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Customised Talk - a long overdue sticky to explain what the heck is going on!

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JustscreamMumsnet · 26/10/2007 12:16

Dear Mumsnetters,

We have made a few enhancements to our humble offering, which will allow you to customise Mumsnet Talk and (God willing) get it just the way you like it by using the Active conversations links at the top of Talk pages. You can choose to read threads in different order, how many posts appear on your page (if you limit the posts per page it can make the page load more quickly), fiddle with the colours, choose how many posts in active conversations, select how many days your threads I'm watching lasts for, plus you can opt to ignore specific posts or topics willy nilly. Oh and there's a moonwatch too.

Our default look is slightly changed from old Mumsnet (or Mumsnet classic as we like to call it) but before anyone starts panicking, there is a Mumsnet Classic button just a click away for all you conservative, dyed in the wool MNetters who like it like it is and can't think why we wanted to mess with it anyway. (ie A "Change it back!" option, which given bitter experience we thought we'd introduce at the same time as change )

So do have a fiddle (ideally for at least ten minutes before you start wailing "Who, what, why, when") and if you have any problems/ishoos/suggestions then please do post them here and we promise to look at them.

Hope you like it - if you do - twas my idea - if you hate it look no further than the shed.

ps plse can you fill in our survey

OP posts:
colditz · 02/11/2007 23:01

where has the ignore thread button gone? I l;ike thatb button.

harman · 02/11/2007 21:41

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MargosBeenPuttingSpellsOnMN · 02/11/2007 21:39

Thanks Justine! My active conversations look much better now!

aaaarghhelp · 02/11/2007 21:08

Why can't i start a new threa in the pregnancy topic???

MrsWeasley · 02/11/2007 17:51

MNHQ : I am not a happy witch : look I've lost my hat

sparklyjen · 02/11/2007 17:08

why hasn't mine changed??

Celia2 · 02/11/2007 17:07

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chocolateteapot · 02/11/2007 09:21

I'm finding that some of the topics I have ignored eg. For Sale, are still appearing in active conversations. It shows in my ignore section as being ignored but quite frequently there are for sale threads showing. Am I doing something wrong ? Many thanks.

JustineMumsnet · 01/11/2007 20:51

You can Margo, you can - just go to this page

MargosBeenPuttingSpellsOnMN · 01/11/2007 20:27

I would like to ignore whole topics

welliemum · 01/11/2007 19:40

Teeeeeeeeccccchhhhhh

I still can't ignore threads

katierocket · 01/11/2007 12:44

Ah - thank you HRH mumsnet for the 'mumsnet classic' option.

JustscreamMumsnet · 01/11/2007 08:32

Yes, sorry about that Hunker - was a lovely idea and all but think Tech my have lynched me [hgrin]

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BecauseImWereWolfit · 31/10/2007 17:25

I miss the ducks!

Perhaps we should be able to customise our sticky pins as well? Surely an easy task for Tech?

HunkOLantern · 31/10/2007 14:59

I like them, but I'd have preferred a pumpkin. And then a firework tomorrow. Tech's got time on his hands now, surely?

sKerryMum · 31/10/2007 14:51

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jabberwocky · 30/10/2007 03:12

I just got back from vacation and I think this is a really great change. I have kept a lot of MN Classic but I love having the ability to ignore a thread and customize active convos.

QuootieSpookypie · 29/10/2007 23:01

Dino... you can customise it so you don't have pages... I have 100 active convos and the threads how they used to be, in one long thread.

Dinosaur · 29/10/2007 22:31

I hate not being able to find all the posts on a thread that goes onto more than one page. I have tried clicking the arrows backwards and forwards but I still can't really figure it out .

QuootieSpookypie · 29/10/2007 17:03

Got it!

QuootieSpookypie · 29/10/2007 16:57

Sorry if this has been asked - how do I get rid of buying/selling now?

TheDullWitch · 29/10/2007 16:44

Oh duh, I just saw it, sorry for being fick.xx

TheDullWitch · 29/10/2007 16:43

but Dinosaur, that only explains how to ignore a thread, i want to ignore a topic.

Dinosaur · 29/10/2007 16:35

Go to Customise Active Conversations, DullWitch.

TheDullWitch · 29/10/2007 16:33

How do I ignore certain topics, like Buying and Selling?