Stickies and Announcements

by Caihlem on March 25th 2007, 4:56 pm

Stickies and Announcements

Stickies and Announcements

Sticky: A sticky is a topic of greater importance, it thus stays on the top of all normal topics all the time. It usually contains rules or other important infos that your members can easily find at every time.

Announcement: Technically the same as a sticky, they will also be always on the top of all other topics, even at the top of stickies, regardless of their date of creation or amount of replies. Announcements, as the name implies already, are usually used to announce updates or other news.

How to create a Sticky / Announcement?

When you create your thread, or edit the first post of an existing one, you will have additional options below the text editor box (does not work with quick-reply or when editing a reply):

How can I define other names for stickies and announcements?

You can modify the name of stickies and announcements, so this words are displayed on your forum instead. This option allows you a higher level of customization and individuality.

Admin Panel

"General >> Form >> Messages & Email >> Define another name for stickies / announcements"

The traditionnal Announcement: and Sticky: will be replaced by Personnal Text1: and Personnal Text2:

Notice: The maximum length is 15 caracters for the personal texts. For this reason, it's recommended to avoid html tags.

For example, you replace:
Announcement label >> Important
Sticky label >> ReadMe

How to change their topic icons?

This can be done in the "Display" tab in your admin panel. Go ahead to "Pics Management", "Advanced mode" and switch to the "Icons for Topics". Enter a new image address into the respective fields and save.

Can they be seperated from normal topics?

Yes, in your admin panel, go to:

"General >> Form >> Messages & Email >> Separate annoucements and stickies from the messages"

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Written by Metal Knight
Updated by Katt
Updated by Sunny_D || 19.07. '08