BroTrevor
02-23-2006, 12:48 AM
Today I noticed something. In the "I wish I had but sorry the next post will make it worthless to you" thread (or whatever it's named) I noticed Joe said the following...
Granted. But now his posts are so witty they're over your head.
I wish collegegirl could spell (see above).
SO what? you ask? I'm so glad you asked... I bring you...
<exillerating theme music>
"Thread display mode"
What's that you ask? And how does that have anything to do with the above quote from Fearless Leader JoeC? I'll tell you. JoeC said "(see above)" Yet, when I looked above, there was no post by collegegirl in which she misspelled anything, rather, it was below!!
Anyhoo... the point I'm trying to make is that you can change how your threads are displayed. Go ahead and try this yourself. Open a new browser window (THE BLUE "E" unless your a FF user). Log into the forums, and no go to "USER CP" (top left hand side there)
Ok, now click "Edit Options" (4th one down on the left)
Now scroll down and you see things like "visible post elements". Don't like avatars? (shocking!) Well, good thing you can turn them off. Don't like sigs you don't understand? You can turn those off to. I like what it says about that...pretty funny stuff...
"You have the option to show or hide various elements of messages, which may be of use to users on slow internet connections, or who want to remove extraneous clutter from posts."
Hilarious...anyhoo...back on topic...
scroll down 1 more from there and you see "Thread display mode"
I have chose to set mine to "linear - Newest First" Since I check the forums rather regularly, I only see 2 or 3 posts that are new normally. With it set this way, the newest messages are first...the older ones are BELOW. I don't have to start at the beginning of the thread and then click the most recent page number.
Anyhow, I leave it to you to have fun with your own settings and make it the way you like it. Admittedly it took an hour or so to get used to "newest first" but now I wouldn't have it any other way.
Hopefully you all enjoyed this fine tutorial. It's amazing the stuff that's in User CP if you just go there and look at what's there.
Granted. But now his posts are so witty they're over your head.
I wish collegegirl could spell (see above).
SO what? you ask? I'm so glad you asked... I bring you...
<exillerating theme music>
"Thread display mode"
What's that you ask? And how does that have anything to do with the above quote from Fearless Leader JoeC? I'll tell you. JoeC said "(see above)" Yet, when I looked above, there was no post by collegegirl in which she misspelled anything, rather, it was below!!
Anyhoo... the point I'm trying to make is that you can change how your threads are displayed. Go ahead and try this yourself. Open a new browser window (THE BLUE "E" unless your a FF user). Log into the forums, and no go to "USER CP" (top left hand side there)
Ok, now click "Edit Options" (4th one down on the left)
Now scroll down and you see things like "visible post elements". Don't like avatars? (shocking!) Well, good thing you can turn them off. Don't like sigs you don't understand? You can turn those off to. I like what it says about that...pretty funny stuff...
"You have the option to show or hide various elements of messages, which may be of use to users on slow internet connections, or who want to remove extraneous clutter from posts."
Hilarious...anyhoo...back on topic...
scroll down 1 more from there and you see "Thread display mode"
I have chose to set mine to "linear - Newest First" Since I check the forums rather regularly, I only see 2 or 3 posts that are new normally. With it set this way, the newest messages are first...the older ones are BELOW. I don't have to start at the beginning of the thread and then click the most recent page number.
Anyhow, I leave it to you to have fun with your own settings and make it the way you like it. Admittedly it took an hour or so to get used to "newest first" but now I wouldn't have it any other way.
Hopefully you all enjoyed this fine tutorial. It's amazing the stuff that's in User CP if you just go there and look at what's there.