Perrie Juran Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 As we are all learning how this new Forum works I am seeing helpful hints scattered through many threads. I've started this thread to help consolidate helpful hints in one place. The above is my (first) contribution: How to get a page to load "to the first unread content." Please feel free to add other hints you think will be of benefit. Thanks 7 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 32 minutes ago, Perrie Juran said: As we are all learning how this new Forum works I am seeing helpful hints scattered through many threads. I've started this thread to help consolidate helpful hints in one place. The above is my (first) contribution: How to get a page to load "to the first unread content." Please feel free to add other hints you think will be of benefit. Thanks Gah, this setting does not appear to be persistent. May have to start a JIRA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Giffen Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) ? ? Unicode seems to work. How big can I type. Edited March 16, 2017 by Bree Giffen 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) Clicking the dot at the left of a thread's Title in the topics list pages causes the thread to load at the first unread post. The dot is replaced by a star when you have posted in the thread. Edited March 16, 2017 by Phil Deakins 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 It is only possible to reply to the thread as a whole, and not to a specific post. That can become quite confusing in some of the threads we get here. There are two ways round it. 1. Quote the post, or some of it, that you are replying to. That causes your post to state the person's name. 2. Use the person's name in the way that we often do. E.g. @Phil Deakins. Using the full name causes that person to receive a notification that you have mentioned him/her in the post. @Phil, @Deakins, Phil and Deakins don't generate a notification. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Giffen Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) @Phil Deakins @Phil Deakins Does listing you twice, cause you to receive two notifications? Interesting. It highlights in orange. @Bree Giffen @Bree Giffen test. Edited March 16, 2017 by Bree Giffen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treasure Ballinger Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 13 hours ago, Phil Deakins said: Clicking the dot at the left of a thread's Title in the topics list pages causes the thread to load at the first unread post. The dot is replaced by a star when you have posted in the thread. I like that one. Hi Phil! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Tommy Linden Posted March 16, 2017 Administrators Share Posted March 16, 2017 I think this is an excellent idea to have a topic with some useful tips. I have pinned this thread so that it will continue to stay at the top of the forum. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 (edited) @Bree Giffen: @Bree Giffen They are tests. I'd be surprised if either of them causes it to be printed twice. So let's see ETA: No they don't. It's interesting to see that only the name that was selected from the drop-down list is turned into a link. I thought all full names were. So don't use the drop-down list to select the name if you don't want it to be turned into a link and the person to be notified. Although, since a reply is to the person, a notification is a plus and, of course, the orange colour makes it stand out so that's a plus too. Edited March 16, 2017 by Phil Deakins Addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Hi Treasure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Mistwood Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 9 hours ago, Bree Giffen said: @Phil Deakins @Phil Deakins Does listing you twice, cause you to receive two notifications? Interesting. It highlights in orange. @Bree Giffen @Bree Giffen test. 1 hour ago, Phil Deakins said: @Bree Giffen: @Bree Giffen They are tests. I'd be surprised if either of them causes it to be printed twice. So let's see ETA: No they don't. It's interesting to see that only the name that was selected from the drop-down list is turned into a link. I thought all full names were. So don't use the drop-down list to select the name if you don't want it to be turned into a link and the person to be notified. Although, since a reply is to the person, a notification is a plus and, of course, the orange colour makes it stand out so that's a plus too. How do you get the orange "@avatar name" link? Which drop down menu are you referring to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheriColette Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 If you are cruising the topics and not sure if you want to click and go to discussion...just hover your cursor over the subject line and it turns orange (must be the flavour of the month) and you can read the first post. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bree Giffen Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) I received a notification from Phil and one from Cinnamon. I guess getting a tag in a quotation also sends a notification. Cinnamon, if you type the @ symbol followed by a name (no spaces or " symbols), a drop down menu pops up just below the cursor. It tries to suggest resident names. As Phil states, if you select the name in the menu it will turn into an orange tag. @Cinnamon Mistwood Edited March 17, 2017 by Bree Giffen 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rya Nitely Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 @Rya Nitely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rya Nitely Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Rya Nitely said: @Rya Nitely so, how would I cancel a post if I change my mind. I see Submit Reply, but no cancel button. So, you can cancel an edit but not a new post. And how does one delete a post? Edited March 17, 2017 by Rya Nitely added something more 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rya Nitely Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 I really think you should be allowed to delete a post, at least if there are no responses after it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheriColette Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Rya Nitely said: I really think you should be allowed to delete a post, at least if there are no responses after it. I agree..that would be good. Meanwhile, you could edit whats in the post to nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rya Nitely Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 @CheriColette if you catch it within an hour. Yes, that would work. After that you can't edit it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 @Rya Nitely: You don't need to cancel a post if you change your mind. Just don't click the Submit Reply button. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 On 3/16/2017 at 4:25 AM, Phil Deakins said: Clicking the dot at the left of a thread's Title in the topics list pages causes the thread to load at the first unread post. The dot is replaced by a star when you have posted in the thread. Thanks Phil, I see the dialogue box now when I hover my cursor use over the dot. I probably would have eventally discovered it. But I'm still puzzled about the "Read Status" in my OP, what it's actually for and why it doesn't remain persistant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Deakins Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 (edited) I haven't a clue (yet), Perrie. That menu bar is something I haven't played with so far. ETA. Now I have a clue - I think. This is how it looks to me. The first option indicates whether or not you want the 'goto unread posts' indicator. The next 2 are options to indicate if you want to go to the top of the page where the first unread post is, or if you want to go to the first unread post itself. I haven't tested it but I will now. ETA: Nope. That's not it at all. I'm back to not having a clue. Edited March 17, 2017 by Phil Deakins addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 45 minutes ago, Phil Deakins said: I haven't a clue (yet), Perrie. That menu bar is something I haven't played with so far. ETA. Now I have a clue - I think. This is how it looks to me. The first option indicates whether or not you want the 'goto unread posts' indicator. The next 2 are options to indicate if you want to go to the top of the page where the first unread post is, or if you want to go to the first unread post itself. I haven't tested it but I will now. ETA: Nope. That's not it at all. I'm back to not having a clue. I checked https://invisionpower.com/ for any kind of user guide or faq but did not see one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Fizzle Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 55 minutes ago, Perrie Juran said: I checked https://invisionpower.com/ for any kind of user guide or faq but did not see one. https://invisionpower.com/4guides/ https://invisionpower.com/forums/forum/497-peer-to-peer-technical-support/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted March 17, 2017 Author Share Posted March 17, 2017 1 hour ago, Whirly Fizzle said: https://invisionpower.com/4guides/ https://invisionpower.com/forums/forum/497-peer-to-peer-technical-support/ Perhaps I should have said an "end user's guide." Those are aimed at setting up and administration. I did learn a couple of things but saw nothing you could consider a guide for the "end user forum member." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Fizzle Posted March 17, 2017 Share Posted March 17, 2017 2 hours ago, Perrie Juran said: Perhaps I should have said an "end user's guide." Those are aimed at setting up and administration. I did learn a couple of things but saw nothing you could consider a guide for the "end user forum member." Yeah that's all I could find. There doesn't seem to be any end user docs as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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