Stop users collapsing panels

[Inge Jones]

I am so sick of my users saying they didn't know this or that feature or bit of news because at some time in the past they closed the side panel.

I would like to tweak the code so they can't close any panel!!   I know it could be as simple as making the collapse button invisible, and I would be able to do that with my present knowledge.  Trouble is, loads of people already have the panel collapsed and I would like the application to now ignore that setting and have the panels open anyway.   Well, I don't want them open in places *I* have said not to, like while in the admin screen, but you know what I mean, just ignore the user preferences.

[binkles]

I would like to know just how to hide the collapse button, before anyone starts collapsing it by accident.

[Nokonium]

The sidebar status is remembered in a cookie, so it may be as simple as tweaking the cookie settings so that the sidebar is always expanded for loading.

The bad news is I don't know how to mess with cookies 

[Inge Jones]

Binkles, I sometimes cheat a bit and just make the button transparent using my paint prog   Saves messing with the code too much

[rebelrose]

You can remove or comment out the upshrinks in the index.template.php, and for side boxes or boards, just don't allow that action.

[Inge Jones]

What will happen to people who already had them upshrunk?

[G6Cad]

You can reset the theme for all users before you comment them out, that way they will se the blocks again

Admin/Themes and Layout/Reset Options/ set back the themes to their default (have to be done to all the themes in use)

[Inge Jones]

Ah I didn't realise Reset Options was for that!

[IchBin]

Umm... I have to admit I didn't think that would work. Does it really? I may have to test this on my site to make sure lol.