How to reply to a discussion.

[David Carter-Tod]

At 05:22 AM 7/21/2002 -0400, Don Saklad wrote:
>1. How do you fix the template at
>http://guidetoproblematicallibraryuse.weblogs.com/discuss/msgReader$281?mode=day#reply
>
>     so that when people click on reply
>     what they need it right there?...
>
>
>     Regrettably, what happens now is unclear
>      to people willing to reply, it's unclear what to do!

If people are logged in, the reply form should be right there under the 
message.  If they're not, then they need to be told to log in (or join).

>2. What does it do, what does it mean in that part of the URL?...    mode=day

There are two basic options for message viewing:
mode=topic  and mode=day

mode=day is the default and shows the message by itself

mode=topic shows the message and all the replies to it.  In many templates 
you can get to it by clicking the Topic link at the top of the message.

hth

David
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