Post Settings

The Forum ☛ Options ☛ Post Settings administration panel is where you can set up how each Post displays. You can set up how many Posts to show on a page, the sort order and customize which elements of the Post information you which to display.

Post View Formatting

Posts to Display Per Page

Posts are paged so that a topic with many contributions does not have to scroll too far or take to long too load. Select the number of posts to show per page.

Display User Info Above Post

Simple:Press Forum defaults to displaying the details of the post author (name, avatar, date etc.,) to the left of the post content. If you have a narrow content area to display the forum in, then it is worth considering displaying those details above the post so that the post content itself can use the full width of the column.

Sort Posts Newest to Oldest

By default, the post that started the topic is displayed at the top with each subsequent post following – oldest to newest. This option sorts in the reverse order displaying the most recent post in the topic first.

Display Post-Edit Data

This option will display details about any editing made to the post after the initial post was made. The users name and the date of the edit(s) are displayed. You can optionally limit this to only display the very last edit.

Topic Tags

These options are valid when Tags are enabled for a Forum or Topic that is being viewed.

Display Topic Tags Above Posts

When viewing a topic, this option will display the Topic Tags above the post list, below the page links.

Display Topic Tags Below Posts

When viewing a topic, this option will display the Topic Tags below the post list, above the page links.

Topic Status

If using Topic Status you can choose to display the current status in the topic Heading and the Status Update Control which displays beneath al of the topic posts.

The Post

Many aspects of each post display can be optionally turned off, they include:

• The users Online Status
• The Time the post was made
• The Date the post was made
• The Type or Rank of the User who made the post
• The Type or Rank of the User who made the post and the Badge
• The Users Location
• The Users current Post Count
• The individual Post Permalink button