Is it all or none with "watching" topics
#1
Is it all or none with "watching" topics
The way I understand it, in order to get notifications of new posts on a thread that we either started or made a post on, we make a change in the Settings page. So is there any way that we can get notifications on some posts but not on every post that we comment on? In the old board we could elect to "watch" or "unwatch" a thread--is that possible on the new board or is it all or none? I hope that this question makes sense.
Also, I am still lost with Bookmarking. I have read the steps and tried to follow the steps but am still either not understanding how it all works with bookmarking or something is not working for me. When I follow the steps and get to the point where I click on "Folders", am I supposed to be getting a choice of either "Bookmarks" or "Subscriptions"? Because I'm not. If you don't have the patience to be kind about my problem, please don't address this question. I'm really at the end of my rope with this issue. I have been just taking pictures of threads that I want to bookmark because of not understanding this. Everytime I try to figure it out I end up in tears. I have a lot of worries right now and would just like for this to not be one of my troubles.
Thank you,
Bambi
Also, I am still lost with Bookmarking. I have read the steps and tried to follow the steps but am still either not understanding how it all works with bookmarking or something is not working for me. When I follow the steps and get to the point where I click on "Folders", am I supposed to be getting a choice of either "Bookmarks" or "Subscriptions"? Because I'm not. If you don't have the patience to be kind about my problem, please don't address this question. I'm really at the end of my rope with this issue. I have been just taking pictures of threads that I want to bookmark because of not understanding this. Everytime I try to figure it out I end up in tears. I have a lot of worries right now and would just like for this to not be one of my troubles.
Thank you,
Bambi
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The way I understand it, in order to get notifications of new posts on a thread that we either started or made a post on, we make a change in the Settings page. So is there any way that we can get notifications on some posts but not on every post that we comment on? In the old board we could elect to "watch" or "unwatch" a thread--is that possible on the new board or is it all or none? I hope that this question makes sense.
Also, I am still lost with Bookmarking. I have read the steps and tried to follow the steps but am still either not understanding how it all works with bookmarking or something is not working for me. When I follow the steps and get to the point where I click on "Folders", am I supposed to be getting a choice of either "Bookmarks" or "Subscriptions"? Because I'm not. If you don't have the patience to be kind about my problem, please don't address this question. I'm really at the end of my rope with this issue. I have been just taking pictures of threads that I want to bookmark because of not understanding this. Everytime I try to figure it out I end up in tears. I have a lot of worries right now and would just like for this to not be one of my troubles. Thank you, Bambi
Also, I am still lost with Bookmarking. I have read the steps and tried to follow the steps but am still either not understanding how it all works with bookmarking or something is not working for me. When I follow the steps and get to the point where I click on "Folders", am I supposed to be getting a choice of either "Bookmarks" or "Subscriptions"? Because I'm not. If you don't have the patience to be kind about my problem, please don't address this question. I'm really at the end of my rope with this issue. I have been just taking pictures of threads that I want to bookmark because of not understanding this. Everytime I try to figure it out I end up in tears. I have a lot of worries right now and would just like for this to not be one of my troubles. Thank you, Bambi
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The way I understand it, in order to get notifications of new posts on a thread that we either started or made a post on, we make a change in the Settings page. So is there any way that we can get notifications on some posts but not on every post that we comment on? In the old board we could elect to "watch" or "unwatch" a thread--is that possible on the new board or is it all or none? I hope that this question makes sense.
Bambi
Bambi
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Also, I am still lost with Bookmarking. I have read the steps and tried to follow the steps but am still either not understanding how it all works with bookmarking or something is not working for me. When I follow the steps and get to the point where I click on "Folders", am I supposed to be getting a choice of either "Bookmarks" or "Subscriptions"? Because I'm not. If you don't have the patience to be kind about my problem, please don't address this question. I'm really at the end of my rope with this issue. I have been just taking pictures of threads that I want to bookmark because of not understanding this. Everytime I try to figure it out I end up in tears. I have a lot of worries right now and would just like for this to not be one of my troubles.
Thank you,
Bambi
Thank you,
Bambi
To Bookmark:
Did you click on the little triangle by the word Folder? When you click on that little triangle it should give you the choice of Bookmarks. It is just like subscribing to a thread, except you choose the folder/bookmark choice instead of the subscribe to this thread choice.
If you are looking for your bookmarks. Go to the Settings tab. Then on the left hand side of the page(scroll down a little) you will see My Subscriptions and underneath it you should have Bookmarks and Subscriptions.
Last edited by Sadiemae; 11-16-2011 at 08:57 PM.
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Join Date: Dec 2010
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I hope this helps for your bookmarking...
