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

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.

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.

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

I miss the ducks!

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

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

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

Teeeeeeeeccccchhhhhh

I still can't ignore threads

I would like to ignore whole topics

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

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.

why hasn't mine changed??

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

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

Thanks Justine! My active conversations look much better now!

Message withdrawn

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

i can see Scuttlebuggers and i can't press ignore! Oh the humanity!

What the hell is that scuttlebuggles thing?

i think they're a lovely bunch of women who support each other and are lovely, it's what MN should be etc. but they're called scuttlebuggers which makes my toes curl...

You'll have to go in Aitch.....

You now have to open a thread to ignore it (yes I know that sounds daft, but the Hide button is now at the top of the conversation, along with watch & flip)

Is it not just easier to skim over active convo's and mentally delete any threads you don't wish to contribute to for what ever reason?

< whatever, even! >

Yes, but the previous system meant that (for example) an emetophobe - and there are several on MN- could just click ignore at the end of a thread whose title was too graphic & it would be gone - now they have to actually open it, find the hide button while averting their eyes from the post, wait for it to register & close the thread...