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Some bits of info on posting on the new forum, etc.

Forums can now be accessed from sub-menus under Forums in the menu for computer users.

When you are logged in there's a Green Post button on every page. That's for creating a new topic.

The row of icons under every posting made has been replaced by a Take Action. That includes Reply with Quote.

There's the Add Reply box at the end for people to add replies. It appears at the end of each page of a thread. Click in that box to be able to start making a reply. You will be taken to the last page when you post your reply. Note that at the top of each page of a thread is a Add Reply link to the same box so that can be used as an alternative to scrolling down to the bottom of a page.

It looks like this:

Forum reply box

Follow box (edited). Although the box defaults to being ticked, you will not get email notifications provided the first entry in your Notifications is unticked, This  is unchanged from the old forum.

The order of the posting icons is a bit different but as now hovering over any icon tells you what it does.

Press Enter in the Add Reply box starts a new paragraph.
Press Shift Enter starts a new line rather than a new paragraph. Moonie spotted this tip.

Attachments

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If you want to underline text, use Formats - Inline - Underline

Similarly with strikethrough text - Formats - Inline - Strikethrough

 

To insert an image either drag a picture from the site where the picture is and drop it in the Add Reply box, or copy and paste it, or use the Insert/Edit Image icon and paste the link to the picture.

 

El Loro

To add a Youtube video, copy the Youtube link, click insert/edit video, on the general page, paste the link in source and then click OK. The picture of the video should then appear in the Add Reply box.

Pasting the link directly in the Add Reply box no longer results in the clip being embedded, just a link to that clip.

El Loro
Last edited by El Loro

Very helpful, El Loro! I will sticky this post across all forums for awhile, and we can add to it as necessary.

 

To clarify, the Add Reply shows up on every topic page, but clicking that button will put the reply at the end of the topic, and you'll wind up on the last page of the topic.

 

The Follow bar is indeed checked by default when you reply, so you will need to uncheck it every time (this is the same as 1.0, btw, as my email can attest.)

Lori

Assuming that the notification settings stay the same under version 2.0 then provided the "Email me whenever someone posts to any content I specifically follow." under "Specific Followed Content" in your notification settings is unticked it should not be neccessary to clear the Follow box every time you post a reply to avoid getting an email.

 

El Loro
Last edited by El Loro
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Originally Posted by Sprout:

Positivity people! we'll all be fine 

*Sits on 'calm' bench with Sprout.*

Sits on "calm" bench with Sprout and Fluffy....

I'm fine I'm fine, honest!...

 

Rog! That is exactly the same thought I had too!   

Xochi
Originally Posted by Xochi:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Originally Posted by Sprout:

Positivity people! we'll all be fine 

*Sits on 'calm' bench with Sprout.*

Sits on "calm" bench with Sprout and Fluffy....

I'm fine I'm fine, honest!...

 

Rog! That is exactly the same thought I had too!   

Great minds innit Xochi   

Beaker / panic is my default mode!!!  

FM
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Xochi:
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing:
Originally Posted by Sprout:

Positivity people! we'll all be fine 

*Sits on 'calm' bench with Sprout.*

Sits on "calm" bench with Sprout and Fluffy....

I'm fine I'm fine, honest!...

 

Rog! That is exactly the same thought I had too!   

Great minds innit Xochi   

Beaker / panic is my default mode!!!  

He should be the forum mascot in the event of forum updates! 

Xochi
Originally Posted by Lori:
Originally Posted by Baz:

I love beaker too  

 

I see we are still here ......quick question .....will our threads still be here once we arrive on the new planet please ? Or will we need to make new ones ? 

ALL content will still be here. 

Even the ones you regret.

Quite a few of those !!! Thanks Lori  

Baz
Originally Posted by Lori:
Originally Posted by Sprout:

There's only one thing I'm puzzled about.....unless it's been mentioned and I haven't seen it. How's the quote going to work please? 

If you click the Take Action link in the bottom righthand corner of the post you want to quote, you'll see it.

Ah, thank you Lori 

FM
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Lori:
Originally Posted by Baz:

I love beaker too  

 

I see we are still here ......quick question .....will our threads still be here once we arrive on the new planet please ? Or will we need to make new ones ? 

ALL content will still be here. 

Even the ones you regret.

Quite a few of those !!! Thanks Lori  

Thank goodness for that!!! Just think of all those poor homeless cougars   

FM
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Lori:
Originally Posted by Baz:

I love beaker too  

 

I see we are still here ......quick question .....will our threads still be here once we arrive on the new planet please ? Or will we need to make new ones ? 

ALL content will still be here. 

Even the ones you regret.

Quite a few of those !!! Thanks Lori  

Thank goodness for that!!! Just think of all those poor homeless cougars   

 

Baz
Originally Posted by Roger the Alien:
Originally Posted by Baz:
Originally Posted by Lori:
Originally Posted by Baz:

I love beaker too  

 

I see we are still here ......quick question .....will our threads still be here once we arrive on the new planet please ? Or will we need to make new ones ? 

