Xenforo - New Forum Software & Server

Sorry if its been mentioned already and missed it (I've just woken up). Whats the difference between New Posts and Recent Posts?

Can we make the text a font size bigger in posted message...My eyes aren't what they used to be

 

Specsavers ?

 

Recent posts it is then....I wonder if I was going mental with things going missing after a click the backwards thingy

I'm getting squinting lines around my eyes. I'll get some binoculars lol

 

I love them !

 

Congratulations on the new software! Just when I was starting to get the hang of the previous one !

In the old "Follow Thread" (or "Subscribe to Thread"?) function, we could:
1. Choose to follow anonymously or not
2. See the list of the other members following the thread (not anonymously of course)
This last function I found very useful, enabling one to check whether a known "specialist" on the thread subject was aware of it or not. If not one could then point the thread to him/her. Any way that this function could be revived?

Also, the default setting for the new "Watch Thread" is "without receiving email notifications", whereas I think the other option "and receive email notifications" should be the default.

Michel

 

Another question/request: is there anyway we can change the font for viewing other members' messages? I find the default font Georgia quite eye-straining . Serifs supposedly make it easier to recognise characters, but for me they just give me headaches.

If not, can you change the default posting font back to Arial please? Members will still have the option to change to another one when posting.

Michel

 

I really like the new look. Great job!

 

Hi.

The new forum didn't recognise me, so I had to reset my password, but was able to use my old password! Weird.

How do you get "posts since last visit"?

Any chance of notifications working again?

 

David, the 'New Posts' menu does that, showing all threads with new posts since your last visit (it does not include recent new posts that you have already seen)

As you scroll through the list of new posts you'll see a message saying that you've got to the end of the posts that are new since your last visit and then it continues showing older threads which have posts in them you haven't read previously.

Lee

 

Thanks! I hope Arial will prevail though! So much cleaner and readable.

Yes, it is a good thing if the "follower" so desires, which was possible with the old system's "Follow anonymously" option. But it was also possible to make it known if you wanted to, which I think it's a good thing too for the reason already mentioned (to be sure that the "experts" are aware of the thread and therefore not flooding them with PMs or emails).

I was thinking about the first-time posters, who usually go for the default because they haven't explored/seen all the various possibilities. Look at the number of first time posters who post an enquiry and are never heard of thereafter, not even replying to the answers to their initial enquiry.
I strongly suspect this might come from their not being aware of the answers, possibly because they posted their question on many different forums and do not remember all of them. Or the answer might come months after their first posting, after they have given up checking the forum regularly.
Please remember that "very obvious" is not quite so for first-time users or elderly ones (I used to be the former and am steadily treading towards the latter...)
Additionally, if we get too many email notifications, one can still change to "no email notification".

All my "Follow this thread" have been maintained, but I suspect that they have been systematically changed to "No email notification" because I get only emails for the threads I "watched" since the Change. Do I have to "Unwatch" them, and then "Watch" them and click the "email notification" option, since I can't find a way to check whether the email notification is on or not?

Thanks,

Michel

 

Michael,

Click on your user name in the top right corner, select profile, then alert preferences and you can change your default alert preferences.

Worked for me.

Mark

 

Thanks Mark, but this only manages Alerts (which are visible only when logged in), not Email notifications when a thread is Watched.
There is a Manage Watched Threads button on the All Watched Threads page, but it only offers to Disable email notification or to Stop watching thread. There is nothing to tell me what the current settings of my Watched Threads are

Michel

 

Michel, on the All Watched Threads page there are check boxes next to each thread title.

These can all be checked and at bottom of page is a drop down menu titled 'With selected threads". Here is an option to enable email notification for the selected threads.

Edit: forgot to mention, threads that are set for email notification have the word "email" on the right of thread title in the above list.

Lee

 

Thanks Lee. This takes a little time because one has to tick the Watched threads one by one and I have 8 pages of them, but it seems to work out fine!

Michel

 

Michel,

Sorry I misspelt your name, bloody Anglo that I am.

I am glad to see that Lee has helped you out, and I am taking note so I can check mine.

Mark