Vanilla Forums: Difference between revisions

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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
To bookmark (subscribe to) a particular discussion, click on Follows 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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 ==Email Notifications==
-These are the email notifications you can receive:
+You can receive email notifications when:
-* Notify me when people write on my wall.
+* There's a new discussion or comment on any of the categories you have subscribed to
-* Notify me when people reply to my wall comments.
+* people comment on your bookmarked discussions.
-* Notify me of private messages.
+* people mention you in comments (by using (@login)
-* Notify me when I am added to private conversations.
+* people mention you in discussion titles (by using @login)
-* Notify me when people comment on my discussions.
+* people write on your wall.
-* Notify me when people mention me in discussion titles.
+* people reply to your wall comments.
-* Notify me when people mention me in comments.
+* someone sends you a private message.
-* Notify me when people comment on my bookmarked discussions.
+* you are added to private conversations.
+* people comment on your discussions.
 ==Plugins we use==