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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

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JustscreamMumsnet · 26/10/2007 13:43

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

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LilBloodRedWantsGore · 26/10/2007 13:45

ROFL!

FunkyGlassSlipupandyouredead · 26/10/2007 13:46

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

MegaLegs · 26/10/2007 13:48

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

JustscreamMumsnet · 26/10/2007 14:09

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

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nailpolish · 26/10/2007 14:11

what the moon for?

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

TwigorTreat · 26/10/2007 14:11

as an aside the ignoring stickies feature doesn't work

nailpolish · 26/10/2007 14:12

yes it does twig

i ignored one and its gone

nailpolish · 26/10/2007 14:12

clcik refresh after ignore

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 14:16

that didnt happen to me, twig

NomDeBroomstick · 26/10/2007 14:20

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

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.

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.

NomDeBroomstick · 26/10/2007 14:44

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

brandnewpumpkin · 26/10/2007 14:51

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

Sherbert37 · 26/10/2007 14:53

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

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.

RustyBear · 26/10/2007 14:56

They do go away if you click the ignore at the end of the thread title - but they just go right away, they don't revert to normal.

brandnewpumpkin · 26/10/2007 14:57

And I logged out after customising (note: spelt properly) and logged back in, and refreshed and everything and they are still there and I don't like them.

tissy · 26/10/2007 15:02

I can't unstick the stickies, either

bonkerz · 26/10/2007 15:09

agh i go away for 4 days and i come back to this!!! I fear i will now be lost in mumsnet and that DHs prediction of 4 hours on computer may come true!!!!

ScaremyVile · 26/10/2007 15:10

Mine are unstuck now!

Tech · 26/10/2007 15:12

This (ignore stickies) should be alright now. If you set ignore stickies on customise active conversations they should go un-sticky and just show up in their normal spots as and when there are new messages.

And spelling: JR (as I like to call her) agreed with the customise argument so now we gone all -ise rather than -ize.

"JR, you are not gonna put me back in that sanitarium."

And before you start, I know we say sanatorium in the uk not sanitarium, but I was being Sue Ellen innit

nailpolish · 26/10/2007 15:16

oh i love the sue ellen ref
she is my all-time favourite babe

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