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loonybin

loonybin

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The threads I've subscribed to on the old software are present under "Watched Threads" but the subforums that I subscribed to are not present under "Watched Forums."
 
Do they show up if you re subscribe?
 
oops. Wrong thread.
 
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Mine got lost, but no biggie. I rebuilt them in five mins.

I went through again and chose my new 'watched forums'. It's simple: Go through the forums again, click on one you watched, and once in, on the RH top is a small tag: 'Follow Forum'. Done.
 
I had to do it manually as well. Unfortunately I get alerts every time someone posts a new thread, though!
 
SharpByCoop said:
Mine got lost, but no biggie. I rebuilt them in five mins.

I went through again and chose my new 'watched forums'. It's simple: Go through the forums again, click on one you watched, and once in, on the RH top is a small tag: 'Follow Forum'. Done.
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I feel rather stupid for having to ask this; but I really have looked...

I never used this feature before, because it was easy enough to get to the specific forums I wanted; but, with the amount of scrolling it takes now, I thought it might help. I've followed a few forums...but I can't see that it does anything beneficial - I still have to scroll just as far to access them, I can't find anything in my menu options that offers easier access to them or new threads. (I don't care about post notifications)
What, exactly, does following a forum accomplish? And how do I access it?
 
hhmoore: If you 'Watch' a forum there is a specific tab you can click on which is for just that: 'Watched Forums'. It's up there in Watched Threads, Featured Threads, Search, and other things.

I have fifteen forums I follow. That's all. So I set my 'Home page' bookmark on BF to the link for Watched Forums. I am only left with fifteen choices of my selections on that page. Easy. No scrolling. I can always GET to all the other forums clicking the real home page link, but to keep it brief and relevant to MY interests, I use the Watched Forums feature.

It was the equivalent of the Control Panel / Settings in the last version.
 
Armadew said:
I lied, it didn't work. :p

What box/s should I untick?
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Sorry. It's slightly more complicated.
Go to your Watched Forums page. Check the little box next to a forum. There's a drop menu that says "With selected" You can enable or disable alerts. Good luck.
 
r8shell said:
Sorry. It's slightly more complicated.
Go to your Watched Forums page. Check the little box next to a forum. There's a drop menu that says "With selected" You can enable or disable alerts. Good luck.
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Aha! That did the trick. Cheers :)
 
Thanks. The three dot drop down menu, lol. I looked there; but probably before I had actually clicked to watch any, so it didn't register.
 
hhmoore said:
I never used this feature before, because it was easy enough to get to the specific forums I wanted; but, with the amount of scrolling it takes now, I thought it might help.
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If you are using the Flat Awesome styles there's nowhere near as much scrolling now.
 
Thanks, Spark.
I'd switched to Flat Awesome back when it was still basically like the default; was struggling with something (don't remember what), and switched it back to default & forgot about it.
Flat awesome also put the Watched forums right in the navigation bar, as opposed to hiding it in that drop down.
 
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