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The Ultimate Sidebar Management Thread
Posted on 03/04/2003 7:15:40 AM PST by I Am Not A Mod
Edited on 03/04/2003 7:24:00 AM PST by Admin Moderator.
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Did you know that any Free Republic topic can be a sidebar for you? Did you know you can remove any sidebar that you currently have? Did you know you can control how many posts show up in each sidebar, and what order the sidebars show up on your latest posts page?
I have compiled this thread to help make the task of managing your sidebars easier.
The following table shows all the Free Republic topics that are currently configured. For any of them, you can click to topic name to see what the actual topic is, in case the one-word name doesn't make that obvious. For each topic I have included a link that will either add the topic as a sidebar or remove it as a sidebar for your account.
Once you have the sidebars you want chosen, then you can set how many posts for each and what order the sidebars are displayed. The My Subscriptions link brings up a page where you can change these options. For any sidebar, the value you put in the MAX column is the maximum number of articles which will show up in the sidebar. The ORDER column is used to designate the order you want them to appear. The sidebar that has the lowest number will be displayed first-- so the easiest way to set this up is to just go and put a 1 in the ORDER field for the sidebar you want to go on top, then a 2 in the one you want second, and so on. If you give the same ORDER number for two or more sidebars, then whichever one has been most recently posted to will come first.
A little known about feature is the Review page, which can be quite handy after you have set up all your sidebars. Try it out after you have done all the rest.
TOPICS: Extended News; Free Republic; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: 2004; adminlectureseries; americas; archaeology; australia; bering; bush; camejo; cheney; clovis; dna; dubya; edwards; election; frlibrarians; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; gwb; history; kerry; mtdna; multiregionalism; nader; paleontology; preclovis; precolumbian; primates; replacement; sidebars
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Hope this is handy.
To: I Am Not A Mod
Interviewer: "Are you a Mod or a Rocker?"
Ringo: "I'm a Mocker"
All kidding aside, thanks.
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posted on
03/04/2003 7:18:16 AM PST
by
P.O.E.
To: I Am Not A Mod
The Mod Squad. I always liked the blond.
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posted on
03/04/2003 7:20:12 AM PST
by
IncPen
To: I Am Not A Mod
Very cool!
To: I Am Not A Mod
I am Not A Mod. Sure....you 'spect me to believe that? I'm keepin' an eye on you.....
. )
To: I Am Not A Mod
Nice work. Bookmarked for my future use.
To: RnMomof7
bump
To: I Am Not A Mod
Amazed bump.
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posted on
03/04/2003 7:50:04 AM PST
by
Lady Jag
(Googolplex Star Thinker of the Seventh Galaxy of Light and Ingenuity)
To: I Am Not A Mod
Very cool...bookmarked..
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posted on
03/04/2003 7:50:39 AM PST
by
DouglasKC
To: I Am Not A Mod
Bookmarked
To: I Am Not A Mod
Where is RKBA topics, *bang_list? Can these be added as a sidebar? Education?
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posted on
03/04/2003 7:51:42 AM PST
by
umgud
(War determines who is left, not who is right)
To: I Am Not A Mod
Thanks, I have book marked this for reference, and I too am not a Mod (please excuse the mutitation of the English language).
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posted on
03/04/2003 7:53:06 AM PST
by
Grampa Dave
(Stamp out Freepathons! Stop being a Freep Loader! Become a monthly donor!)
To: I Am Not A Mod
Marvelous. Bookmarked.
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posted on
03/04/2003 7:54:34 AM PST
by
Bahbah
(Pray for our Troops)
To: I Am Not A Mod
Ok...what's the secret handshake???
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posted on
03/04/2003 7:55:57 AM PST
by
Neets
To: umgud; John Robinson
Those are set up as something different than topics (I forget the exact term).
John eventually is going to migrate them over to topics but he has not done so yet. When he does then they would be handled just like these. Thanks, AM
To: Admin Moderator
Thank you.
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posted on
03/04/2003 7:59:04 AM PST
by
umgud
(War determines who is left, not who is right)
To: I Am Not A Mod
PING
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posted on
03/04/2003 7:59:17 AM PST
by
Orion78
To: I Am Not A Mod
Impressive....
Bookmarking...
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posted on
03/04/2003 8:04:02 AM PST
by
mhking
(Message to Axis of Weasals: Get in, sit down, shut up, & hold on...)
To: I Am Not A Mod
I am not a Mod, but I DID stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...
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posted on
03/04/2003 8:10:39 AM PST
by
Chad Fairbanks
(Matt: "Ye should salt the Earth, lest it lose it's flavour")
To: I Am Not A Mod; All
It is way past time for an official FR FAQ file to be developed and a link to it posted in the upper LH corner along with "Topics", "Search", etc.
This post would be a very good piece to include in it. There have been other posts in recent weeks with regards to vanities, etc. Let's get going on it!