ALL content will still be here. 

Even the ones you regret.

Quite a few of those !!! Thanks Lori  

Thank goodness for that!!! Just think of all those poor homeless cougars   

Moonie

Bit bland but suppose it's ok except. . yep there's an except, of course there's an except it's me after all. . never happy

. . My bloomin firefox spell check doesn't work in their reply boxes . .I always type really fast and relied on the red lines to quickly glance over at the end and correct the jumble of letters.. can't use it now. .takes forever to proof read and correct a post

Mount Olympus *Olly*
Mount Olympus *Olly* posted:

 

. . My bloomin firefox spell check doesn't work in their reply boxes . .I always type really fast and relied on the red lines to quickly glance over at the end and correct the jumble of letters.. can't use it now. .takes forever to proof read and correct a post

There does seem to be a problem with spell check and it has already been reported on the help forum:

https://www.socialstrata.com/s.../topic/spell-check-1

El Loro
Baz posted:

What is the Follow this Forum button please ....or rather , what happens if I click it  

You will get an email notification for every single reply made on the Big Brother forum if you clicked it on the Big Brother list of threads. It's the same as it was on the old forum, just positioned in a different place.

El Loro
El Loro posted:

Dame, it does seem that the alerts to new replies on PMs has gone though we should still get an email provided your notifications have been set for this. Also the latest reply link on a PM seems to have gone as well.

 

Oh heck  I don't have my email notifications on, I get enough emails as it is. Really disappointed that both of these had gone in the change over, thanks El Loro 

Dame_Ann_Average
Dame_Ann_Average posted:
El Loro posted:

Dame, it does seem that the alerts to new replies on PMs has gone though we should still get an email provided your notifications have been set for this. Also the latest reply link on a PM seems to have gone as well.

 

Oh heck  I don't have my email notifications on, I get enough emails as it is. Really disappointed that both of these had gone in the change over, thanks El Loro 

Too soon to panic, Dame. could just be bug! Hang in there!

Lori
Lori posted:

As for latest link...go to your PMs, and look for this little blue bell:Screen Shot 2015-12-01 at 7.36.59 AM

Is that what you're talking about?

That blue bell only appears where there's a new message. If there is no blue bell and you want to check the latest replies you have to navigate from the first page. I see though that you can make a reply from the first page, it's just convenient to be able to go straight to the end.

El Loro
Baz posted:
Sprout posted:

I've jut had someone ask a question......is there anywhere to see if there are new replies in the threads that haven't been read yet please? 

Not quite sure what you mean Sprout ?

You know the old one where it used to tell you on the bottom that there were new replies in that thread since the last time you read it. Is it still the same? Am I missing something? 

FM
Sprout posted:
Baz posted:
Sprout posted:

I've jut had someone ask a question......is there anywhere to see if there are new replies in the threads that haven't been read yet please? 

Not quite sure what you mean Sprout ?

You know the old one where it used to tell you on the bottom that there were new replies in that thread since the last time you read it. Is it still the same? Am I missing something? 

I don't think there is much of a change  ....but I only see it from the iPad  

Baz
Sprout posted:

I've jut had someone ask a question......is there anywhere to see if there are new replies in the threads that haven't been read yet please? 

Yes, if there's a blue New sign by the left of a thread that means that there's a reply which you haven't seen yet. Clicking on the New takes you there (and is the same as clicking on First Unread Post).

El Loro
El Loro posted:
Sprout posted:

I've jut had someone ask a question......is there anywhere to see if there are new replies in the threads that haven't been read yet please? 

Yes, if there's a blue New sign by the left of a thread that means that there's a reply which you haven't seen yet. Clicking on the New takes you there (and is the same as clicking on First Unread Post).

Thanks EL. I'll pass that on 

FM
Sprout posted:
Baz posted:
Sprout posted:

I've jut had someone ask a question......is there anywhere to see if there are new replies in the threads that haven't been read yet please? 

Not quite sure what you mean Sprout ?

You know the old one where it used to tell you on the bottom that there were new replies in that thread since the last time you read it. Is it still the same? Am I missing something? 

It's still the same. The word NEW will appear in a box  to the left of the thread title. The box is light blue for me.

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing
El Loro posted:
Lori posted:

As for latest link...go to your PMs, and look for this little blue bell:Screen Shot 2015-12-01 at 7.36.59 AM

Is that what you're talking about?

That blue bell only appears where there's a new message. If there is no blue bell and you want to check the latest replies you have to navigate from the first page. I see though that you can make a reply from the first page, it's just convenient to be able to go straight to the end.

I feel really stupid...but I don't understand what is happening here. Navigate from WHAT first page? Maybe you better walk me thru the issue and be VERY specific.

Lori

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