Viewing Threads
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- Grey thread title means no new posts.
- Black thread title + red dot means there are new posts.
- When viewing lists of threads outside of the "Watched Threads" list, a red bar on the left indicates a watched thread with unread posts. The red bar is omitted in "Watched Threads" because obviously you're watching all of them.
- Binoculars indicate a watched thread or watched forum.
- Thumbtack in that view is a sticky.
- Yellow/Orange bar on the left, and padlock on the right indicates the thread is locked/closed to replies.
- Clicking the thread title in threads with unread (new) posts will take you to the first unread post.
- Clicking the thread title in threads without unread posts will take you to the first post in the thread. To skip that behavior and go directly to the last post, you can click the avatar icon on the far right, or the timestamp of the latest post (also on the far right).
- To watch a thread, click on the "Watch Thread" text at the top of the thread on the right.
- To stop watching, click the same location - text will now read "Unwatch Thread".
- To watch a forum, do the same thing, but at the forum view level.
- There is not currently a way to have watched forums provide a list of new posts only for those forums (though you can set up alerts or email for them).
- The bell in the upper right corner is for alerts.
- Hovering over the bell and selecting "Alert Preferences" will permit configuration of alerts.
- Conversations are the new version of PMs.
- Conversations are found in the inbox with an arrow in the upper right next to Alerts.
- Multiple members can participate in conversations, and additional members can be invited at any time if the conversation starter permits.
- To delete conversations, go to "Show All...", check the boxes for the conversations you no longer want to keep, and select "Leave Conversation".
- Leaving Conversations will give you the option to receive future messages, or ignore future messages.
- The icons in the lower right of each post represent the ability to give feedback to the member for that post. They include Helpful, Informative, Like, Dislike, Funny, Love.
- You can only give one feedback per post.
- To see your tally of received and given feedback, hover over your icon in the upper right and click on the link "Your Profile Page". You will see your total on the left of this page.
- You can also view other members' totals if their profiles are public.
- Select a member's name in the sidebar to take actions - start a conversation, view their profile page, or ignore them.
- Ignoring members removes their posts entirely from the thread view. It also removes quoted text when other (not ignored) members respond to them. If the conversation becomes confusing, clicking the "Show Ignored Posts" will show posts from ignored members on the current page.
- When mentioning members inline in messages, it's best to use the @membername style. When doing so, it automatically links to their profile, and it also alerts the member that they've been mentioned. Once you begin typing member names after the @ sign, you will get a selection of autocomplete options.
- The magnifying glass at the top right of the page brings a search dialog.
- To search titles only, tick the checkbox.
- To search within a thread only, start your search from within that thread, and select the checkbox.
- To search within a forum only, start your search from within that forum. The forum checkbox will already be selected by default.
- You may also limit your search to a list of members or a recent timeframe.
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