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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:
ScaremyVile · 26/10/2007 14:55

I'm logged in but my 'ignore stickies' option doesn't work either, not moaning but just so you you know that its crappy theres a glitch.

Sherbert37 · 26/10/2007 14:53

Well I took out 35 topics - any advance on that!

brandnewpumpkin · 26/10/2007 14:51

Ignore stickies not working for me either, and now there are THREE -make them go, pleeeeese.

NomDeBroomstick · 26/10/2007 14:44

I have remember me ticked and it still doesn't work

Tech · 26/10/2007 14:43

Hi Twigortreat, The customise options only work when you are logged in. If you don't have "remember me" set and then you shut down mn and come back, we don't know who you are until you log in, so we can't do any of your options.

AitchTwoOh · 26/10/2007 14:40

i MUST have ignore stickies, the Book of the Mnth is pissing me off. if i had time to read i wouldn't be on here.

NomDeBroomstick · 26/10/2007 14:20

ignore stickies doesn;t work for me either. 'tis poo

nailpolish · 26/10/2007 14:16

that didnt happen to me, twig

TwigorTreat · 26/10/2007 14:13

yabbut when you close the MN window and open it up again later (you know when RL beckons in those odd moments) ... it PINGS back up

nailpolish · 26/10/2007 14:12

clcik refresh after ignore

nailpolish · 26/10/2007 14:12

yes it does twig

i ignored one and its gone

TwigorTreat · 26/10/2007 14:11

as an aside the ignoring stickies feature doesn't work

nailpolish · 26/10/2007 14:11

what the moon for?

im not having agood day today...very confused...

JustscreamMumsnet · 26/10/2007 14:09

Yes - if only we'd had moonwatch - we'd have known not to be so foolish .

OP posts:
MegaLegs · 26/10/2007 13:48

You are very brave making all these changes at a full moon .

FunkyGlassSlipupandyouredead · 26/10/2007 13:46

just noticed the '(from MNCoven)' instead of MNHQ - very nice

LilBloodRedWantsGore · 26/10/2007 13:45

ROFL!

JustscreamMumsnet · 26/10/2007 13:43

Oooh Blimey, yes, you're right - don't know how that slipped in!

OP posts:
LilBloodRedWantsGore · 26/10/2007 13:41

Have done justine. Suprised you've not been yelled at for text speak yet

AeFangedKiss · 26/10/2007 13:36

what am I going to win now that I filled in you survey?

ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween · 26/10/2007 13:27

I couldn't see the duck either but now, when I'm reading something else I catch it out of the corner of my eye and it is a duck! Not when I look at it directly though. Bizarre.

harman · 26/10/2007 13:27

Message withdrawn

FunkyGlassSlipupandyouredead · 26/10/2007 13:24

Thank you for changing the spelling of customise. I love the moon.

Only comment I would make is that perhaps a banner at the top of talk the day before the changes were made might have helped reduce panic of all of the old codgers regular posters who need time to adapt to changes like this

nailpolish · 26/10/2007 13:20

i am squinting but i cant see the duck resemblence

at least i know what youre on about now

nailpolish · 26/10/2007 13:19

oh

thanks

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