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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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TwigorTreat · 26/10/2007 16:05

thanks tech .. but ignore stickies is still glitching .. they come, they go, they come, they go .. I'm getting rather dizzy

TwigorTreat · 26/10/2007 16:06

by which i mean all 3 come and go together en masse .. and not one gets bumped to the top of the list by new message ..

sparkybabe · 26/10/2007 16:28

I want to know what it says in latin - is it something profound?

RustyBear · 26/10/2007 17:23

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorem_ipsum

Snaf · 26/10/2007 17:55

I took out 42 topics.

Maybe I shoudn't be here

foulmoonfiend · 26/10/2007 18:07

mumsnet classic is Not Working for me,
Look I'm giving you fair warning. It's Full Moon today and I am a teeny bit rabid tetchy frickingunhinged sensitive to stuff. Hellllp meeeee.....

ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween · 26/10/2007 18:09

What's not working, Fiend?

foulmoonfiend · 26/10/2007 18:10

Pressing the mumsnet classic thingy to get it back to normal.

Make it Go Back!!!

ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween · 26/10/2007 18:11

I meant what isn't normal

Have you pressed f5 to see if that clears it?

ADragonIs4LifeNotJustHalloween · 26/10/2007 18:11

Are you using an old bookmark to access stuff?

DarthVader · 26/10/2007 18:21

How do I use the ignore thing - I can't find it...
[durr emoticon]

foulmoonfiend · 26/10/2007 18:21

changed colours which is bit better....

DeathByPruners · 26/10/2007 20:52

I like it very much.
I know you don't need my approval
It's great, though
Think how many threads this is going to save
"AIBU to hate AIBU?"
Poof! Now with a click it is erased from the board.
(I kind of like it now though)

PeachesMcScream · 26/10/2007 21:46

Hiya Tech, a sticky problem for me too. I do the thing in customise active convos then if I go out of MN (I know I shouldn't ) eg to Google, and then back into MN afterwards, ie, without logging out, it reverts back to stickies at the top.

Lawrene8 · 26/10/2007 21:54

I can't seem to get the topic list - is this happeneing to everyone or is it just me?

MaryBleedinShelley · 26/10/2007 22:50

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hatwoman · 26/10/2007 23:43

am I being a bit thick - I clicked on the mn classic button and my threads were still top down and (worse) on several pages. what am i doing wrong?

Sobernow · 27/10/2007 00:07

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Sobernow · 27/10/2007 00:19

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cazboldy · 27/10/2007 06:52

I agree with showofhands.....East Anglia!

Miaou · 27/10/2007 09:26

Ooooh I so like this new look. I lurve reading from the top down. And I like the new colours too. The only thing I don't like about the muted thing is that the links are just underlined and not a different colour, so unless you mouse over an underlined word you wouldn't know if it was actually a link or just underlined. So I went back to Classic for about ten minutes, but then decided I would put up with it as I prefer muted!

Are you planning any alteration to the Active Convo's page? Eg more space between thread titles (tis a bit hard to read sometimes, especially when titles go over more than one line)? I was wondering if it could have more of a "table" appearance (but without the lines!) so that all the times appear in one column, the last poster in another, etc etc ... Just a thought. But I like it anyway

MrsWeasley · 27/10/2007 12:33

the moon is worrying me an awful lot. Why do we need it? Whats wrong with sticking our heads near a window?

Not saying i dont like it, I have a feeling it will grow on me and soon I wont be able to live without it just a bit worried about why we need it

MrsWeasley · 27/10/2007 12:39

I should add it logged on yesterday saw the changes and ran away

Dior · 27/10/2007 15:31

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NBheebieGeebies · 27/10/2007 16:18

What a shock I got this morning!

Anyway I've re arranged it back to ye olde mn stylee
Cant be doing wiht reading top to bottom and new colours.
Doesnt do well for my already addled brain.

No problems with it though. Quite self explanitory.

Can I just ask though, what are these pin things/sticky subject bits all about?
Are they not a bit dare I say, netmums ish?

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