Already doing it, getting more used to it!!

It seems ok just finding my way round,
lots of red crosses in avatar boxes but its not really a problem.
and i noticed something about inviting people to join?
are we ok to write anywhere or do you have to be invited.
or am i being stupid again

Just to pop those I had on ignore on the old place back  on ignore on here.

If you go onto a topic you want to post on, then the 'home' and 'end' keys are quite useful.  They only work within the topic tho.  I'm not great at quoting yet so I hope that helps the FMs who asked about them above.  Not being rude, just getting used to the whole business of a new forum format

I just tried it and mine doesn't My end button takes me down about 3 or 4 posts but not to the last post...

I'll have to see what I'm doing wrong - i am a luddite after all

The only thing I don't like is having the list of who's online on the right hand side - I would much prefer it to be either at the bottom or the top of the page. 

Thanks for that info Twee.

Oh I quite like that.

It is quite a move away from the norm for me to be able to help other FMs with a quick tip as it is usually me begging to be told how to do things.   The home and end keys just cut out a lot of annoying scrolling which would do my head in eventually.  The end key should take you to the last post automatically, within the thread.

hiya scotty .. xx

I DO like that the OP is at the top of each page when you enter a thread.

I'm quite liking that you can't see how many views the topic has had though

On the other site you'd see that its had however many views but no replies lol

Hope Lori and Dave see this thread and maybe be able to have a tweak about...

ohhh yes you should see me posting, its quite something *squints through one eye as she hits send*

was told was gonna be like the eve format,it aint nothin like it
looks crap

weres my sig
chuffin cheek

Get a grip lad! It'll be home before you know it! The other forum will be a distant memory. I do feel like I wanna go 'home' just coz I feel a bit like a small fish in a big pond over here... You'll like it eventually

I don't like the format here at all tbh. I don't like the way that it doesn't tell you who is being quoted, the whole thing feels awkward and squashed up.
I will stick with it to keep in touch with the fms here that I like but I can't see myself spending much time here.
I'm a member of several other fora so it isn't that I'm not used to other layouts etc - just that this one is by far the worst of any that I have experienced.
It's doubly disappointing considering that the format that Groupee used for their Eve fora is easily the best one around.
Whinge over

Give it time jamie, we will get used to it.  It is quite different to what we were all used to but with trial and error it will be something we will all get used to. 

We have all the smileys we had on the old GaGa, as far as I know. I type the codes, so don't use the smiley box to any great extent.

Just looked and they all seem to be there.

Jamie, as far as I'm aware, the sig only shows if you are the tread starter I like it, less messy...

I dont like the the pages they are too long to scroll down there are 40 posts per page, on GaGA there was 25 per page

It's not that different really is it?

Ok, I have posted this in another thread but I'll try here and hope the Mods see it.

When I go into a thread and come back out of it, the thread title is in lighter type and the yellow box is gone, BUT, when someone else posts in the thread, the thread title goes back to bold and the yellow box reappears.

On the old forum it stayed in lighter type so you could see at a quick glance which threads you had visited/ posted in.

I know I will just have to try and remember the thread titles, but if you're posting in a few it gets a little confusing. Well, it does for me at least!

I'd also like to see page numbers at the top as well as the bottom.

Another thing is I'd like to be able to click onto the last post and go straight there,...*sigh*

On the plus side, I like that the thread starter stays at the top of the page

Still, all things considered, I like it here!

Hi Veggieburger when you are quoting and you are posting you will see Reference: you can type the persons name there, it will be okay here it just needs a couple of tweaks here and there its good to see you

a. just highlight what you want and open the reply box
b. neither are others, it's a display issue.
c. I have seen a lot of old GaGa names cropping up.

Re. b and c. These issues have been highlighted to the techy staff here ans are being looked into.

Can anyone tell me how to post a piccy on here, I used to do via 'properties' and then the green box, but there isn't one? HELLPY

I'm stumped too....I need it explaining very s-l-o-w-l-y as well had only just learned how to do it on the old forum..

The box to the left of the smiley box, press on that, paste in the url and press preview, when you are happy with the picture press insert and the picture is in your posts.

Weblinks I just paste as normal and it seems to work

Hope that helps.

The one on your keyboard

hi pussycatj, in the post comment box there are symbols and pictures above where you type.  There is a little picture that looks like a tv, it is green and right next to the smilies symbol.  If you click that there will be another small screen come up with a place for you to type in your URL, and that's it really, press OK and the picture appears.  I hope that helps.  I have only just learnt how to do it myself lol

**sigh** I need some Ruby shoes like Dorothy...**take me home**

We're ok to go/write anywhere. That's just a facility for us as members to invite people who are not members, to become members.

Hi Pinkbabe I have looked on my laptop and I cant see one does it say home on the key or does it say something else

Thanks DD, Twee and Pinky, will have a go

It's called BLACKLIST here. I'm not sure exactly how it works and I can't remember where it is.

Hi Marguerita, don't think it works for Mac's sorry but on other computers it's on the right hand side below scroll lock and end is below home.

wahooooooo thanks guys, I'm dancing on the ceiling

It worked Pussycatj!!  I think that is easier in someways because you can see if the picture needs to be resized.

yeah pussycatj, it seems to have worked .. yippee.  Is that a cat on the ceiling I see?  Or am I confused with all the new fangled stuff I am learning?