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KJAP
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Two Little Suggestions: Page Titles and Submenu Indicators

12 Sep 2008, 01:41

Would it be possible to let us edit the page titles, i.e. the content of the <title> tag for each individual page? Right now it appears that this defaults to [global title] - [folder name]. In lieu of showing the folder name (with its inherent capitalization issues, etc.), I'd like to be able to pick what appears.

It would also be nice if the <title> tag contents could support nested items. For example, I usually stick to the format [global title] - [level 1 title] - ... - [current page title].

(It may be that the above items are already possible; sorry if I've overlooked something.)

My second little suggestion is pretty insignificant, but it bothers me that I can't change the characters used to display the open/closed states of submenu parents. The default is [+] for closed, - for open. Could we be allowed to change this, or perhaps link to images?
 
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mjau-mjau
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Re: Two Little Suggestions: Page Titles and Submenu Indicato

12 Sep 2008, 01:57

KJAP wrote:Would it be possible to let us edit the page titles, i.e. the content of the <title> tag for each individual page? Right now it appears that this defaults to [global title] - [folder name]. In lieu of showing the folder name (with its inherent capitalization issues, etc.), I'd like to be able to pick what appears.

It would also be nice if the <title> tag contents could support nested items. For example, I usually stick to the format [global title] - [level 1 title] - ... - [current page title].

(It may be that the above items are already possible; sorry if I've overlooked something.)
Individual titles for every page .... hmm, yes it can be done of course by creating a pagetitle input field for every image and folder in admin. Not sure if its strictly necessary though - I don't know who actually reads the page title (I don't). Another thing to be aware of, is that the page title is sensitive to what characters it accepts - Thats why we only user physical file/folder names currently, because they are usually safe.
KJAP wrote:My second little suggestion is pretty insignificant, but it bothers me that I can't change the characters used to display the open/closed states of submenu parents. The default is [+] for closed, - for open. Could we be allowed to change this, or perhaps link to images?
You mean change this icon to something graphical? I guess that would be possible ...
 
KJAP
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12 Sep 2008, 02:12

Individual titles for every page .... hmm, yes it can be done of course by creating a pagetitle input field for every image and folder in admin.
Yeah, I agree that it could be too much to add yet another input field for every page. The issue seems tied to the fact that ordering pages is (somewhat) non-intuitive. You use folder titles such as a_Title b_Title to take care of it. I just number my folders, which also lets me avoid the capitalization/strange character issue in my titlebar: http://www.truelineperformance.com/betasite/.
You mean change this icon to something graphical?
That would be my preference, of course. A cute little arrow that I can color and that rotates to show open/closed states. At this point I'd be happy with a balanced [+] and [-] in a fixed-width font like Courier. If this complaint is too nit-picky then just disregard it, haha.
 
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mjau-mjau
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12 Sep 2008, 04:12

Regarding ordering/sorting of pages/folders manually, I agree it is very non-intuitive, and we are going to figure out a better way for custom sorting in a future update.

In regards to "custom icon", you can already change the font for the [+]/- by editing the CSS stylesheet. .mainmenu_node {

We will consider adding graphical elements later -