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Here are some tips that may make your forum visits a little more pleasant.
Tip 1 (EDIT: DO NOT IMPLEMENT THIS TIP. It will cause forum functionality issues. More info to come later.... JIM
When you visit the forum and would like to see recent activity since your last visit, just click on the "New Posts" tab and you'll see what has occurred since your last visit. When you click on a new post you want to read, the default is a chronological history of the posts and responses. Would you like to see the most recent responses first? If so, do the following:
1 - Click on your username at the top of the forum.
2 - Click on "User Setting".
3 - Click on the "Account Tab"
4 - Under Conversation detail Options, click on "Latest Activity" under the display mode. {Don't do this, leave on "Posts"}
Now, when you click on a post, you'll see the original posting, immediately followed by the most recent responses in reverse chronological order. I much prefer this view.
Tip 1A Use this tip in lieu of the original tip 1.
When you click on New Posts, there are two blue arrows that will show up in the field for each new post. If you click on the blue arrow on the left, it will take you to first unread post. If you click on the blue arrow on the right, it will take you to the last post on the thread. These are very handy tools so you don't have to read through a whole thread to find the first post you haven't read. See the attached photo for an example:
Tip 2
If you frequently access the forum with a mobile device, you may want to unclutter your screen by selecting to not view other user's signatures and avatars. In the same setting area defined in TIP1, you can turn off Avatars and Signatures if desired. Personally, I turned off the avatars, but kept the signatures.
Tip 3
When using the "New Posts" feature, every time you read a post, it clears out of your "New Posts" queue. But, there may be posts you don't want to read and you'd like to clear them from your new post listing. To clear out all your new posts, go to the forum page, and click on "Mark Channels Read" near the bottom of the page. That will clear everything out.
If you have forum viewing tips, please share them on this thread.
Jim
Tip 1 (EDIT: DO NOT IMPLEMENT THIS TIP. It will cause forum functionality issues. More info to come later.... JIM
When you visit the forum and would like to see recent activity since your last visit, just click on the "New Posts" tab and you'll see what has occurred since your last visit. When you click on a new post you want to read, the default is a chronological history of the posts and responses. Would you like to see the most recent responses first? If so, do the following:
1 - Click on your username at the top of the forum.
2 - Click on "User Setting".
3 - Click on the "Account Tab"
4 - Under Conversation detail Options, click on "Latest Activity" under the display mode. {Don't do this, leave on "Posts"}
Now, when you click on a post, you'll see the original posting, immediately followed by the most recent responses in reverse chronological order. I much prefer this view.
Tip 1A Use this tip in lieu of the original tip 1.
When you click on New Posts, there are two blue arrows that will show up in the field for each new post. If you click on the blue arrow on the left, it will take you to first unread post. If you click on the blue arrow on the right, it will take you to the last post on the thread. These are very handy tools so you don't have to read through a whole thread to find the first post you haven't read. See the attached photo for an example:
Tip 2
If you frequently access the forum with a mobile device, you may want to unclutter your screen by selecting to not view other user's signatures and avatars. In the same setting area defined in TIP1, you can turn off Avatars and Signatures if desired. Personally, I turned off the avatars, but kept the signatures.
Tip 3
When using the "New Posts" feature, every time you read a post, it clears out of your "New Posts" queue. But, there may be posts you don't want to read and you'd like to clear them from your new post listing. To clear out all your new posts, go to the forum page, and click on "Mark Channels Read" near the bottom of the page. That will clear everything out.
If you have forum viewing tips, please share them on this thread.
Jim
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