Why is it that my thread I started doesn’t show up in the folder yet when I click on the folder to refresh it comes up?
I would appreciate my thread not dissappearing. This happens both at knots and at breaktime with irritating regularity.
Webby
Edited 2/18/2008 8:08 pm ET by webby
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Because no new posts have been added to the thread? Try clicking on "of High Interest" in the "show discussions" box at the top of the thread listing.
Actually I bumped it about four times myself. It is still not showing up the title is My recent projects. Admittedly I posted it in the wong folder (General Discussion) it should have gone in the Gallery,but it is an aggervation that no one else can see it.
Webby
Edited 2/18/2008 8:25 pm ET by webby
Within a group, the threads are listed in order of newest post first. So your thread is currently about five or six down, since that many other threads in the group have had messages added to them since the most recent message was added to your thread.
Also, once you've read all of the messages in a thread, it goes "off the radar" for you, until another message has been posted to the thread. Rest assured that it's still on the radar for other people, until they, too, have read the messages in the thread.
-Steve
Here's what it looks like on my machine (since I haven't looked at the new messages yet):
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-Steve
Ok, Thanks.Webby
Once you look at a thread, the software marks it as "read" and it won't show up again in your viewer unless somebody adds a new post. Even if you "bump" it, it'll normally only show up in your viewer one time. The next time you log in, it won't show up.
If, for some reason, you want to go back to that thread and re-read it, you'll need to show "All" posts as opposed to "All Unread Posts". (Top of the left collumn.) (You may need to select advanced options to do this, if you haven't already.) You can also make a note of the thread number and do an advanced search for it. There is a way you can make the post always show up -- I did that once -- but it's kinda pointless since you keep seeing it even if there is no new posting. Never fear, tho' -- everybody else sees it until they "read" the thread. Once they do, it goes away for them since it's "read". Nothing you can do can force your thread to keep showing up on every other members' screen once it's read. (And that's a good thing!.) ;-)
Mike Hennessy
Pittsburgh, PA
PS: Hint to Taunton: Another example of why it would be nice to have an online manual, or at least a FAQ, to explain how the forum software works.
Bigger hint: Stop flogging the dead horse that is this forum.
There is a reason most other forums use another software product. IT WORKS BETTER.
There is a reason most other forums use another software product. IT WORKS BETTER.
I have no problems here. Actually I like the way Knots works better than any other forum on the Inet.
What problems do you have with Knots? Oh, and just who's flogging the dead horse?!
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Edited 2/19/2008 8:43 pm ET by KiddervilleAcres
Edited 2/19/2008 8:45 pm ET by KiddervilleAcres
Bob, you have no problems here because this is your entire life!
If ya think I spend my entire life in here you should see me when I'm in the woodshop!
Thanks for the answer, it tells me a lot.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
"...you have no problems here because this is your entire life!" Don't look now, but your rudeness is showing. That statement tells us alot more about you than it does about Bob, who has well-proven his worth to the forum.forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Well here's a bit more.
This should be the best woodwork forum on the internet, based as it is around the foremost woodworking magazine. Instead, it is a mess of self-serving posts from a few blowhards, occasionally peppered by some genuine talk about woodworking.
Knots has degenerated to a bunch of good-ole-boys slapping each other on the back, and nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-ing as the BS piles deeper with every post. Have you read that LV plane post lately?
I'm a little surprised by your thoughts, because most of your posts contain valuable content. I enjoyed your posts about rust removal and machine restoration, and I've probably forgotten the source of other stuff I've learned from you. If only Kidderville Kapers followed the same style.
This should be the best woodwork forum on the internet, based as it is around the foremost woodworking magazine. Instead, it is a mess of self-serving posts from a few blowhards, occasionally peppered by some genuine talk about woodworking.
I would venture to guess that if you looked at all the discussions, you will find that the majority of them contain real informative content. I will further assert that one could easily take one of them and turn it into perhaps an article for FWW or at least a blog entry. I invite you to prove me wrong. Also, would you be interested in making a contribution?
