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sounds like a plan any chance of a mock up version for us to have a look at? since it sounds good but sometimes things just don't work out as well in practise

do any browsers support them?

ooo that link toolbar seems nice

what about making it so the paginate function put the <link> stuff in a variable and footer.php checked to see if it existed? then if it exists just have <pun_link> replaced with them or if not <pun_link> removed?

ok well forgetting the implementation for now...

what about

i'm not sure it looks as neat as the current system but i can see it is easier to click the links (and the 4 links could correspond to <link> relationships)

There is actually a logical way to do it.

1. Leave the top of the page alone
2. Add a footer to viewforum table using tfoot and stick next and previous links in there on the left with a back to top link on the right.
3. Add a footer immediatelly following the the last post in viewforum, put the next and previous links on the left and the subscription link on the right.

That works without disrupting anything and with with addition of no additional vertical space in viewtopic and only one extra row in viewforum. It even solves a problem, the subscribe link is awkward where it is because of the way breadcrumbs wrap.

As regards the "Go top" links. I need a tag at the bottom of viewtopic regardless of whether the post actions are there. I just figured since there has to be tag we might as well put something useful in it as have a div with a non-breaking space. I have seen it requested on more than one occassion as well.  An alternative worth considering is a "Print" action which could be always on, if guests can view posts there is no reason to stop them printing them. Clicking it would open a new window using the same javascipt as the help links which would present a version of the post formatted for printing. On reflection, a print action would be much more useful particularly on support boards.

The only thing to consider is what to do when there is no next/previous page. I would favour deactiving the links rather than hiding them.

As regards the "Back to top" link. What about changing it go "Go top" which is shorter then in viewtopic doing this

Subscribe Go top

That keeps things consistant as the subscribe link is an addition rather than a substitution. In which case the "Go top" links in individual posts would certianly need replacing.

It just occurred to me if the Next|Previous links were on the right then they could be mirrored in the headers so you have the same navigation top and bottom though maybe that begins to look a little cluttered.

There is a variation which is even more logical and provides first page and last page links

In viewtopic the subscirbe link would be in the centre.

Not if you have a narrow layout and the subscribe link in the middle. Space is at a premium. Mind you, changing the unsubscribe text and link to just Cancel Subscription would help.

Then it wouldn't match the top page numbers. Consistency matters. Plus I want to get the subscribe link out of its current position.

I like it Paul. I like it a lot!