Note to new members.

[Admin]

When you join this forum you will find that until you make your first post, features such as editing your profile, adding an avatar, the private messaging facility, etc., will not be available to you.

This is to prevent SPAM as many automated spambots do get past the security features and attempt to do things like PMing other members or filling out profile fields with SPAM links.

So all you need to do is make a posting or two, perhaps a quick hello in the welcome thread, and these features will be made available to you automatically.

Yes, it's a little inconvenient and a bit frustrating to new members, but since we have adopted these measures, SPAM has been virtually eliminated from the forum.

John

[Edinburgh-Skeptics]

I uploaded an avatar after I'd posted but it hasn't shown up in any of my posts. Does the image need checking by Mods before going up?

Alex

[filippo lippi]

You have put the cart before the horse, try again.

[Edinburgh-Skeptics]

will do, cheers.

[StoneQuarry]

How about viewing who is online?
Is that a privileged feature?
I can't seem to do it. ???

[Matt]

I see it on the bottom of the forum home page. I don't think I'm particularly priviledged.

What do you see?

[StoneQuarry]

I see it on the bottom of the forum home page. I don't think I'm particularly priviledged.

What do you see?

When I click the link I get a message that I am not allowed to view this page.

[Matt]

When I click the link I get a message that I am not allowed to view this page.

The link to the forum home page?

http://www.skeptics.org.uk/forum/index.php


or the link at the bottom of that page to give more details about the currently active users?

http://www.skeptics.org.uk/forum/online.php

[Trinoc]

I think you need to post 15 messages before getting full privileges (like posting URLs). Maybe this also applies to seeing the logged in members list.

[StoneQuarry]

I think you need to post 15 messages before getting full privileges (like posting URLs). Maybe this also applies to seeing the logged in members list.

CONSPIRACY!
Thanks Trinoc. That explains it.

@Matt - I was trying to view who is online by selecting the link at the bottom of the home page -> currently active members

[Croydon Bob]

CONSPIRACY!

You're a friend of Trinocs? Of course we're all conspiring against you!

[StoneQuarry]

You're a friend of Trinocs? Of course we're all conspiring against you!

Story of my life (sigh).
I need to get new friends.

[Trinoc]

You're a friend of Trinocs? Of course we're all conspiring against you!

Including getting my punctuation wrong ...

[StoneQuarry]

K - next question:

Is there a setting to change this?
After I hit 'submit reply' it defaults to show me my post at the bottom of the thread.
Can it be changed to go to the parent thread once posted?
I don't want to see my post after I send it - I use 'preview' to double-check details before posting (unless I'm drunk).

Example:
When I hit 'submit reply' to send this message it will then show me the post.
I would like it to go to 'Forum Admin and Features'

I do this on all my fave forums.
This one is growing on me.
This may be a bad thing for you in the long run.

KTHXBAI

[Trinoc]

K - next question:

Is there a setting to change this?
After I hit 'submit reply' it defaults to show me my post at the bottom of the thread.
Can it be changed to go to the parent thread once posted?
I don't want to see my post after I send it - I use 'preview' to double-check details before posting (unless I'm drunk).

Example:
When I hit 'submit reply' to send this message it will then show me the post.
I would like it to go to 'Forum Admin and Features'

I can't find an option for this. I knew I'd used this somewhere, but I think it was probably the SGU forum.

I just open each thread in a new tab (middle mouse button/wheel in Firefox), keeping the tab with the main list open, then I can just close the thread tab when I have no more use for it.