Is there a way to disable previous reply previews?

[weareallone]

Forum URL: awakeningforums.com

Hello!

Hope this is the right board to post this in. I just had a simple question, as I can't seem to find the option for it. I am wondering if there is a way to disable previous comments preview when you are in the reply page? Sometimes there will be a thread with a lot of videos and this can slow down the simple process of just opening the reply page, as it is trying to load all the previous replies with all the videos. Is there a way to disable this at all? I for the life of me cannot seem to find it. Thank you so much for the help!

[Caajscot (John)]

Jun 22, 2018 19:39:18 GMT -8 weareallone said:

Forum URL: awakeningforums.com

Hello!

I hope I read the question right weareallone but all you have to do is delete what is in the box (above) of the question asked then post a reply, all the contents or Videos will delete but will leave any text or writing if that is all you want, if you look above I have deleted most of your post but left the Hello, you can do the same if there was a lot of Videos.

You can do this when you press reply and the post will appear, I hope this helps. 

Edit: Place your cursor over the Video until it highlights then press delete and the Video(s) will disappear.   

[elhombre]

I read this differently, is it a case of a long thread with many videos taking a while to load before a reply can be posted ?

I cannot see how you could disable that, just normal behaviour but there may be a way.

But then might not be reading the question right.

[Retread]

Jun 23, 2018 1:38:51 GMT -8 elhombre said:

I read this differently, is it a case of a long thread with many videos taking a while to load before a reply can be posted ?

I cannot see how you could disable that, just normal behaviour but there may be a way.

But then might not be reading the question right.

I seem to be interpreting the question the same way you are.  I think the OP is referring the Thread Summary.

I'm not aware of any way to disable it but perhaps a ProBoards Admin or more knowledgeable user does.

[tis ✻ bry]

I believe that the simplest way to delete the thread summary column is to go into admin > themes / structure > layout templates > posting page and delete the last few lines, the ones that begin with {if $[summary]}. On a default theme, it's line #73 to the end.

[weareallone]

Jun 23, 2018 2:29:59 GMT -8 Retread said:

Jun 23, 2018 1:38:51 GMT -8 elhombre said:

I read this differently, is it a case of a long thread with many videos taking a while to load before a reply can be posted ?

I cannot see how you could disable that, just normal behaviour but there may be a way.

But then might not be reading the question right.

I seem to be interpreting the question the same way you are.  I think the OP is referring the Thread Summary.

I'm not aware of any way to disable it but perhaps a ProBoards Admin or more knowledgeable user does.

Yes, Sorry. I should have clarified better. I am in fact talking about the thread summary as evident by this picture.

I will try Tis's suggestion. I wish there was a way to collapse the table even, so it cancels everything that is loading but can be re-expanded at will by the user if they wish to. Thank you and I will explore this further!

[weareallone]

Jun 23, 2018 10:59:01 GMT -8 tis ✻ bry said:

I believe that the simplest way to delete the thread summary column is to go into admin > themes / structure > layout templates > posting page and delete the last few lines, the ones that begin with {if $[summary]}. On a default theme, it's line #73 to the end.

Thank you!! I figured it had to do with the template.

I am going to see if there is a way to take that code and make it expandable/detractable, but if not, I will just delete those lines of code. Thank you so much!