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jimbo
Sat 29th Apr '00, 2:53pm
This is just my viewpoint on this, but how about organizing the control panel a little more. What started happening with UBB was that all the options fell under one section, and you'd have to scroll forever to find what you want. This is harder with vB because it is a lot more straightforward in its design.

Many of the new features that I read are going to be added seem to have an option in the cp. Pretty soon, you'll need a TOC or a search feature. Now I don't mean anything real fancy, just maybe some colored tables, similar to what UBB has in its CP.

Or maybe sub-menus under "Change Options" (like the Dreamweaver HTML Support Files); so you could select exactly which function you want right in the left frame. Also it seems like some of the parts could be combined, like the user groups/permissions, forum permissions, and users.

Again, this is just me thinking. Hopefully you won't see me as a total lazy-a$$, even though I am ;).

werehere
Sat 29th Apr '00, 3:01pm
It could use a little more attention to layout, but you have to admit that it is all there:)

Menno
Sat 29th Apr '00, 4:44pm
Yes, putting all the options in nice tables would make it much better to see (and less confusing)
A new font wouldn't hurt as well ;)

jimbo
Wed 3rd May '00, 8:53am
I noticed in the new version that there are now "quick links" to all the various options. Good stuff! :)

John
Wed 3rd May '00, 7:14pm
Yup...working off your suggestion. If you want to access one particular area more than the others, you could modify index.php in the admin directory to include a link directly to that area.

John

jimbo
Thu 4th May '00, 7:16am
..you 'da man! ;)