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Thread for questions and problems with the forum upgrade.
Watched threads, email notifications, and latest posts
Watching a thread means that you would like to subscribe to it to have quick access to see if there's anything new posted there. When a thread is being watched, you'll get an alert at the top right side of your screen telling you there is a new post.
You may also choose to receive email notifications about the thread while watching it. In addition to the alert in your menu at the top right, you'll receive an email with the contents of the post.
Watching is often helpful to keep up to date on threads you have participated in.
Aside from using watched threads to stay up to date on the discussion that interests you, there is also the What's New? button. This shows you all of the threads with new posts that you haven't read yet.
To see a very fine-grained feed of new activity, including status messages, individual posts, and new avatars, check the Members section for the Recent Activity page.
Private messages/conversations
Your inbox contains private conversations (also commonly called private messages or PMs) between you and other people.
Private conversations are laid out just like threads, with the oldest message on top and the newest messages on bottom. This makes it easier than sending messages back and forth and needing to quote the entire message to be able to remember the context. After a few of those back and forth, you start getting a quote-inside-a-quote box that's bigger than the state of Texas and it just looks kind of ugly. So, now, it works just like a thread but only you and the other participants of the conversation can view it.
Everyone should take the time out to check and set their privacy settings
on any forum. Just hover over your name at the top then select Privacy. Here you can do anything from showing your online status to who can view your profile page. Just
select the section you want to change and click on the selection you
want then click save at the bottom.
Status Updates
A status update is a little piece of information about you like how your
feeling or what you are doing much like Facebook or Twitter. You can
Update your status 2 ways, either by hovering over your name at the
top right and filling in your status at the bottom of this box or by going
to your profile and adding in a comment there. Your status update will
show on your profile and also on your profile card. On a members profile
you can also comment on someone’s status update by clicking on the
comment text just right of their status.
Following People
Want to keep an eye on what your friends are doing? Well that's easy, you
just simply follow them. You can "Follow" people very easily. Simply click on their avatar to bring up their profile card and click on follow.
Watched threads, email notifications, and latest posts
Watching a thread means that you would like to subscribe to it to have quick access to see if there's anything new posted there. When a thread is being watched, you'll get an alert at the top right side of your screen telling you there is a new post.
You may also choose to receive email notifications about the thread while watching it. In addition to the alert in your menu at the top right, you'll receive an email with the contents of the post.
Watching is often helpful to keep up to date on threads you have participated in.
Aside from using watched threads to stay up to date on the discussion that interests you, there is also the What's New? button. This shows you all of the threads with new posts that you haven't read yet.
To see a very fine-grained feed of new activity, including status messages, individual posts, and new avatars, check the Members section for the Recent Activity page.
Private messages/conversations
Your inbox contains private conversations (also commonly called private messages or PMs) between you and other people.
Private conversations are laid out just like threads, with the oldest message on top and the newest messages on bottom. This makes it easier than sending messages back and forth and needing to quote the entire message to be able to remember the context. After a few of those back and forth, you start getting a quote-inside-a-quote box that's bigger than the state of Texas and it just looks kind of ugly. So, now, it works just like a thread but only you and the other participants of the conversation can view it.
- Starting a conversation
To start a conversation with someone, click on their avatar to bring up their profile card. Look for the "Start a Conversation" link right above the "Member Since" date. You can also add more people to the conversation at this time by typing their names into the Participants box (add commas after each name).
You can also lock the conversation so that you are the only one who can add a message to it. If you check this checkbox upon starting the conversation, it makes it like an old style inbox message where your reader has to send you a completely new message in order to reply to it.
- Starting a conversation
- Inviting more participants
Although you can always invite participants to conversations you've started, you can also choose whether to allow participants to invite others. If you do, the other person or people in the conversation can invite others to join, and they will be able to view all of the messages in the conversation.
While reading a conversation, if you have started it or the conversation starter has chosen to allow anyone to invite others, you will see an "Invite More" link in the sidebar below the list of participants.
Once invited, a participant cannot be forcibly removed, even by a moderator. The person must specifically click "Leave Conversation" in order to no longer be a part of the conversation. - Changing the subject
For conversations that you have started, you may at a later time choose to change the title or the options. Click the "Edit Conversation" link at the top, just above the first post. With this popup, you can lock or unlock the conversation, or allow or not allow anyone to invite others. - Crowd control
To report a private conversation that contains abuse or spam or anything that you feel is inappropriate, click the "Report" link next to the date of the message. A moderator will be alerted to the message and will handle it presently.
Please note that moderators who are invited to the conversation may invite others, even if you have not specifically chosen to allow participants to invite others. To handle an inappropriate message without allowing a moderator to see the rest of the conversation, use the Report link instead of inviting them to the conversation.
Everyone should take the time out to check and set their privacy settings
on any forum. Just hover over your name at the top then select Privacy. Here you can do anything from showing your online status to who can view your profile page. Just
select the section you want to change and click on the selection you
want then click save at the bottom.
Status Updates
A status update is a little piece of information about you like how your
feeling or what you are doing much like Facebook or Twitter. You can
Update your status 2 ways, either by hovering over your name at the
top right and filling in your status at the bottom of this box or by going
to your profile and adding in a comment there. Your status update will
show on your profile and also on your profile card. On a members profile
you can also comment on someone’s status update by clicking on the
comment text just right of their status.
Following People
Want to keep an eye on what your friends are doing? Well that's easy, you
just simply follow them. You can "Follow" people very easily. Simply click on their avatar to bring up their profile card and click on follow.
