrate the message boards to the main site.

Hey, Bill and Bryce, I didn't know you knew each other. Er, sorry to use your name, Bill. I mean |3 1 L L. Better adjust your tinfoil hat before Google spots you.

[BryceI]

could we at least get navigation back to the homepage somewhere?

Done: first link under the top banner. But I'm still looking for a nicer way to integrate the message boards to the main site.

Hey, Bill and Bryce, I didn't know you knew each other. Er, sorry to use your name, Bill. I mean |3 1 L L. Better adjust your tinfoil hat before Google spots you.

Why not something like this
http://www.theinouyes.org/forum/index.php

[harpua]

Er, sorry to use your name, Bill. I mean |3 1 L L. Better adjust your tinfoil hat before Google spots you. :)

It's not so much that I fear Google spotting me as I fear people associating me too strongly with smart people. That's way outside my comfort zone, and I want to maintain a consistent image.

[Ken Jennings]

Why not something like this
http://www.theinouyes.org/forum/index.php

Actually, that's not bad. I think that convinces me that I should try to mimic the left-menu within a phpBB template, the way you've done, even if it doesn't exactly duplicate the layout of the rest of the site.

Also, maybe I should redesign the menu so the message boards are in the "blue" area of the brain, since that's the color of the default template.