Vanilla Forums: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:56, 27 June 2011

Vanilla Forums are open-source, standards-compliant, customizable discussion forums.

Tips for using our discussion forum

Under section Discussion Views (right sidebar), you can change the view to see a list of latest discussions or latest discussions by category
Hover your mouse over Discussions (at the top) to see a category menu
- A category contains discussions (a.k.a forum posts) related to a given topic
Create an email subscription to a category of your interest by clicking on E-mail Subscriptions
You can vote for the most important discussions by clicking on the Votes blue box, at the right side of the discussion title
- Click it again to remove your vote, in case you have changed your mind
To bookmark (subscribe to) a particular discussion, click on the Follows blue box, at the right side of the discussion title
- You can choose to receive email notifications when there are new comments on your bookmarked discussions
- You can see the number of people who bookmarked a discussion right under Follows
Click on your login name (top left side) to access your account page and change your preferences.
- Change your email notification settings by clicking on My Preferences on your account page

You can receive email notifications when:

There's a new discussion or comment on any of the categories you have subscribed to
people comment on your bookmarked discussions.
people mention you in comments (by using (@login)
people mention you in discussion titles (by using @login)
people write on your wall.
people reply to your wall comments.
someone sends you a private message.
you are added to private conversations.
people comment on your discussions.

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 ** A ''category'' contains discussions (a.k.a ''forum posts'') related to a given ''topic''
 * Create an '''[http://vanillaforums.org/addon/636/emailsubscribe email subscription]''' to a category of your interest by clicking on '''[http://openfarmtech.org/forum/profile/subscriptions E-mail Subscriptions]'''
-* To bookmark (subscribe to) a particular discussion, click on '''Follows''' at the right side of the discussion title
+* You can vote for the most important discussions by clicking on the '''Votes''' blue box, at the right side of the discussion title
+** Click it again to remove your vote, in case you have changed your mind
+* To bookmark (subscribe to) a particular discussion, click on the '''Follows''' blue box, at the right side of the discussion title
 ** You can choose to receive '''email notifications''' when there are new comments on your '''bookmarked discussions'''
 ** You can see the number of people who bookmarked a discussion right under ''Follows''
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 ** Change your '''email notification settings''' by clicking on '''My Preferences''' on your ''account page''
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 ==Email Notifications==