[Jeff]

Legacy Postbit Lovers, Rejoice!

What on earth is a "postbit?" It's the way your avatar, username and other contact fields are displayed in the a topic. The old forums displayed this information in a column to the left of your post. The new forums display it above your post by default.

Several people were really, really unhappy with the postbit information displayed above the post. Personally, I'm not sure which I prefer, although I think the new default style looks better with longer posts.

At any rate, I took a few minutes this morning and added a new feature to the new forums, and now you can choose your own postbit style.

If you prefer the default style, with postbit information above the post. You don't need to do anything. But if you prefer the "legacy" style with the postbit information displayed in a column to the left of the post, you can now configure this through your User Control Panel.

To change your postbit display style, click Quick Links and then Edit Options. Scroll down to the thread display options and you'll see a new Postbit display option (see attached image). The Legacy option will move the postbit from the top to the left. Note that this only affects the way you view the forums, not anyone else.

To help explain this, I've attached images showing the default display, the legacy display, and the postbit option form in the User Control Panel.

I'd like to point out that the default style actually is more efficient in display than the legacy style, as you'll see in the attached examples.