I forget why I had it route you to a specific forum after posting a message. I know there was a reason. Either that, or it was a by-product of some other function. Unfortunately I can't remember what the reasoning was, and I won't remember until I go back over the code later.
In the meantime, there's a simple way to go back to the main forum. Around the top right-hand area of the page, just underneath the "post new message" link, there is a blue strip which tells you which forum you're currently in. It also lists all of the forums residing above that forum in the heirarchy (the forum's "parents", if you will). For example, if you're in the Ballroom Dancing forum, it should say "Forum: All -> Dance Discussion -> Ballroom Dancing". By clicking on the "Dance Discussion" link, you will move up one level in the heirarchy to the Dance Discussion forum. Or by clicking on the "All" link, you jump straight to the top, listing all messages.
You may also want to know that you can navigate downward in the forum heirarchy by hovering your mouse over the little triangle to the right of the forum name. This will display a pop-up list of all forums which are "sub-forums" or "children" of the current forum.
One other way to move around from one forum to another is to use the "view forums" link on the left-hand side of the page. This will list every single forum on discussion board.
Navigating the forums structure is a good way to filter out the messages that don't interest you, or put another way, to focus in on just the ones that do. For example, if you don't want to see any advertisements, people searching for partners, technical support issues, etc, navigate to the dance discussion forum. Or if Latin dancing is your thing, you can filter out the smooth dance discussions by navigating to the Latin forum.
Regards,
Jonathan Atkinson
www.ballroomdancers.com
