Re: Can Permalink be disabled or winked out?

Posted by GregChapman on Dec 31, 2016; 1:02pm
URL: https://support.nabble.com/Can-Permalink-be-disabled-or-winked-out-tp7597600p7597622.html

Hi,

harkawy wrote

I recreated the site and using the coding provided in the Nabble Support by Pedro (Nabble) at
http://support.nabble.com/Hide-quot-Edit-Page-quot-td7589661.html#a7589794
His code is...

I am aware of this tweak but I have never used it myself as I regard is merely cosmetic and not worth playing with. If you use the link on this site you can see code but you can't edit it. If you are a malicious hacker you will always be able to work out the code behind a Nabble site by looking at any other Nabble site. I take the view that it simply isn't worth hiding as the ordinary user will never be curious enough even to click the link.

The "Refresh Permalink Login Register" links are gone.
But.... We would really like to see the Login & Register links.  We don't need the Refresh or the Permalink links.

So, how can we do this..... safely....

If you've checked out my answer to sopl you'll see that hiding the "Permalink" link is not the issue that you might first think, if your forum is properly embedded with the "Redirect to" set. Only authorised users will be able to reach screens that display it.

In fact, I think both you and your users will find that both the Refresh and Permalink links useful.

Refresh
allows anyone to re-load the forum page without reloading the page in which it is embedded. That makes refreshing a page so much faster. If you keep a tab in your browser open on a long term basis and need to see the latest posts, using this link means you do not have to reload your main page at Weebly before Weebly then seeks out Nabble's servers and fetches the latest version of the page. It speeds it all up by 100%

Permalink
allows anyone to link to another post anywhere on the forum. On my forums I use it constantly for linking to FAQs and for managing topics that need to be merged with others or moved to other sub-forums. Similarly, your users will find it useful if referring other people's or their own posts that may be related to their current message.

I realise you've got good coding skills and are keen to use them, but I would strongly advise that you concentrate on getting your form embedded correctly first. The issues you see as urgent currently will largely disappear.

Note: I am about to leave the UK for a couple of weeks and it is highly likely I'll be off-line for that period, so don't be surprised if I go quiet suddenly after tomorrow.