topic Re: Tips for the new forum in Forums feedback and updates

Tips for the new forum

smallwolf — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 22:10:02 GMT

Noticing some are having problems with the new forum and thought I would share a little. I also understand (and have some of) the frustrations many of you will have. I thought I would add a little thread here for people to share their tips to make things easier.

I leave the default sort setting from old to new. I will go down to the bottom of the first page, and then click on the button that is for the last page to get to the latest post/reply. This saves me from having to check sort order or dates or ...

PS. If you want to add other text in addition to the tip, somehow highlight the tip in bold.

Re: Tips for the new forum

Matchy69 — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 22:28:26 GMT

Thanks for the tips will follow.

Re: Tips for the new forum

Summer Rose — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 22:38:58 GMT

Hi Croix

Thank you so much for starting this thread. I am lost but trying to get my head around the changes and learn how to use this platform.

This is the only forum I’ve ever used and none of this is intuitive to me.

Know that this thread will be important to many people. Hopefully I will be able to find you again. I turned on notifications but never see any—but then again I’m not sure where to look for them!

i think I’m just too old for this brave new world but on the plus side I did make this post!

Kind thoughts to you

Re: Tips for the new forum

mmMekitty — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 23:28:24 GMT

Hi Wolfie, & everyone.

Thank you, Wolfie, for starting this 'Discussion', ((I note that ''Start a Discussion' button.)

For Summer Rose, Notifications can be found on your Profile page. Click.tap your own name next to any of your pink picturs, & you will find yourself in your own profile. 've had an email which pointed me to two new posts in my own thread - posts I'd made myself! I don't know exactly what I did to have the email sent to me, but I'd rather not have emails sent fore evry time I post, let alone for everyone whose post I now 'Follow'.

A problem with the Notifications in My Profile, is that they didn't advise me of who had posted.

& Wolfie, I have a tiny problem with people using bold & italics, in that my text-to-speech reader stops reading whenever the font changes in any way. It gets me cranky when changes are frequent, as I struggle to pick up where the changed font is within the text.

I've enjoyed dipping into individual Profiles, seeing some places where people are posting, & I have already discovered a couple Discussions I was not aware of, which I would like to read & possibly post to.

I'd like to point out here, my right click options while in these text boxes is not consistent. It either offers the options I'm used to seeing, including suggested words for misspelled words, & emojis, or it looks like ribbon or tab bar choices.

I am mostly still using emojis via my keyboard shortcut, which is 'windows key' + '.' pressed simultaneously.

I expect I will be back, because I have more questions than answers. I really would like to stop bouncing around on this page whenever I try doing something other than type quick enough to not hear how my content wass being updated [time], every minute if I let it... very distracting. For most it is text below the text box, but for me, my text-to-speech reader interrupts if I don't happpent to be typing for a few seconds, to tell me...

Thanks again, Wolfie, & I'll see you around.

mmMekitty

P.S. Looks like the tip of your cute nose has been snipped off... aw...or you are sniffing beyond the fog, discovering the void?

Warmly all,😸

mmMekitty

Re: Tips for the new forum

Summer Rose — Thu, 07 Jul 2022 23:55:09 GMT

Hi mmMekitty

Thanks for your help.

And dear smallwolf, I’m so sorry that I got your name wrong in my earlier post. I have no idea how I did that. Apologies.

Kind thoughts to you

Re: Tips for the new forum

romantic_thi3f — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 00:11:55 GMT

Hi Summer Rose,

You're doing great! I'm so glad you're still here and asking questions 💗

For what it's worth, the notifications aren't working properly for me too. Seems to be a bit of a bug that is being looked at behind the scenes. Just thought I should let you know.

In the meantime, it might help to bookmark this page. Not ideal but at least you'll be able to find it again and get notifications in the future.

Re: Tips for the new forum

smallwolf — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:26:51 GMT

Hi mmKitty - I was not aware of the issue with changing font styles and what what did for text to speech converters.

Re: Tips for the new forum

smallwolf — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 11:30:36 GMT

TIP: When looking at a new discussion, I will click the user name to get an idea of what other threads the user might have posted in. If I can only see the thread I will be replying to then I recognize a new user and can add a welcome message to the top of my post. This is sort of my workaround for the missing post count that was in the old system. I will also do this in some of the longer threads for names that I do not recognize.

Re: Tips for the new forum

Hanna3 — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 12:17:55 GMT

Hi everyone, great I am following this thread, it's good to know others are having some difficulties too!

🙂

Re: Tips for the new forum

Paw Prints — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 13:53:41 GMT

Hello mmMekitty,

To turn off email notifications:

Click on your personal profile link & select settings

You will see

1. Discussions you follow 2. Notification settings

Click on the 2. Notification Settings.

