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Title: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Inactive on Mar 24, 2007, 11:16:29
...asking this question, but;

What is a " child board " listed at Service Announcements ????
Title: Re: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Rik on Mar 24, 2007, 11:21:01
In this particular instance, it's a board where announcements can be discussed because members can't post in the parent board.

However, structurally, it needn't be that way, we could, for example, have a parent board called 'Help' and then two children, 'IDNetters Help' and 'General Computing Help', or a parent 'Chat' with children 'Natter' and 'Rant and Rave' etc.
Title: Re: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Inactive on Mar 24, 2007, 11:27:54
Clear as mud Rik... ;D, That could have been written by Gordon Brown..  ;D ;D

Now, in simple terms, how does it differ from any other header, if indeed it does?

( I told you that I was going to regret asking )..  :)
Title: Re: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Rik on Mar 24, 2007, 11:35:31
OK, put another way, a child board is no different to any other board as far as members are concerned, they just involve an extra step of navigation unless they are 'indexed' on the front page, as the child to Announcements is. The difference is purely a structural one, in board terms, and can be nullified by a direct link, as has been done for our only child board. OTOH, if you go to announcements, you can see the sub-board there, and that would be the normal navigational path for a child. It's a bit like folder structures within Windows.

Have I managed to sound like Tony yet? :)

Title: Re: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Inactive on Mar 24, 2007, 11:56:07
Quote from: rikbean on Mar 24, 2007, 11:35:31


Have I managed to sound like Tony yet? :)



Yup, load of spin, ;) anyway I am slightly clearer now, it's just that I have never ever come across such a thing on any forum before.

Parental guidance required perhaps..  :angel:
Title: Re: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Rik on Mar 24, 2007, 12:04:48
I confess I've never seen one before, Inactive. My guess is that it was set up to allow discussion of announcements because the main/parent board is not 'open to post'.

My head's spinning too... (http://bestsmileys.com/silly/23.gif)
Title: Re: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Inactive on Mar 24, 2007, 12:22:00
Mine as well Rik...

:crazy:


Love the smiley .. !!
Title: Re: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Rik on Mar 24, 2007, 12:28:30
Thank Jill, she pointed me at the site in the hunt for a groan smiley:

http://www.bestsmileys.com/pageindex.htm

[ img]http://bestsmileys.com/silly/10.gif[ /img]

is the one I posted...
Title: Re: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Inactive on Mar 24, 2007, 12:38:47
Found, and used it..Thanks Jill...
Title: Re: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Rik on Mar 24, 2007, 12:41:20
Actually, doesn't it make you think of Tony & Gordon? :)
Title: Re: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Inactive on Mar 24, 2007, 12:52:14
Indeed...

Testing  Groan Smiley.

(http://www.coolgenerators.com/temp/b6184b29fed0170196b1d4768514a38c16e80c4d.gif) (http://www.coolgenerators.com/)


It worked.... ;)
Title: Re: I just know that I will regret......
Post by: Rik on Mar 24, 2007, 12:54:51
A little editing Chez Inactive? ;)