My daughter figured it out in 3 seconds! (crazy,huh? it's those younger ones for sure!) I will try to explain it....
Go to your bookmarks, to the far right of each thread there is a box - click on it, and this will put a check inside of it.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "selected threads" ( I would think you can do multiple threads at one time if the ones selected are all going into the same folder...ie.. "patterns" or "bindings", or whatever your folders are labelled)
A box will appear....click on "move to folder", then click on "Go"
Folder Name and Subscriptions will appear...click on Subscriptions...all of your labelled folders will appear...click on the folder you want your thread/threads to be moved
Then lastly, click on "move items"
It really is quite simple once you know how to do it. And I think the under 35 crowd can navigate computers and websites very easily because they grew up with computers. Unless you work on a computer, it takes the rest of us longer to figure things out.
My daughter figured it out in 3 seconds! (crazy,huh? it's those younger ones for sure!) I will try to explain it....
Go to your bookmarks, to the far right of each thread there is a box - click on it, and this will put a check inside of it.
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on "selected threads" ( I would think you can do multiple threads at one time if the ones selected are all going into the same folder...ie.. "patterns" or "bindings", or whatever your folders are labelled)
A box will appear....click on "move to folder", then click on "Go"
Folder Name and Subscriptions will appear...click on Subscriptions...all of your labelled folders will appear...click on the folder you want your thread/threads to be moved
Then lastly, click on "move items"
It really is quite simple once you know how to do it. And I think the under 35 crowd can navigate computers and websites very easily because they grew up with computers. Unless you work on a computer, it takes the rest of us longer to figure things out.
#6
I think I understand...If not, just ignore.
To Bookmark:
Did you click on the little triangle by the word Folder? When you click on that little triangle it should give you the choice of Bookmarks. It is just like subscribing to a thread, except you choose the folder/bookmark choice instead of the subscribe to this thread choice.
If you are looking for your bookmarks. Go to the Settings tab. Then on the left hand side of the page(scroll down a little) you will see My Subscriptions and underneath it you should have Bookmarks and Subscriptions.
To Bookmark:
Did you click on the little triangle by the word Folder? When you click on that little triangle it should give you the choice of Bookmarks. It is just like subscribing to a thread, except you choose the folder/bookmark choice instead of the subscribe to this thread choice.
If you are looking for your bookmarks. Go to the Settings tab. Then on the left hand side of the page(scroll down a little) you will see My Subscriptions and underneath it you should have Bookmarks and Subscriptions.
#7
Ok, thanks to the explanations, I understand how to subscribe or "watch" individual threads.
Denise, I will try to work through the steps you gave tomorrow. I think that by evening I'm too tired for most things to make sense. I am very much a visual learner--I need to sit down with someone showing me the steps. I'm not usually so needy but right now I seem to be. I bet if my daughter was here instead up in Oklahome with her family she could show me. Can I borrow yours? (LOL)
Denise, I will try to work through the steps you gave tomorrow. I think that by evening I'm too tired for most things to make sense. I am very much a visual learner--I need to sit down with someone showing me the steps. I'm not usually so needy but right now I seem to be. I bet if my daughter was here instead up in Oklahome with her family she could show me. Can I borrow yours? (LOL)
#8
The way I understand it, in order to get notifications of new posts on a thread that we either started or made a post on, we make a change in the Settings page. So is there any way that we can get notifications on some posts but not on every post that we comment on? In the old board we could elect to "watch" or "unwatch" a thread--is that possible on the new board or is it all or none? I hope that this question makes sense.
Also, I am still lost with Bookmarking. I have read the steps and tried to follow the steps but am still either not understanding how it all works with bookmarking or something is not working for me. When I follow the steps and get to the point where I click on "Folders", am I supposed to be getting a choice of either "Bookmarks" or "Subscriptions"? Because I'm not. If you don't have the patience to be kind about my problem, please don't address this question. I'm really at the end of my rope with this issue. I have been just taking pictures of threads that I want to bookmark because of not understanding this. Everytime I try to figure it out I end up in tears. I have a lot of worries right now and would just like for this to not be one of my troubles.
Thank you,
Bambi
Also, I am still lost with Bookmarking. I have read the steps and tried to follow the steps but am still either not understanding how it all works with bookmarking or something is not working for me. When I follow the steps and get to the point where I click on "Folders", am I supposed to be getting a choice of either "Bookmarks" or "Subscriptions"? Because I'm not. If you don't have the patience to be kind about my problem, please don't address this question. I'm really at the end of my rope with this issue. I have been just taking pictures of threads that I want to bookmark because of not understanding this. Everytime I try to figure it out I end up in tears. I have a lot of worries right now and would just like for this to not be one of my troubles.
Thank you,
Bambi
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