Subj : DDAreaChooser glitch
To   : poindexter FORTRAN
From : Nightfox
Date : Wed Dec 17 2025 12:42 pm

  Re: DDAreaChooser glitch
  By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Wed Dec 17 2025 07:45 am

 PF> I decided to add Araknet back to my BBS. I created the message section,
 PF> then imported the areas via a .NA file. The areas imported just fine, but
 PF> when I looked at them in the BBS, there was the message section I created
 PF> called ARAKNET. Inside of that was another section called Araknet. Inside
 PF> that section were all of the areas I'd created.

 PF> Odd.

 PF> I tried adding them manually, the same thing happened.

 PF> I noticed that the .NA file description was

 PF> "Araknet: Area Description"

 PF> and that the area description on the BBS was

 PF> "Area Description"

That doesn't sound like a bug, that sounds like sub-board collapsing.  Do you have that enabled?  Normally that's disabled by default..  In your DDMsgAreaChooser.cfg (or .example.cfg), check whether the useSubCollapsing is true or false.

Nightfox

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