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----- Original Message -----
From: "Darrell Schulte" <dschulte(a)facstaff.wisc.edu>
To: <MNGEN-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: [MNGEN-L] old GenConnect Boards
>At 10:35 AM -0700 6/26/01, Ray Ensing mused, then wrote:
>>I first thought they looked neat but after a little thoughtful
>>consideration, they have totally screwed this up. There are no links
back
to
>>the county sites, they released it without it being done, AND
they
certainly
>>could have consulted with a dozen or so CC's before
making the changes.
I
>>think we need to look elsewhere as this is getting even me
nervous and
that
>>takes some doing.
>
>Ray,
>
>Doh! (thanks OED) You're right, there are no immediate links back to
>our respective county sites. There is a way to do it though. It's
>not an elegant one-click fix, but it works.
>
>In the admin area you should see a "View/Edit Adoption Info" -- in
>the Description textarea, simply place a link to the county web site
>of your choice. Now, when users (inexplicably) click on "Admin Info"
>out of curiosity, will be presented with a new window containing a
>link to your Minnesota GenWeb site.
>
Well, well...the message board has magically changed. "Admin Info"
has now changed to "Links & Announcements". That's a much better link
name. I'd still prefer a direct link to my county. Where shall I send
request for that addition?
At 2:45 PM -0500 6/26/01, Darrell Schulte mused, then wrote:
>I'm not sure about my position on merging all the GenConnect
>boards...I know I don't like the fact that I can't simply search
>Stearns County obituaries from the Advanced Search section.
And now there's a "View Message Type:" and "Listed By:" pulldown
options. Goes automatically once selection is made.
There is an oddity, perhaps someone can shed some light on it. Under
the types in "View Message Type" there are a good number of options.
Selecting "Lookup" doesn't yield the many queries found on the board.
You have to select "All" to see them. I looked in every other option
and the only one that would produce the queries was "All". When a
person posts something, the person gets presented with a
Classification pulldown menu -- what should a person select for a
query? Lookup? Something else? Or leave it blank?
Darrell
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