How to use these forums please?  (solved) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / beginners

author: Jim-0000
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 28, 2019, 09:36:50 pm
content: I am having difficulty with some of the basics about using this site.After I post a new thread, I later have trouble finding it if I have forgotten to bookmark it in my computer browser.There is obviously something that I am missing.Can somebody explain how I find my own previous postings/threads please?And any further "how to use the forum" site information would be helpful.I will bookmark this thread to find it tomorrow...........should be a simpler way.Thanks,Jim.

author: mariush
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 28, 2019, 09:48:41 pm
content: "Show new replies to your posts." linksee horizontal menu above ...Profile > Summarythen Show Posts on the left side, under your nicknamealso click profile, then hover mouse over small "profile info" button/link and you get menu... show posts has submenu and there's link to see THREADS or posts and other.

author: soldar
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: April 29, 2019, 05:02:16 am
content: Maybe this will helphttps://www.eevblog.com/forum/profile/?area=showposts;u=393658

author: Jim-0000
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2019, 03:13:18 am
content: Thanks Mariush.And thanks Soldar; I have bookmarked that page for future use.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2019, 11:03:19 pm
content: Quote from: Jim-0000 on April 30, 2019, 03:13:18 amAnother little trick is before posting and while in the editing page hit Attachments for the drop down and tick the 'Return to this Topic' box.IIRC you can set this as default behavior somewhere in your profile pages.Maybe we need to check with Dave that this is set to default for all new members.I'll report this post to the moderators so Simon or Dave can check Return to Topic is set as default.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 03, 2019, 03:05:24 am
content: Quote from: tautech on May 01, 2019, 11:03:19 pmI can not find any such setting in the profiles.

author: tautech
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2019, 03:34:56 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on May 03, 2019, 03:05:24 amThanks for looking.IIRC when I joined, after posting you ended up back in the the board and not the topic but I guess to be able to select Return to Topic or not at least gives the member choice of the behavior that fits their needs.

author: jm_araujo
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: May 03, 2019, 03:45:22 pm
content: Quote from: EEVblog on May 03, 2019, 03:05:24 amIn the Admin panel it's under "Themes":https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Help,_I_keep_going_back_to_the_list_of_topics_when_I_make_a_postQuote

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: May 03, 2019, 11:46:51 pm
content: Quote from: jm_araujo on May 03, 2019, 03:45:22 pmThanks. It should now be changed for all users.I also enabled popup notifications for messages.

author: rsjsouza
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 04, 2019, 09:23:13 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on May 03, 2019, 11:46:51 pmThanks Dave! I kept forgetting to enable this option, and I think more often than not this is useful to edit the post to embed attached pictures in the text or simply need to add additional information that I forgot.

author: sairfan1
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: May 07, 2019, 10:37:12 pm
content: You are right, there are some improvements possibilities,You can find your posts by your nick name or name you registered with, (this trick i use for myself)When you create new post don't forget to check "Notify me of replies" under attachments, (@EEVBlog this should be check by default)I would also recommend to add functionality to bookmark some post, i regularly read this forum and often come across some posts that i want to read in future or may be want to remember

author: AaronD
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: August 12, 2021, 05:50:51 pm
content: Quote from: sairfan1 on May 07, 2019, 10:37:12 pmYES! @EEVBlog this should be checked by default! As a new user, I was wondering if everyone was ignoring my post because I didn't get an e-mail to the same account that I signed up with. Eventually I logged in, and there were several replies! And still no e-mail saying so.Since I'm only a sporadic user on a bunch of different forums, I rely on that notification to keep up with them all. For those who understand microcontrollers, it's like interrupts vs. polling.