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Garethboxing
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Grampy Wyndham Jones (Wales v Ireland 1905)
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I'm surely not the only Rootschatter who finds it frustrating that I have to scroll up the whole page to get back to the main page after submitting a post.
I instinctively tend to hit the "back" symbol on my browser, which is fine if I've just been reading the thread. But if I do it after posting, I (naturally) go back to the form with my message in, and then to the thread before I clicked "Reply", and only at the third click do I reach home.
Would be possible to have a link to 'Home' at the bottom of pages as well as at the top?
Gareth
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Scott, Dowdeswell (Merthyr Tydfil), Jones (Loughor and Merthyr Vale), Roberts (Nelson), Prichard (Collenna and Cefn Fforest); Evan Roberts (Corwen and Amlwch); Scott (Pentre); Scott (Ancrum); Thomas (Pantywaun and Bedlinog); Morgan Jones (Ystradfellte); Bowen (Loughor); Jenkins (Bridgend); Thomas Dowdeswell (b. Gloucester, 1829). Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Koromo
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I'm just checking something in response to your post about where you are taken after posting.
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Census information is Crown copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk________________________________________________________________ Lewis: Abergavenny | London | NZ | Chilliwack, BC Stallworthy: Bucks | Samoa | NZ | Canada Brothers: Nottingham | Salford | NZ Gronous: Kington | London Darling: Dunbar | Tahiti Keat: Cornwall | NZ Bowles: Deal | NZ Coaney: Bucks Jones: Brecon  |
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Koromo
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In my profile settings under Look and Layout Preferences, I unchecked "Return to topics after posting by default".
So after posting I was returned (in this instance) to the top of the Technical Help board. It helps, doesn't it?
Mind you, being returned to the just-posted message gives me the chance to check that I haven't made some sort of mistake - yeah, and I do use the preview facility, too!
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Census information is Crown copyright from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk________________________________________________________________ Lewis: Abergavenny | London | NZ | Chilliwack, BC Stallworthy: Bucks | Samoa | NZ | Canada Brothers: Nottingham | Salford | NZ Gronous: Kington | London Darling: Dunbar | Tahiti Keat: Cornwall | NZ Bowles: Deal | NZ Coaney: Bucks Jones: Brecon |
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Berlin-Bob
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by My Daughter. Chatting to find her Roots !
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I also return to topic after posting, by default.
But if I am going to a topic from a list of topics
i.e from the links in
Show unread posts since last visit.
Show new replies to your posts.
Home page
search results
etc,
then I always press shift and then click. This opens a new browser window and the old list is still available.
Using Firefox is even easier:
Press Control and then click, this opens a new tab
or of you have a wheel mouse, press the wheel, this also opens a new tab for this link.
Close the tab or window afterwards, and you are back to your original list of topics.
Bob
Correction: pressing the wheel isn't working at the moment . . . but that may just be because I have gone back to Windows 98 for a while because of sharing the Fritzbox DSL link with my daughter's computer. On Windows 2000 it works fine.
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Searching for Coleman, Moore, Kallnung in London; Margulies, Remenyi in E. Europe; Ancestors of Hessie Stevenson-Coleman-Baxter (Ireland, 1861) and, of course, any other ancestors for my web-site. All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) |
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Garethboxing
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Grampy Wyndham Jones (Wales v Ireland 1905)
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Thanks for those suggestions.
Opening a new browser window is certainly one answer, particularly if you're only in Rootschat, but I tend to have several other windows open anyway (dipping in and out of Rootschat when I have a moment between work and a quick game of Spider Solitaire  ) and any more could be a bit confusing.
I've done as you suggested, Koromo, and it's certainly a start. But it would be better to go back to the full list of new posts on the home page, rather than just the particular board.
Still, none of this prevents me enjoying being here
I just leave the idea of a possible link to home at the bottom of the page as something for the mods and the techies to think about.
Gareth
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Scott, Dowdeswell (Merthyr Tydfil), Jones (Loughor and Merthyr Vale), Roberts (Nelson), Prichard (Collenna and Cefn Fforest); Evan Roberts (Corwen and Amlwch); Scott (Pentre); Scott (Ancrum); Thomas (Pantywaun and Bedlinog); Morgan Jones (Ystradfellte); Bowen (Loughor); Jenkins (Bridgend); Thomas Dowdeswell (b. Gloucester, 1829). Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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carol8353
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4 generations of my tree-including the newest one!
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And while we're on the subject can we have a search button at the bottom of the advanced section on the "Search Rootschat" page.
By the time you've unticked, and then ticked the boxes you need, your fingers ache  and I so would love to be able to click on search whilst I'm down there,without having to scroll all the way back up to the top.
Thanks
Carol
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Census information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.ukRogers, Rapkin, Phillips - Hammersmith/Fulham/Paddington areas Worth Bailey, Heapy, Burgess. All Macclesfield Cheshire Mockridge,West Monkton Somerset Jenner,Clapham Surrey Kendrick,Liverpool Wensley,Somerset Coleman and Mc Namara from Ennis, Co Clare, Ireland Blake and Maloney from Kilbaha Co Clare, Ireland |
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Stumped!
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Gareth
Why not just hit the home button on your keyboard?
Top of the page shows unread posts.
Or am I not understanding the question?
Peter
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