New Features Questions and Answers

When I go to send a reply to a message, I'm asked for a title yet I'm replying to a thread that already has a title! Because I forget to check before I reply, I have to go back to find out what the original title was, copy it, and then return to my reply and paste it in.

 

You dont need to write the title into the box if your just replying Q

 

hi there,ive just joined the site and cant seem to upload an avatar,can anyone help please :cnfs:

 

You've done it! And very nice too

 

thanks :gnthb:

 

Thanks for that! I guess I'm just too law-abiding! I'll leave it off in future (only when replying of course!)

It just goes to show, I had my mopuse hovering over the "Submit reply" and I paused because it didn't seem right!!!! But I'm going to push it ....now!!

 

I have several comments I'd like to make but I'll only send four at the moment - and hope that they are useful. First, however, let me say that I've had a great deal of help from other people on this site and because of that, I'm happy with the site generally - it is a success.

Comment 1 - When I first visited the website, I found, and still find, it far too cluttered, making it difficult to understand and to navigate. The size of the space for the avatar and details of the member is far larger than it needs to be, and the message (the most inmportant bit) almost gets lost.

Comment 2 - I always find the "Post Reply" bit confusing as I don't always want to "reply" to any comment in the thread but just want to add my own.

Comment 3 - The additional options panel could be better arranged to take up far less room and remove some of the clutter.

Comment 4 - On the other hand, the "Topic Review", which I've only just found (!!!!), is fine as I can read the bits I really want to read.

Please don't put out a contract on me! You asked for comments and so . . . . . . . I've commented!

I'm now going to submit my reply though I'm not replying to anything - life can be so cruel!!!

 

This is just an observation.

There have been several new people joining this board recently.
As a member of several different boards, past and present I can say with some authority, new people are the life blood of any board.

So I'm curious that the way the board is set up.
Alan Titchmarsh if he joined would immediately be deemed; "An apprentice gardener" and would only gain the accolade "gardener" regardless of any expertise, once he'd posted sufficient messages.
When I joined and saw that tag below my name, I just smiled, because I know how systems work. But some might find it a little disrepectful.

 

Well.. A glance through the members list will reveal a large number of "apprentice gardeners" who join, make one, or only a few posts and disappear.
This happens on every board, but on this one I find it quite significant.

I still think the word "Apprentice" is a poor choice to describe someone new to any board, doesn't sound at all friendly and other boards to which I belong, don't use such in my opinion, a patronising term just to identify someone new.

The number of posts displayed does that anyway.

But ,it's "your ball......"

 

Hi Shiny,

Thanks for the information. As regards the "Topic Review", I just clicked on something but didn't know what until I just did it again, when I clicked on the word "Quote" at the bottom right of your message - and there it is - off the bottom of the screen!!

 

Err..

Why have we gone all "blue?"

Is it that cold?