Virtual Sections

The Virtual Sections feature has been renamed to Topic Lists. The functionality stays exactly the same. I renamed this feature to make its purpose more obvious to new users.

It became apparent to me that the choice of a name "Virtual Sections" was rather poor as it confused a lot of people into thinking they could post inside those virtual sections. Hopefully, there will be less confusion now.

Please let me remind you that Topic Lists are used to collect relevant topics and make keeping up with specific discussions (and group activities) easier.

Custom Sections

I completely changed the way sections of the board are handled. In the past, it was possible to exclude some sections from your view of Recent Topics and Unread Topics. I removed that functionality. Instead, now you can subscribe and unsubscribe from any section on the board.

You can do so from a link on My Profile page.

If you unsubscribe from a section, you will no longer see it on Home, Recent Topics, Unread Topics pages, which somewhat mimics the old functionality. As a matter of fact, current subscription settings have been imported from the "excluded sections" list of each user.

What's important about this change is that it allows me to add more sections without imposing them on all users. In other words, I can create a new section and only the people who are specifically interested in it can subscribe.

Contrary to the Virtual Sections (now Topic Lists), you will be able to create topics in new custom sections, just like in any other section on the board.

In the past, I was reluctant to add more sections because they would dilute the board or shift it off-topic. Now, if enough people express interest in some new section, I can add it without forcing it onto the entire user base.

P.S. Please let me know if you see any errors. I made some changes to the database schema, so it's possible that some things got broken in the process.

Thank you for such a Great job running this board!!! BUT, I will never get off of here and get to quilting if you keep making it so easy.......just kidding :!: :!:

Good moves! Thanks.

Thank you from all of us who LOVE this board and the people who run it and use it!!!!

Happy Holidays everyone!

thank you for making things so user friendly

Thanks for explaining the "hows" and "whys" to us. We appreciate your leadership, your guidance, and your hardwork!

Thank you for running a excellant board.My day is not complete without it!

This is so much better than the other,Quilting & Needlework.This here is a faster pace.

Ditto, we don't say thanks often enough.

Well said....thanks!

Love this board, but what happened to the links section.

You can add a section to the home page by subscribing.

I stumbled onto this board, somehow, and I have enjoyed it sooo much. Thanks for all you do to keep it interesting.

Thanks for all your hard work! I was not very computer savvy when I joined this board(still not really) but so enjoy it now sometimes spend more time here than quilting!!! I have learned so much on here and made some lovely friends, so thanks again. All good wishes for the festive season!

why ant i get pictures to ome up?

What happened to the category called "Links & Resources" (or something like that)?

just adding my thanks a great site

I am adding my thanks, too. It's a fantastic site and I can't seem to get enough of it. Get on it the first thing in the morning while my coffee is getting ready for me.
THANKS so much for a great site. It attracts the most amazing people.
Dodee

thank you :thumbup:

How do I change to three times a week, I will never get anything done. When this board asked I was not giving this up but now have to as I am stuck here at the computer and getting nothing done. Help.

THANK YOU! I am disabled and teaching myself to quilt and this board has been an inspiration to me. I am not the best with the computer and STILL don't know a lot about my camera either. I am moving over the next month and my main concern is a place to sew. Thanks to all of you I will be able to continue. Happy quilting....

Thank you for doing a fantastic job and you are
really appreciated for all the hard work you do for us
to keep this Message Board up to date and easy to use.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

thanks I can't function without this board, I've met some of the GREATEST quilters and I love all of them

Merry Christmas from south Mississippi

This is an outstanding "board"! Thank you for all the effort that is put into it!

Like QUILTNMO I haven't been able to get pictures for weeks now. Am not very computer savvy but don't think I have altered any settings on my side. Any ideas? Its very frustrating.

Thank you for all you do. I too have my morning coffee and read or check out the tutorials, pictures etc. In fact now I am considering getting another computer to put in my sewing room so that when I am working on things such as the tube pillow cases that someone posted on here and my mind goes into CRS I don't have to come back into the other room to continue my project. I check it morning and evening just in case I have missed something. It is great to see sew many pretty things and share with newbies too plus get advise from other quilters. Thanks again.

This expresses my feelings to a t---so DITTO

I am moving December 18, 2010. I want to stay Still be a member of the Quilting Board. I am unsure of how that will work in Wisconsin. It is Time-Warner. Don't know how long it will take to get hooked up. Would like to change my avatar but can't figure out how. Did it one time before, but forgot.

Thank You for all your work that you do to make it easy for us to use. God Bless & Merry Christmas..Jesus is the reason for the season.. And a very happy healthy & blessed New Year..shrabar

Thanks for taling such good care of all of us.Sandy

Ditto. :thumbup:

Is there a way we can organize our bookmarks? I am getting so many it's going to take awhile to locate a particular one. Maybe this feature is available and I just don't know it.
PS. This is my favorite site of all time!

My bookmarks need organizing also! Thanks for all your hard work. I have made such wonderful friends, and have learned so much as a beginner - Have a Merry Christmas!

thanks for all your help and have a great holiday

Just want to say THANK YOU for all you do. This is the most useful, organized,
well thought out site I've ever had the pleasure of participating in. You're the best!

You can subscribe to the Links section and it will be added to the home page. The subscription settings have been imported from the old exclusion list for each user account. So if you don't see the Links section on the home page, that must mean you had Links in the exclusion list.

Can you please PM me the details of the problem? What do you mean you can't "get pictures"?

Thanks for continuing to improve our site!
Would it be possible to include a list of the sections we've UNsubscribed to in MY PROFILE? Maybe I want to subscribe to one again, but I can't see the list of sections when I'm looking at My Profile! And I'm memory-challenged ~ ~ ~

Many thanks--this is a wonderful board. I love reading it and getting wonderful ideas from all the other readers. You do a great job. Again, thank you.

There is a link "You can see the list of all sections on the board and subscribe/unsubscribe here."

If you click on it, you'll see all sections along with your subscription status for each one of them.