Post by Dean Wormer on Apr 21, 2016 13:19:15 GMT -5
A few notes on how to use some of the features of this Board.
Block User
In order to ignore a user, you must
As far as I can tell, you can not undo this. At least I have not yet explored enough to find the way to Un-Block a poster. So if you do this, make sure this is what you want to do.
Also, if you block a users posts, you will still have the option in individual threads to view the post, but you will have to do that every time you want to read a message from that poster.
So, use the feature wisely.
Change Display Name
You can change your display name. In the beta test several of us did, we found this most useful for changing case in your display name as it appears the default for display names is all lower case. So I was initially "dean wormer" and was able to Change that to Dean Wormer.
To change your display name
You're good to go.
Block User
In order to ignore a user, you must
- Click on the users name
- While viewing the profile, click on the Gear Icon on the right side of the profile
- Select Block user
- Select the options you want to block
- Click Block User
As far as I can tell, you can not undo this. At least I have not yet explored enough to find the way to Un-Block a poster. So if you do this, make sure this is what you want to do.
Also, if you block a users posts, you will still have the option in individual threads to view the post, but you will have to do that every time you want to read a message from that poster.
So, use the feature wisely.
Change Display Name
You can change your display name. In the beta test several of us did, we found this most useful for changing case in your display name as it appears the default for display names is all lower case. So I was initially "dean wormer" and was able to Change that to Dean Wormer.
To change your display name
- Select "Profile" from the menu at the top of the forum
- Choose "Edit Profile" at the right top of the profile page that opens.
- Select "Personal" from the tabs at the top of the Edit Profile & Settings screen.
- Change your "Display Name"
- Click "Save Personal Settings" at the bottom of the Edit Profile & Settings screen.
You're good to go.
