Some changes to our Pipe Forums layout...

[JollyRogers]

I would like to see myself auto-subscribed to any thread I post to. Right now, I have only one subscription, that I had to pull down the menu, select subscribe, then say that I did indeed want to subscribe. PITA.

To do this go to Settings-->general settings-->Default thread subscription mode and select anything other than do not subscribe based on your emailing preferences.

Then there's the matter of unstoppable emails. I don't want to get an email every time somebody likes or thanks me for a post. This is really annoying and I can find no way to stop it from my settings.

I'm guessing here but I think this may be what's triggering these emails: go to Settings-->general settings-->receive email and uncheck the box for receive email from other members...

I also want the ancient pedant emoticon! They wouldn't give it to me at puff.

Can't help with this one

Doing great though, Tobias! (I'd give you RG if I had any. )

[Nature]

edit: @JollyRogers beat me to it!

I would like to see myself auto-subscribed to any thread I post to. Right now, I have only one subscription, that I had to pull down the menu, select subscribe, then say that I did indeed want to subscribe. PITA.

This can be fixed through your Settings panel. On the top menu go to "Settings", then on the left hand under My Settings panel select "General Settings", then find Default Thread Subscription Mode, on the drop down menu, select "Through My control Panel Only", then "Save Changes" at the bottom.

Then there's the matter of unstoppable emails. I don't want to get an email every time somebody likes or thanks me for a post. This is really annoying and I can find no way to stop it from my settings.

Go to same menu as described above in General Settings: deselect Receive Email from Administrator, Save changes. Somehow, I did this then re-selected this box later, and I still no longer get emails of Likes or Thanks. Give it a try or just leave the email switch off.

[freestoke]

I think the "Through your control panel only" kinda threw me, since that seemed synonymous with "Do not subscribe", implying that I would have to subscirbe through my control panel either way.

Of COURSE the alerts are from the Administrators! doh.

Thanks to you both for the assistance! I guess nobody likes the opinionated old geezer, huh? sigh. It seems so apropos for so many of us here. sigh. gasp. wheeze, choke.

[Emperor Zurg]

Some of us like opinionated old geezerisims
I always sign up for a forum with a catch-all email that I never check. Makes it easy to insulate myself from spam.

[tmoran]

I am all for more emoticons. The soap-box one and the guy peeking from behind the couch were also useful.

[freestoke]

I am all for more emoticons. The soap-box one and the guy peeking from behind the couch were also useful.

Definitely! I was also fond of the rant.gif and faint.gif If management is afraid of a copyright violation for stealing an emoticon, fear not. I've seen the old guy on at least half a dozen forums here and there, not all them pipe forums.

All you have to do is right click on a gif you like that is showing in your browser, "Save as" into your computer's emoticon directory give it an index name with the website software and it should just show up when the smilies subroutines display the set of gifs in the directory. I hate to be a whiner, but it wouldn't take more than an hour or so to create a dynamite set of emoticons.

I have almost stopped using smilies here. fencing.gif

Hmm...that seemed to work. Maybe I'll make my own set! chick.gif Nah. Major PITA.


These gifs are in my attachment folder if the powers that be are interested.


And the Ennerdale warning emoticon seems needed merely as a safety feature. gas.gif