How many pages back do you read?
Submitted: Friday, Mar 06, 2015 at 13:42
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OK, just idle curiosity I guess.
All you forumites, members, visitors, occasional posters, lurkers, trollers......have I left anyone out??
How many pages do you go back when just browsing? 1, 2, 10,.........?
I'm not talking about using the search function. Just having a general read.
And yes, I realise this question just might have been asked before.
Cheers
Pop
Reply By: Bob Y. - Qld - Friday, Mar 06, 2015 at 17:25
Friday, Mar 06, 2015 at 17:25
Pop,
I've got my page set at 100, so very rarely go back further, unless chasing a interesting, or provocative subject.
Last year I changed the setting to "Response Time", and now I rarely miss out on any current threads. They are always at the top of page 1, and for members, they are highlighted in a darker
grey shade.
For example, that thread on Shackles, when the page is set to Response, kept bouncing back to the top of page. Otherwise it just disappears, eventually, into the archives.
Bob
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Reply By: The Explorer - Saturday, Mar 07, 2015 at 01:11
Saturday, Mar 07, 2015 at 01:11
Hello
In addition to the direct
forum settings (thread id/response time, thread watch, colour coding) I also use RSS feed via MS Outlook to keep a track of the
forum. The RSS feed sends an "email" to me when ever a new thread is posted on the
forum (bit of a delay between posting and receiving, maybe 5 minutes) - you can read the initial post to see if it is of interest and click on "view article" link if you wish to go straight to website to read/see pics or make a response.
RSS Feed
I am not sure how to set up in other email clients but with MS Outlook it was a simple case of clicking on the link at the bottom of the
forum page and selecting "
forum - latest updates" and a few other button presses - pretty straight from memory.
RSS Link
Cheers
Greg
PS - RSS feeds are also available for
classifieds, newsletters, trek notes etc.
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Follow Up By: Nomadic Navara - Saturday, Mar 07, 2015 at 09:05
Saturday, Mar 07, 2015 at 09:05
Can you give us a handy link to an explanation of the colour coding of the
forum?
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Saturday, Mar 07, 2015 at 11:47
Saturday, Mar 07, 2015 at 11:47
Hello -
Ok this is my understanding of the colour coding system - its not actually a setting as such (you can't turn it off and on) but it does (I think) require "cookies" to be turned on in your browser so that a record of your comings and goings to the
forum is available (could be wrong on this - just a guess)...anyway...
New threads and threads with new posts since your last visit to the
forum are shaded darker
grey...in the
forum listing..
Colour coding - threads
Within a thread new replys (since your last visit to that thread) are shaded blue and new followups to replys, light brown..
New reply or followup
Something like that anyway - basically any new entries since your last visit to the
forum or to a particular thread are shaded a different colour to ones you have already seen (or had opportunity to see - you may not have read them). Older threads and posts just have a white background.
Cheers
Greg
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