New Cool Features

[shailey]

As you find new features that you think are HELPFUL and/or just plain cool, please post them here.

This thread has the intention of helping others that may be making a transition from another format.

I will start for instance since this was the MOST COMMON QUESTION I had to answer.

New posts = Upper left hand corner next to your avatar if you have one. It reads, "Show Unread Posts Since Your Last Visit"

Subscribed Threads = Upper left hand corner under new post feature. This will take you to all threads you have posted in.

[shailey]

Another one, on the tool bar at the top where it says My Messages, it gives you the number next to it so you know if there are any new ones.

[erik]

Here's one..I clicked QUOTE to quote someone's message, and I was typing a reply...then when I clicked Post...it came back and said "A new message has been posted to this thread since you started typing..You may want to review that message and your post before you submit the post..then I had to click Post again.

[erik]

Here is another one...you can go into your account settings and change your username anytime you want.

[shailey]

LOL THank you for reminding me. I just changed that one. We can't have people changing usernames to play jokes like we already had happening. LOL

[Transformer]

Good stuff guys .. I hope others will chime in .. Boy .. RRIDER would have had a field day with the thing Erik stumbled upon. lol

[shailey]

You can set QUICK REPLY on your own. Go into your profile and click on Look and Layout Preferences. You will see it at the bottom and it has a drop down menu. Change it there.

[shailey]

This is just a sample of what can be changed in your profile.

Profile
This section allows you to customize the look and layout of the forum.
Current Theme: Forum or Board Default (change)

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Time Format:
The format here will be used to show dates throughout this forum. (Forum Default) Month Day, Year, HH:MM:SS a/pm Month Day, Year, HH:MM:SS (army time.) YYYY-MM-DD, HH:MM:SS DD Month YYYY, HH:MM:SS DD-MM-YYYY, HH:MM:SS

Time Offset:
Number of hours to +/- to make displayed time equal to your local time. (auto detect)
Current forum time: August 19, 2007, 03:40:04 PM

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Show board descriptions inside boards.
Show child boards on every page inside boards, not just the first.
Don't show users' avatars.
Don't show users' signatures.
Return to topics after posting by default.
Don't warn on new replies made while posting.
Show most recent posts at the top.
Show most recent personal messages at top.
First day of the week on the calendar: Sunday Monday Saturday
Use quick reply on topic display: don't show at all show, off by default show, on by default
Show quick-moderation on message index as don't show. checkboxes. icons.


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[shailey]

If you want to stay on the same thread AFTER you post in it, go into the page that looks like the above screen and click on the "return to topics after posting" box.

[shailey]

You can change whether you see other peoples signatures or not. That will be friendly for faster page loading. You can also take pictures off the screen.

[shailey]

If you click twice on a post, it WILL NOT let you post again. It will tell you that you may have double clicked on it. I like this a lot. I set the time frame of double clicking to 90 seconds.

[DawgBone]

When browsing threads, you can go directly to the LAST post by clicking the button on the right side of the thread.

[Gator_T]

for the busy bees like myself you can click on the users online and it will then take you to a screen that shows where each member is viewing at that time.....what was the saying about curiosity....lololol

[float_test]

What is that "logged" sign in the right hand corner mean?

[erik]

What is that "logged" sign in the right hand corner mean?

Your IP address is shown only to you and moderators. Remember that this information is not identifying, and that most IPs change periodically.

You cannot see other members' IP addresses, and they cannot see yours.

[bighitter]

I did notice by accident that you can use atleast a little bit of irc code to show actions check out the example below.

.me says hi (now change the period to a / and see the difference)
says hi

Don't know what other actions work as I haven't been on IRC in years.

[Firecracker]

If you want to stay on the same thread AFTER you post in it, go into the page that looks like the above screen and click on the "return to topics after posting" box.


Thanks for explaining that one, Stephen! I was getting irritated. LOL

[silvertitan7]

One thing i wish it had was like on the other sites when you drag over the title of the topic it says the first few lines. I like that.

[shailey]

I really liked that feature too. I will see if I can find it on this software.

[silvertitan7]

awesome.

[ThirdHorseman]

boo hooooo I miss thread preview!!! :(

[knox_titan]

stephen due to some recent actions and happenings of others, not talking about members registered here, we may want to block some names that people can register under.

[shailey]

I agree. The last thing we want is for someone to use a name fictitiously and create posts that do not have merit.

[Firecracker]

Very good thinking guys!!!