Tips And Tricks For New Forum Site

[jaytex1969]

Let's consolidate here little things we've learned with the new forum that may help all enjoy life a bit more.

Please start or go to a different thread for gripes and unrelated posts.

I'll go first. When at the forum main page, I usually head for the lower part showing the latest posts first. If you look to the far right of where it says "Main Category" at the top, there is a little ^ symbol.

Click that to collapse the categories list and get right to the "Latest Discussions" below.

Whatcha got?


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[litup]

Jay - thanks for that. I was trying to solve the same problem and I came up with a different solution. If you go to the top of the screen where "Forums" is listed (between Join and Retail Directory) you can click for the drop down list and "New Posts" is one of the options you can choose.

 

[jaytex1969]

If you miss having your photo album handy, just make a file folder on your desktop with all your pics in it.

Adding images from it is easy. For instance, my little name and Jolly Roger badge that I end each post with is just a small pic, now in my desktop folder.

Open your pic folder, right click on the image, select copy. Go into your forum post, put the cursor where you want the image, right click and select paste.

You will then be given a choice to add it as a thumbnail or full image, whichever you wish.

So easy, I bet Tom will finally share all of those pipes he's been hiding from us....

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[mikethompson]

Good idea for a thread.

If you click on someone's username, the option for a PM will come up. Took me a little while to find that.

 

[mikethompson]

So easy, I bet Tom will finally share all of those pipes he's been hiding from us....

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that right there would be worth the learning curve of a new forum.

 

[jaytex1969]

The EDIT feature has been liberated!

When I first got on today, I saw that one of my last posts before the switch had a text representation of an old site emoji that is no longer supported. I was able to hit edit today and replace it with something more fitting.

Now you can probably go back to all your old posts and wipe out all of the shitty things you said while drunk and out of your favorite tobacco...

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[npod]

If you click on JimInks name it shows >33,000 posts ??????

Oh, and btw, this post also serves to show that the smiley face in your response bar allows you to insert Emojis ?

 

[jaytex1969]

When looking at the latest thread posts, I don't see a feature to go to the first unread post, something I was hoping for.

But you can still easily get to the last post, just like with the old site.

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Where it says "jaytex969 replied 2 minutes ago", you can click on the "2 minutes ago" link to get to that last post and then just scroll up to where you left off.

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[mikethompson]

Neal just because we have access to a billion emoticons doesn't mean we should use them.

 

[mikethompson]

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Couldn't do that before!

 

[jaytex1969]

Kevin just clarified in another thread that, when viewing the "Latest Discussions" section, clicking on the thread title itself will go to the last unread post. WooHoo!


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[mau1]

Also, if you see a little orange icon below someone's username, I think this means they are writing a post.

I think that means they are the OP.

 

[mau1]

We can save a draft or delete a draft of our post. No matter if you log out or not. Nice! It's the last icon you see in the top row when you go to write a post.

 

[npod]

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Oooh, you can copy/paste images! Just right click on image, copy, then go to reply post at bottom and paste. It automatically pastes in the new post. ? (That's my last emoji Mike, I promise ?)

 

[mau1]

Kevin wrote "Photo upload - Increased the file size limit to 8MB."

We do not have to resize photo's in our library prior to importing them here. I had been experiencing a problem and thought it was due to the file size. Not an issue now. Thanks Kevin!?

 

[spartacus]

I like the new format! it will take a little time to get used to but it's nice.

 

[tbradsim1]

Where’s the message board?

 

[admin]

Great thread! Thanks Jay!

 

[mau1]

Where’s the message board?

Go to Forums and scroll down. There are also posts on the site explaining how to collapse the various categories.

 

[litup]

When looking at the New Posts section, I noticed that the times posted on some of the threads didn't jive because the date stamp was using a different time zone. To update, I went to my account, selected "Preferences" and then chose my time zone.