Editable Module Headers

[roximonoxide]

Title:
Editable Module Headers

Area:
styles / customization

Summary:
User input fields to control the text headers of all modules, not just the custom text module.

Description:
Currently, the the Custom Text module allows for the user to change the module heading from the Text customization options for your journal. (The same page where you might edit other default page text such as metadata labels and navigation links). Though you can hide module headers entirely with css, other modules have no such customization options other than order and page placement. It would be exceedingly helpful to both users and communities who use their journals, and the modules available to them, differently if all other modules allowed for the user to alter the default module headings to text of their own choosing.

This might logically be implemented either from the Text page, as it already exists for the with the Custom Text module, or from the Modules page where order and organization of your modules takes place.

Poll #9210 Editable Module Headers

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 68

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Should be implemented as-is.
39 (57.4%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
1 (1.5%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
2 (2.9%)

(I have no opinion)
26 (38.2%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[ratcreature]

I have to admit that I already dislike the customized naming that exists, because for me it always makes it harder to find things. So I'm not sure I want more of that. I mean, like the people who use clever things instead of "reply". I then often have to hover to see the URL to find which link to click. Same when the profile isn't called something obvious. I can see why depending on how you use for example the link list, different module titles make sense to be more specific, e.g. I use it as a "my on other sites" list, not a "blogs I read" list, and for module titles it might be less disruptive than for navigation links, but I still like the same fields be called the same across journals.

[zing_och]

I agree with ratcreature; I often get confused by custom text.

(Especially since I'm not at my best right now. I was rather disappointed that the title of this post is not actually "edible module headers"n *g*)

[pauraque]

I would like to be able to change the text. Just the other day I went to do so and was surprised that it was not possible.

It doesn't really bother me when other users have a journal that is hard for me to navigate (whether because of changed text, a wacky color scheme, or whatever) because I spend so little time actually looking at other people's journals, and I figure that the most important thing is it looks right to *them*, not to me. It's their layout and they're going to be looking at it the most, by far.

[ninetydegrees]

I also get confused by custom text but I think it wouldn't make sense to let people edit entry links and navigation links, and not modules headers.

[manifold]

Many of our problems with custom text are easily handled with "style=mine" (we tend to use it all the time anyway because we have a css killfile in our style), but maybe the problems people have could be addressed in a more user-friendly way.

For instance, there could be an account settings option that would allow people to choose whether or not to view custom text for headers and navigation links, regardless of layout style. Then if people want to make use of custom text, they can do so freely without having a negative impact on those who have problems with it.