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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. [history]

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.

Topic Name: Click the topic to browse the topic and see what it is about Subscribe: The link in this column subscribes you to the topic to the left. By subscribing it becomes a sidebar. Unsubscribe: The link in this column unsubscribes you from the topic to the left. It no longer will be a sidebar for you.
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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.


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Comment #41 Removed by Moderator

To: I Am Not A Mod
Very Nice

But why did you put it in Breaking News?

42 posted on 03/04/2003 11:33:40 AM PST by toast
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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.
43 posted on 03/04/2003 11:34:01 AM PST by Fractal Trader
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To: I Am Not A Mod
Bookmarking and thanks for a wholelotta work!!!
44 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)
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Comment #45 Removed by Moderator

To: I Am Not A Mod
Very handy! Thank you.
46 posted on 03/04/2003 11:38:18 AM PST by k2blader (Please do not feed the Tag Lion. ®oar.)
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Comment #47 Removed by Moderator

To: I Am Not A Mod; Travis McGee; wardaddy; harpseal
BTTT
48 posted on 03/04/2003 11:48:01 AM PST by Squantos (Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.)
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Comment #49 Removed by Moderator

To: I Am Not A Mod
Wow! Thanks.

Does the size of my monitor help...make any difference?

Seriously.
50 posted on 03/04/2003 11:49:35 AM PST by CaptSkip
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To: seamole
thanks for the ping
51 posted on 03/04/2003 12:01:21 PM PST by Libertarianize the GOP (Ideas have consequences)
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To: Squantos
Bookmarked.

I selected my sidebars back when we changed over to the new FR last year and could never figure how to modify them after that.

Thanks.
52 posted on 03/04/2003 12:03:17 PM PST by wardaddy
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To: umgud; Admin Moderator
I, too, would love to make the bang list a sidebar.
53 posted on 03/04/2003 12:59:56 PM PST by Atlas Sneezed
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To: Cinnamon Girl
I'd be glad to help by explaining it better, but to do so I would need to understand better what it is that you do not get?
54 posted on 03/04/2003 1:21:55 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: CaptSkip
lol

I am sure with a bigger monitor you can make your pages bigger so you can see more per page without scrolling.

55 posted on 03/04/2003 1:27:23 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: seamole; I Am Not A Mod
Thanks.

Nice work!
56 posted on 03/04/2003 1:32:27 PM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (Nuke Saddam ( Bush is thinking about it ) and then what about Germany and France?)
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To: Admin Moderator
I don't get how you make it work.
57 posted on 03/04/2003 1:33:44 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl
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To: Admin Moderator
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.

I would volunteer for that project.
Evening hours at least.

58 posted on 03/04/2003 2:02:22 PM PST by Just another Joe (FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Cinnamon Girl
How you make what work?

When you load this page, over on the right hand side you should see some sidebars. Most people have Breaking News, FrontPage, Extended, Editorial, FR, and Announcements.

The table above shows all the different topics you could have as a sidebar. If you click the link in the first column, you get a page that shows you what is currently in that topic. If you click the link in the second column, it adds that topic as a sidebar for you. And if you click the third column, if you had it as a sidebar it removes it.

If there is anything that you don't understand, I will be glad to explain better, but you will have to tell me more about what is confusing you than just "I don't get it". Get what? Or more than "I don't get how to make it work." What work? What is it you are trying to do that you can't get to work? Thanks, AM

59 posted on 03/04/2003 2:22:33 PM PST by Admin Moderator
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To: George W. Bush
"Nice work. Bookmarked for my future use."

Pardon my ignorance, but how does one bookmark a thread such as this? There used to be a "bookmark" in the options but I can't see one now. Many thanks in advance....

60 posted on 03/04/2003 2:31:28 PM PST by eureka!
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