To: Stefan Stackhouse
Are you volunteering to compile it? ;-)
To: Admin Moderator
I can't do it all, but I would be glad to be part of the team and compose some of the answers to some of the questions. What I suggest is that you discuss it among the FR leadership, appoint someone "in charge" of the project, and ask for volunteers for a team. I'll be glad to be ONE of the volunteers. A groop effort involving about a dozen or so should suffice to get the job done.
To: Stefan Stackhouse
I think that is a great idea. Let's see if we get more volunteers and if we do I will work on the logistics of setting up a working place and such.
Comment #24 Removed by Moderator
To: I Am Not A Mod; biblewonk
The Smoky BackroomFor some reason, the "official" FR spelling is "Smokey."
Its not vey series, nor is it realy hugh. The point maybe truely mute. Some times, than, alot of us are fast and lose with our speling here. Its alright anyways. Atleast thats the subject of a whole nuther thread. Your not loosing perspective, are you.
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posted on
03/04/2003 8:37:27 AM PST
by
newgeezer
(We learn by trail and errror. :-)
To: Admin Moderator
please see your freepmail
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posted on
03/04/2003 8:45:36 AM PST
by
John O
(God Save America (Please))
To: Admin Moderator
John eventually is going to migrate them over to topics but he has not done so yet. When he does then they would be handled just like these.That is an enhancement for which I've been patiently waiting for what seems like forever. I don't want to harp and nag JohnRob about it, because I understand that there are much higher priorities involved in the maintenance and development of forum software/hardware. But in the interim, could we PLEASE have a little refinement of the "topics" that are available for selection?
In particular, I'm thinking of the foreign nations that are currently on the list. These presently consist of canada, germany, israel, japan, mexico, russia and uk. While we certainly don't need every nation on the face of the planet listed, there are certainly newsworthy nations that are conspicuous by their absence: China, Puerto Rico, France, Colombia, Venezuela, Cuba, Korea, Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, etc. If nothing else, I'd appreciate it if at least these nations for which there are a significant number of articles posted be included in the topics. Thank-you.
To: I Am Not A Mod
Very cool-bump!
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posted on
03/04/2003 9:01:33 AM PST
by
InShanghai
(Saddam will eat pork!)
To: I Am Not A Mod; John Robinson
I wish if I subscribed to Breaking News and Front Page (or any other topic) that Breaking would still be on top (unless it's changed recently).
To: I Am Not A Mod; John Robinson; Admin Moderator
Any possibility that Breaking news can be broken up into Breaking, Activism, and Radio/TV announcements?
Thanks
To: Sir Gawain
You didn't read this full post, did you? :-)
Below the table up above, I put directions on how to accomplish exactly what you just asked.
To: I Am Not A Mod
Wow, so very helpful. Thank you.
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posted on
03/04/2003 9:35:06 AM PST
by
ganeshpuri89
(We miss you Daniel Pearl)
To: I Am Not A Mod
WOW! Bookmarked.
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posted on
03/04/2003 9:56:03 AM PST
by
Jen
(The FReeper Foxhole - I can dig it!!!)
To: I Am Not A Mod
Thanks alot. I didn't know they had all this stuff.
To: Admin Moderator
I got bored before I scrolled through all the topics. hehe
To: I Am Not A Mod
Kewl! Thanks.
Comment #37 Removed by Moderator
To: I Am Not A Mod
I don't get it. :(
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Comment #40 Removed by Moderator
Comment #41 Removed by Moderator
To: I Am Not A Mod
Very Nice
But why did you put it in Breaking News?
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posted on
03/04/2003 11:33:40 AM PST
by
toast
To: I Am Not A Mod; Admin Moderator; John Robinson
I know you all have higher priorities these days, but the "tech" forum is still only working sporadically at best as a sidedar. Nothing shows up immediately when moved to "tech", some show up after a mysterious and unpredictable delay, and some never show up (especially the ones I change!)
I will keep on testing this feature (on relevant articles only, of course!) and let you know when it is working.
To: I Am Not A Mod
Bookmarking and thanks for a wholelotta work!!!
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posted on
03/04/2003 11:36:15 AM PST
by
Brad's Gramma
(PRAY for President Bush, our Country, our Military and your family)
Comment #45 Removed by Moderator
To: I Am Not A Mod
Very handy! Thank you.
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posted on
03/04/2003 11:38:18 AM PST
by
k2blader
(Please do not feed the Tag Lion. Žoar.)
Comment #47 Removed by Moderator
To: I Am Not A Mod; Travis McGee; wardaddy; harpseal
BTTT
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posted on
03/04/2003 11:48:01 AM PST
by
Squantos
(Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
Comment #49 Removed by Moderator
To: I Am Not A Mod
Wow! Thanks.
Does the size of my monitor help...make any difference?
Seriously.
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posted on
03/04/2003 11:49:35 AM PST
by
CaptSkip
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