For those of you who know the ins and outs of this board format, please share your secrets and favorite features. TIA!
For those of you who know the ins and outs of this board format, please share your secrets and favorite features. TIA!
Here are a few. I know there are likely a lot more:
* If there are certain forums that you frequently visit (ie the Lounge, Bargain Alert and...whatever) you can subscribe to them. When you're in the forum, click on "Forum Tools" in the maroon bar near the top, then choose "Subscribe to this forum". Once you've subscribed to the forums you want, go to User CP on the same maroon bar. It will show you a) threads that you've posted to that have replies since the last time you posted, and b) quick links to the forums you're interested in. Also, I have the User CP bookmarked rather than the home page - it's where I start. (Think that may have been confusing - let me know.)
* When you're in a forum, if you click on the downward arrow just to the left of the thread title, it will take you to new posts since the last time you were on. No more having to scroll through stuff you've already read.
* If you scroll down to the bottom of the page when you enter a forum, it will tell you what the envelopes on the left hand side of each thread mean.
* Threads that are new since the last time you visited are bold. Once you click on a thread, it will be returned to regular font.
HTH -
Emily
I think the fact that once you post to a thread you're automatically subscribed is cool, and then you can to to your subscribed threads to check in on your topics of interest.
I also like the today's posts thing, although I don't usually read all the forums, I can quickly see what's going on everywhere.
My favorite feature is the "new posts" tab up at the top in the red bar.
The quote function on these boards is SO MUCH BETTER than the old boards. It's really easy to use, and the display is great too. I really hope people use the quote function a lot more than they did on the old boards!
Quoting myself just to show what I mean!Originally Posted by tylersmama
Oh, and I wanted to add that I LOVE the quick reply feature. Makes it so quick and easy to post. Especially when it's just a quick post that you don't really need to preview/proofread.
I'll add that in addition to editing a post, you can delete your own posts as well. This is good for those pesky accidental duplicates.
What do all the short forms mean? I keep seeing things like DD and DS and DC.
I think there's a sticky somewhere (maybe in the newbie forum?) that explains all the abbreviations. But basically, those mean Dear Daughter, Dear Son, Dear Child, Dear Husband, etc.Originally Posted by Brittany Diamanti
You can go to the newbies forum and find all of the shortened meanigns there but:Originally Posted by Brittany Diamanti
DS-Dear/Darling Son
DD-Dear/Darling Daughter
DC-Dear/Darling Children
DH-Dear Hudband (although sometimes it isn't nice)
FWIW-For what it's worth
BTW-By the way
Those are just a few.