Harmony 2
Retired WS Staff
- Joined
- Oct 12, 2008
- Messages
- 12,875
- Reaction score
- 22,102
Rough notes from the video:
Private messages are now referred to as 'conversations'. The conversations are viewed in linear fashion. Several members can be invited to join in on a conversation. These conversations are private and can only be viewed by those participating.
To start a new conversation
1)go to inbox on upper right hand corner hover and click on ‘start a new conversation’
2)add member’s user name
Or when on the threads:
1)click on user name
2)box will pop up
3)click on ‘start a conversation’
Delete conversations
1)click boxes
2)choose option to leave the conversation
(will be prompted to accept or ignore future messages)
Control panel, preferences, avatars, user content, and more
1)click user name on upper right hand corner
2)drop down box gives options to make changes to those items
Preferences- time zone, forum skins, options to subscribe, receive email notifications
Alert preferences- when you click on it a drop down box will give you options to manage the alerts you receive- for example whether you want to receive alerts or notifications if someone quotes you, when someone mentions you in a post, when someone tags you, or alerts for threads you subscribe to, etc., for trophies or a new follower
(note: uncheck the ones you don’t want to be alerted on)
Your Content- clicking on it will give you a list of all the threads you have started or participated in.
-click on search button to find a thread you or another member started in a particular section by typing in the user name and click the forum or all forums
3)save changes if you made any
@mention-
A mention is when someone tags your user name in their post to draw your attention to their post. To tag someone:
-type @ and add user’s name
-will send an alert to the member and a link will take them right to the post where the member was mentioned.
Uploading pictures and video
1)click ‘image’ icon on toolbar
2)add url into the pop up box
3)click on insert
Drag and drop a photo from your desktop
1)gives option to insert full image or thumbnail
For youtube videos
1)click on media icon on toolbar
2)enter url for daily motion, facebook, youtube, vimeo, etc.
3)click on embed
Quoting and replying
Multi-quoting- 1)click on quote icon for the users you want to quote 2)insert quotes on text/response box
(note: quotes can be moved around) 3)quote these messages
Watching threads
Click on watch thread and options are given to receive email notifications or not
To view watched threads- you click on ‘watched threads’ tab and the list will show which have new responses
To stop watching a thread you add a check next to the title and choose the option to stop watching on the pop up box then click on ‘go’
Active topics vs new posts
Active topics is a list of threads that are very active.
New posts are all the new posts across the forum.
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