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This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 5:24 am
by pbhead
for example: turning the "
www.factorio.com" into a link to
www.factorio.com would be really handy.
or maybe that big giant logo?
just a thought.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 6:47 am
by Nova
pbhead wrote:or maybe that big giant logo?
No. That logo should either be no link at all, or better link to the main page of the forum.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:15 am
by Florian
mark it - right click - open in new tab/window
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 9:21 am
by sillyfly
Florian wrote:mark it - right click - open in new tab/window
That's way too many clicks! What's wrong with turning the text into a link?
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:42 am
by Cordylus
I agree with that. This forum needs a simple link to main site.
Turning this "
www.factorio.com" into the link would be easiest and the best way.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 4:20 pm
by chapium
I just use the fancy white bar at the top of my browser. Shockingly, I have no trouble forgetting the name of the parent website.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 6:44 pm
by Nova
It's not about not remembering the name of the site, but about the needed work to reach the site.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2014 7:51 pm
by SHiRKiT
One could remove that big FORUMS word and replace it with a link to Factorio.com
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Tue Nov 11, 2014 12:58 pm
by PalllaX
Agree. In terms of usabilty / user experience it would be great when there is a link back to the main page. By the way it isn't bad for SEO either.
Best way is to turn the <p> tag "
www.factorio.com" into <a> tag href="
www.factorio.com"...
But maybe you had something special in mind @ devs?
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2014 3:07 pm
by Artman40
This is not the only forum with that kind of problem.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2014 11:32 am
by Nova
This topic is finished. We all agree that we want a link to factorio.com. There's the URL to factorio.com at the top. We all agree that we want to change it into a link. Now we just have to wait for a developer to change it.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:02 pm
by starxplor
Or, you know, just use your keyboard and type the simple address... and not into google, into your address bar directly.
Seriously, people these days.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Nov 17, 2014 10:07 pm
by Nova
Too much work.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:06 am
by sbroadbent
I remember thinking some time ago that the forum needs such a link, but I was too lazy to post or PM a mod about it
Having gone back to the site enough, Chrome seems to know that if I type the letters "fa" into the search/url bar that I'm planning to go to factorio.com, which I usually am...
Still, it seems like such a simple dead easy thing to do to change that
www.factorio.com into an actual link...
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 12:54 am
by TGS
This is actually a phpBB issue not a "Factorio" or even "Factorio Forum" issue. Without modification all phpBB forums header logo links back to the main forum page. This is actually standard practice on most CMS/Forum software with a few variations/deviations. What I would recommend is that a forum admin create a forum "link" that simply links back to the site and place it at the top of the forum list. That's a simple non-code modification method of adding a link, it will still mean though however that you will have to navigate to the main forums page to click it.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 1:21 am
by DaveMcW
It's not so hard to modify phpBB.
1. Open styles/prosilver/template/overall_header.html
2. Find
3. Replace with
Code: Select all
<p><a href="http://{SITE_DESCRIPTION}/">{SITE_DESCRIPTION}</a></p>
4. Repeat steps 1-3 for styles/factorio and styles/subsilver2
5.
Purge the phpBB cache
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:45 am
by pbhead
Bump.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2015 7:31 am
by ssilk
Thanks for the bump and DaveMacW for the report (idea) to move it from General to the forum.
The devs have promised to read this board a bit more often.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:06 pm
by kovarex
DaveMcW wrote:It's not so hard to modify phpBB.
1. Open styles/prosilver/template/overall_header.html
2. Find
3. Replace with
Code: Select all
<p><a href="http://{SITE_DESCRIPTION}/">{SITE_DESCRIPTION}</a></p>
4. Repeat steps 1-3 for styles/factorio and styles/subsilver2
5.
Purge the phpBB cache
Done.
Re: This forum needs an easy way back to factorio.com
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2015 6:15 pm
by Cloner
kovarex wrote: Done.
Cool now i can faster recheck if promiced 11.9 is out yet.