That will give you a list of options that you can opt in or out of... like emails, pop up notices etc

Paws

Re: Tips for the new forum

Paw Prints — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 14:02:08 GMT

In case people missed SophieM's answer to my query in the improvements thread

The difference between the follow button at the bottom of a message & the one at the top of the thread in options is:

Follow post = you are only following any replies to that particular post within the thread

Follow in the options link at the very top right of the thread = you are following every post to that thread

With both you will get notifications when something is posted... when BB past all these teething problems & gets it all working properly of course.

Re: Tips for the new forum

geoff — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 15:37:57 GMT

Hello mmMekitty, if you click on 'follow this post' it's like My Threads, but instead you have your email box full of these posts, rather than in My Threads.

Geoff.

Re: Tips for the new forum

smallwolf — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 03:04:39 GMT

Not so much of a tip.... But I would encourage you to ask a question here if you are unsure how to do something on the new forums.

If nothing else it could be the start for an FAQ

Re: Tips for the new forum

sbella02 — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 04:17:25 GMT

Hey everyone,

I'm still a little bit confused trying to navigate the forums, is there any way to view all the new posts altogether?

Re: Tips for the new forum

Hanna3 — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 05:02:25 GMT

Yes I miss that too! I have to scroll through them individually and I can't see how many there are either.

Re: Tips for the new forum

smallwolf — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 06:31:42 GMT

Not sure about appearance on laptop but on the phone when looking at all discussions, at the top of the page there is a dropdown menu - select "most recent" and that will give you a similar appearance middle page of the previous forum.

Re: Tips for the new forum

mmMekitty — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 12:01:21 GMT

Hello Wolfie & everyone,

Thank you for the explanation & the 'how to'. Very much appreciated.

I would also like to see the number of posts people have posted. Going to someone's profile & seeing there if they have made or posted on one Discussion is a less direct way to find the newest members. It is better, though, if the user's number of posts is near the profile picture, as before, because someone's first post may be in a Discussion begun by someone else. I've seen several fairly recently, posting their first post in, for e.g., the Describe Your Anxiety in One Word discussion. or sometimes in direct support of another who has made a Discussion. The number below the profile Picture, wherever I looked, was very important to me.

😺Hello sbella, if you go to the 'Beyond Blue Forums, at the top there, if my memory is correct, there is a link 'All Discussions' where Discussions which have most recently been added or posted to are listed, but the list does not give number of posts, so it's less easy to find those made by first time posters.

You will easily recognise many people, but for those unknown to you, the suggestion to look into their profile & see how many Discussions they have made, & how many other posts they have submitted to other Discussions , is about all there is, I'm afraid.

My thinking is it doesn't matter too much how many posts a person has made, so much as it matters when it's someone's first or second, & as is often the case, they are wanting support & the basic acknowledgement of their reason for posting & to feel someone hears them. If we can't immediately identify them, how can we meet this need?

Later. Yes, I'm sure there will be a 'later' when I come across something else, like not being able to spell-check here, & something I can't remember...I'll have to return when I remember, later.

💖💖💖

mmMekitty

Re: Tips for the new forum

demonblaster — Sat, 09 Jul 2022 12:43:00 GMT

Wolfy thanks so much for this thread. Hi everyone ☺

I have a handful of issues that soonish I'll post in "new forums" . Today realised something thats helping a little. Sorry if its been mentioned havent had a chance to read the thread yet.

For those of us that aren't able to get the newest to oldest posts If you subscribe to email notifications you can see replies if you've ? Followed or posted on someones thread (discussion).

Click/tap on your avatar (profile pic) above then settings. Then you can subscribe to email notifications.

All the best everyone. I've no doubt bb will get on top of this as soon as possible.

Care and thoughts 💗

Wolfy hope you're well. Many thoughts with care and appreciation always ☺

Re: Tips for the new forum

quirkywords — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 11:31:27 GMT

Sbella I would like something like new threads. I still can’t find here the new posters are.
I hope some one has an idea

Re: Tips for the new forum

geoff — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 16:02:02 GMT

Hello sbella, I really hope that New Posts and My Threads does return, because I don't wantmy email full of forum emails, I know I can turn this off, but this is where the old forum was better.

All we wanted was to be notified if someone has replied to you, because if they had and you didn't know then imagine how this person must have felt if you hadn't replied back to them.

Those that post or who reply need to find the forums 'user friendly', not complicated and not be afraid to express how much they are struggling.

I hope that a step backwards does happen.

Geoff.