Global Display Settings
The Forum ☛ Options ☛ Global Display Settings administration panel is where you can customize the Forum appearance. The options in this panel apply to all Forum views.
Forum Page Title
By default, Simple:Press Forum will display the page title as it is set in the WordPress ‘page’ record which you can change any time by visiting ‘Manage > Pages’, selecting the forum page and loading it up for editing. However, the title can also be changed using these options.
Show Forum/Topic in Page Title
This option will append the name of the currently display forum or topic to the title of the page.
Remove Page Title Completely
As it implies, this option will remove the page title and leave the area blank.
Graphic Replacement URL
It is also possible to display a graphic banner instead of the textual title. By entering the URL of an image file this will be displayed instead. Simple:Press Forum attempts to centre any graphic used but this can be altered in the forum skin you are using where you can also define any other styling.
Display Search Form
You can elect to display the Search Form. By default, the search bar is displayed at both the top and bottom of each forum page. You can remove either or both of these displays.
QuickLinks Dropdowns
Show ‘QuickLinks’ dropdowns
The ‘QuickLinks’ dropdown lists can be optionally removed from display on the Search Bar at both, or either, the top or bottom.
There are two lists. The first shows the most recent topics to receive new posts and the second offers links to all of the defined forums.
Number of New Posts to show
This number determines the number of most recent topics with new posts to make available in the ‘QuickLinks’ dropdown list.
Note that the Admin will also see their own new post queue and posts they have not read or posts that require moderation will be displayed in their respective colours.
PageLinks Strip
You can optionally remove the top and/or the bottom page links strip. Please note removing a pagelinks strip removes the entire strip and its content. The top page links strip includes an icon legend and the bottom page links strip includes an add topic or reply button (which are duplicative from the same buttons shown elsewhere at the forum top).
First And Last Post Display
Many forum views display the first and last post made in a forum or topic. You can elect whether to display the date, the time, and/or the user who made the post.
Breadcrumb Links
Display Breadcrumbs
This option determines whether you display the breadcrumbs link trail in the forum. You can also optionally display the breadcrumbs in tree style.
Display As Tree Style
Choose whether to set the breadcrumb to display the path as a structured tree or in a straight line.
Display Home Link
If breadcrumbs are enabled, this option determines whether you display a link to a ‘Home’ page at the start of the forum ‘breadcrumb’ link trail. You may also define what that link should be if you prefer not to use the default front page of your site.
Display Group Name in Breadcrumbs 
Determines whether to include the group name is the breadcrumb.
Members Unread Post Count
Select whether to show the Unread Posts count to logged in members. Second option selects whether to display the “Mark All As Read’ icon when unread posts exist.
Display Forum Statistics
Statistics about the forum – number of posts, members etc., – can be displayed at the bottom of each page. However, if preferred you can turn the display off.
You can also turn on or off all of the various components of the statistics box independently.
Simple:Press Acknowledgments
This plugin is provided free for anyone to use and the license allows removal of the acknowledgements. We have, however, spent an enormous amount of time and, indeed, money, creating, maintaining, and continuing development of this software. The least that you, the user, could do to recognize that, is to leave this copyright strip in place which at the very least enables a link back to our websites. However, if you must, disabling this option will remove those acknowledgments of our work.
