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

[JustscreamMumsnet]

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

Yes, I want to know that! I think the FLYing threads should be stickied.

So there.

Book Club warrants sticky status so I don't forget about it and don't have to go looking for it!

Tech - is there any way we could sticky the threads we personally like?

Well, he started it

S'alright MaryBleedinShelley. Baby wipes will clean that right up.

Goodness! You go away for a week and someone thinks they can change Mumsnet!

What else have you done?

What have I missed?!

Love the Halloween dooberies

Tech, I'm sorry I doubted you. I am now ignoring 40 topics I couldn't care less about, very liberating!

LOL WWW - after your aaaargh posts!

love all the new options.
After moaning only last week (though i prefer to call it, erm making useful suggestion) that the threads i'm on only lasted three days - wow, can set it for a week. Great!
Must admit i wondered if i'd got the wrong site, had 3 days away with the family for half term and MN had a make-over in my absence!?!
once i'd got over the "WTF" factor i think it is really good work, well done mnet tech people.

So how do you do the drawing pin thingys at the top of talk?. Do we change them or is that a mn thing??

just practising the halloween smilie

I knew this would happen I am maybe obsessing slightly (not having a new Harry potter to obsess about I need a new obsession ) but now we need a thread explaining the different phases of our moon. and for all those who are growing to love our moon here is an explanation of a Waning Gibbous moon.

The waning gibbous Moon is just past full and illuminated generally from the left. This phase of the Moon is seen to rise a little while after sunset. The gibbous Moon rides across the sky for most of the night and is still above the western horizon at sunrise. The Moon is in this phase for nearly a week between full and third quarter. For a few days or so after Full Moon the waning gibbous Moon appears nearly full and might be mistaken for a full Moon. The Moon in this phase sets just shortly after sunrise and is generally seen by casual observers early in the morning.

I don't like it I just don't have time to work out how I can get all the messages on one page HATE HATE HATE having to wait to download anything!
I just can't be bothered to read it to work out why. I'm just too busy.
But I hate change
I'm not best friends with technology, I have no MP3 or whatever that is or an Ipod, my mobile spends its time switched off in my bag or at home! I use it solely for making and receiving calls, I've sent about 10 texts EVER and I barely have anyones numbers stored.

oh wow the thread has just flipped and now I see there is a mumsnet classic button .
WHen I find it I shall be clicking it.

so have i got to flip every thread individually as well now?!?

Where's East Anglia on the survey? I had to put Midlands .
Also, no box for being pg.

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

Go to Customise Active Conversations, DullWitch.

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

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

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

Got it!

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 .