[theflow]

Originally posted by s.molinari
So here's my fix:... Hope I could help.... As I mentioned in my PM, this took me around 30 minutes to figure out and it is not even a hack.

Scott, yes, a big help; thank you very much. Listen, I do realize that these kinds of things take time and everyone's busy with their own priorities and interests. So I am always grateful when vB folks here take time to help solve problems for other people. It's still hard for me to know, not being a programmer, what the scope of work requires to solve some of my requests for functionality which are not directly supported by vB.

I'm an information and usability designer, so I request things that help novice users figure things out easier. Lots of people who already know BBSs can figure out what icons mean and how things function, but you would be amazed at the number of people who don't know what "quote" means, or how it relates to "reply", or what the difference is between "search" within postbits and "search" in the function bar at top of page.

I realize there are many many happy users with vB and it is very obviously a success story -- far greater than UBB and other solutions. Better than web crossing which CNN uses, better than Delphi which Washington Post uses and on and on. Still, many people who use vB are major enthusiasts of a particular subject area, be they cars, furry animals, animation, web development, etc. And these more novice users do not find the default layouts and functioality of vB obvious. Another example is the reply-compose screen. It is very intimidating to someone who just knows how to email. This is why next-in-queue for me is to redesign its layout for my use. (see this screen shot for example: http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/attac...&postid=151211 )

My goal has been to remove any osbtacles I can find to enabling a novice user to figure out how to participate in forums.

I still would love to get some hackers help with my issue re "upon logout, redirect to the page you were last on".
http://www.vbulletin.com/forum/showt...threadid=23700

Thanks again, Richard