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[Tibfib]

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[Rillo]

I made a few changes here and there. I think the more attractive the rules look the more likely people will want to read them.

[Tibfib]

I made a few changes here and there. I think the more attractive the rules look the more likely people will want to read them.

I like your changes. Good job!

[Rillo]

Gracias. I just wanted to space out things to make it easier on the eyes. If you have like one liners and a double space it's a very easy read.

[TheInvsbleMan]

If you think you were banned unfairly- to bad! You must have done something wrong to become banned.

Should be "too"

[Rillo]

There. Anything else Grammar Nazi?

[Geeky Girl]

I'm a new user, and having read through your site for about a week now, I have a suggestion. When I first found your site, I didn't think it was current as most all of the posts were dated January or February. Last night I realized that the older dates were the dates at the beginning of the thread, and that to see the most recent posts, you had to click on the last page.

This is only my suggestion, though I think it makes sense if you're open to it. Your site would be more user friendly and easier to navigate if it listed posts chronological order from newest to oldest, rather than from oldest to newest. That would also allow the reader to quickly scan over the list of threads to see what has been added, and what has been commented on. The benefit to the site, since you're really trying to expand the membership, is that it also appears to current, rather than months old in terms of topic updates.

Now I have a question. Is there a way to reply to a specific reply to an original post? It appears that you can only do a general reply to the first message in the thread. If there's a way to reply to specific comments (like in my case when I'm reading posts for the first time that might be 2 months old), rather than just to the original thread?  --Many thanks!

[Blacklight]

In every post you see a "quote"-button in the upper right corner. Just click on that, and you reply to that specific (quoted) post.

And about the oldest to newest order.. that is actually the common way in forums. And it makes sense. On the home-site, the starting point for new users where you see all the different sections and boards, you can see the dates of the last posts in the right column. Also, you can click the little "new" button, for example if you clicked on "Show unread posts since last visit", and it takes you directly to the latest post you haven't seen yet.

[Tibfib]

I'm a new user, and having read through your site for about a week now, I have a suggestion. When I first found your site, I didn't think it was current as most all of the posts were dated January or February. Last night I realized that the older dates were the dates at the beginning of the thread, and that to see the most recent posts, you had to click on the last page.

This is only my suggestion, though I think it makes sense if you're open to it. Your site would be more user friendly and easier to navigate if it listed posts chronological order from newest to oldest, rather than from oldest to newest. That would also allow the reader to quickly scan over the list of threads to see what has been added, and what has been commented on. The benefit to the site, since you're really trying to expand the membership, is that it also appears to current, rather than months old in terms of topic updates.

Now I have a question. Is there a way to reply to a specific reply to an original post? It appears that you can only do a general reply to the first message in the thread. If there's a way to reply to specific comments (like in my case when I'm reading posts for the first time that might be 2 months old), rather than just to the original thread?  --Many thanks!

See the post above on how to quote...

I personally prefer the website set up as it is. I find sites that look that way annoying. But that's just my preference.

[Kyusaku]

I'm a new user, and having read through your site for about a week now, I have a suggestion. When I first found your site, I didn't think it was current as most all of the posts were dated January or February. Last night I realized that the older dates were the dates at the beginning of the thread, and that to see the most recent posts, you had to click on the last page.

You can change this in Profile>Modify Profile>Look and Layout Preferences>"Show most recent posts at the top"

[Gadgeteer]

I like the fact you can show unread posts since last visit

that made me re-read these rules and as a result I corrected my etiquette where I had double posted, thus cleansing my karma 

[Tibfib]

I'm a new user, and having read through your site for about a week now, I have a suggestion. When I first found your site, I didn't think it was current as most all of the posts were dated January or February. Last night I realized that the older dates were the dates at the beginning of the thread, and that to see the most recent posts, you had to click on the last page.

You can change this in Profile>Modify Profile>Look and Layout Preferences>"Show most recent posts at the top"

I had a feeling you could but decided not to say anything...

Cookie for telling him.