Allow users to customize their navigation links

[foxfirefey]

Title:
Allow users to customize their navigation links

Area:
Styles

Summary:
Users should be able to specify which navigation links appear, and in what order.

Description:
Hiding a navigation link (usually network, for paid users) is one of the most popular recurring support requests. It would be better for users, and support people, if users were able to customize which navigation links through the style wizard.

Disadvantages of this mean that users might not have new navigation links show up when/if we add them (such as when we add media hosting), but considering this could break a layout for users with navigation links going horizontally, that's not necessarily a downside.

Advantages of this means that we might be able to give more navigation icon choices, even ones that aren't defaults, such as a link to "Icons".

Poll #2178 Allow users to customize their navigation links

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 36

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Should be implemented as-is.
25 (69.4%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
3 (8.3%)

(I have no opinion)
8 (22.2%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[turlough]

This would be wonderful to have!

[zvi]

It isn't clear from this proposal where the navigation link choice would live. If it would affect people using style=mine/light, then it's an accessibility problem.

[foxfirefey]

The navigation link choice would be available in the Style Customization Wizard and only apply to a particular style. Thus, it would not affect people using style=mine or light.

[kyrielle]

I...had to go look at my page to figure out what you were talking about, since I wasn't sure what these things were. "Network" was maybe a poor example by itself - I hadn't ever noticed it, so I didn't equate it with the friends/calendar/etc. type links.

Now that I know what it is, it seems sort of useful, as long as it lives in the style (as mentioned).

[jeeps]

yes, yes, yes.