It occurred to me that many people never really think about how to read the forums once they find a way that works for them. There are in fact a number of options available that are quite handy.

Here is a screen shot of the New Posts forum window and six important components of the screen:

1 - Clicking on this will take you to the first unread post in the thread.

2 - Clicking this icon will take you to the last post in the thread.

3 - Clicking on the number of posts in the thread will return a new window listing all who have participated in the thread along with a post count of how many posts they have made in that thread.

4 - If you click on the thread title the thread will be opened, however, where you are taken to will depend on your settings in your User Control Panel (User CP) .

5 - Clicking on the Forum name takes you to the forum described listing a page of threads for that forum.

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Thanks for that, there were a couple of options I wasn't aware of.

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Another way to find out what things do on the forum is to put your foot in your mouth.

And don't think that the sight of foot in mouth doesn't provide a certain fiendish pleasure in the perverse

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Michael

Wood Butcher

Thanks Groggy, that is a big help for me.
Jim

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