Knots has degenerated to a bunch of good-ole-boys slapping each other on the back, and nyuk-nyuk-nyuk-ing as the BS piles deeper with every post. Have you read that LV plane post lately?
Please, spare us. You are citing one discussion in which there have been many different contributors, not just the good-ole-boys, of whom I'm not familiar with. Just who are you referring to as the good-ole-boys anyway? I would at least include myself as olde! On more than one occasion I have seen FWW seek out humor from us, i.e. see the polls from them. A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
I also think it might be of value for you to hear the thoughts of the original poster as compared to your thoughts regarding the LV plane post. If you don't think there was any value in this particular discussion I am at the ready to prove you wrong.
I'm a little surprised by your thoughts, because most of your posts contain valuable content. I enjoyed your posts about rust removal and machine restoration, and I've probably forgotten the source of other stuff I've learned from you. If only Kidderville Kapers followed the same style.
forestgirl has indeed generously offered her wisdom to any and all who seek advice. I think her feelings prevail with just about everyone in here as well, not meaning to put words in her mouth. She has also sought wisdom from others just as freely, which we all have done, and which is the basis for this forum.
I think we ALL work from this basic premise, even the posts that might be considered not of woodworking content. In every post there is wisdom to be gained for someone even though it may not be on subject. Discussions get hijacked everywhere, not just here in Knots.
Life is much more enjoyable when one looks at the positive side instead of focusing on the negative. It's also much healthier too.
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Edited 2/20/2008 9:20 am ET by KiddervilleAcres
[Pre-script: Thank you for the compliments. Hope you don't feel too differently after reading my comments below, LOL!]
Ron (I'm assuming your name is Ron, per your rondunn handle), this forum is exactly what it is -- today. It will change tomorrow, and the next day, and the next year and the next decade. It's made up of hundreds or thousands (who knows) of members who each make their contribution, or simply lurk. There is personal chemistry in the forums just as there is in real life, and it influences the group's persona. Your's truly has, several times, been accused of single-handedly destroying Knots, so as you can see, there are widely varying opinions on who's a positive influence and who isn't.
Have you read that LV plane post lately?. Are you kidding me?! Not since about the 20th post. There have always been, and will always be, certain threads that just go on, and on, and on, and on, and on, offering little of interest or value after the 50th post or so. IMHO, the mistake you make is continue to read it!!! Why invest the energy, when there are dozens of threads that are worthy of your time??? Also, there will always be a few members that irritate you (or me, or Bob, or Sgian or Brian). Getting into a personal, snitty little fight with them is a waste of your energy and Taunton's bandwidth. Making them responsible for all the perceived shortcomings of the forum constitutes the same waste, and isn't warranted.
Trust me, I've seen people go down this road a number of times, and all they accomplish is putting themselves into a corner where their only role is to be rude and judgmental, rarely contributing actual woodworking knowledge.
Are you an old member with a new handle?? Your profile indicates you became a member a whopping 5 months ago. A little "young" to be lecturing us on how degraded the forum has become, methinks. Let's say you've actually been around for years and for some reason re-registered in September. Doesn't matter, what it comes down to is: you have a choice what to read and how to react to people who irritate you. Choose wisely, it's your time and energy spent, and how you use it may negatively or positively affect Knots itself.
forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-)
Edited 2/20/2008 12:03 pm by forestgirl
I can only speak for myself, of course, but I know that my posts are a prime example of piling up BS and they are of little or no value to anyone. I have tried to help others occasionally, and yet the result is always as previously stated.
Rob
Rob,
Coming from the 2005 New Years baby you certainly have that ole fashioned stick to it!
Right on Bro.
Regards,Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
Hmm. One neat feature that I just discovered about the software on this forum is that you can click on a poster's profile and choose to "Ignore Posts" from that poster.
I wonder if it works? Think I'll try it.
;-)
Mike HennessyPittsburgh, PA
Hi webby,
After all this brou haw haw did you get your original question answered? If not is there any way I might help you?
Regards,
Bob @ Kidderville Acres
A Woodworkers mind should be the sharpest tool in the shop!
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