Forum Name Change On Emails

Hi Sue

Sorry about the confusion caused - I've sent you a pm on this, working on a fix. Please watch this space!

Hi Sue - Very true!

I figured it would be great if as many people found this resource as possible so it made sense to try and improve the relevancy of the forum for the terms Tropical Fish Forum - The downside is that the change meant that all of the other features that relied on that name changed too! Not so good for folks like yourself getting confusing changes to their email subject lines! 

There are two things to do to get different types of notification.

For threads where you have posted, to get emails about new posts in that thread, you have to set your profile in the notifications section. I have it set to notify me instantly.
For new threads just started, you have to set every section, one by one, by clicking the notify button at the top or bottom of each section. It's a bit time consuming doing them one at a time, but that way you do get an email for every newly started thread.

The only thing I haven't discovered a way of getting emails is when there is a thread I haven't posted in but someone else has replied. I have to come to the forum and use 'show unread posts since last visit'.



I don't know how you put up with your internet provider so long. Between me and my fish forums and family history and my husband continually searching for music he doesn't have yet, we'd be driven mad by no internet connection 

Am I just going on the forum when no-one else is about, or does it no longer tell you what other guests/users have been online in the past 15 minutes? Whenever I have been on lately I am showing as the only user. There used to always be a great long list of others no matter what time it was

Yes Sue, we have been ready to throttle our internet provider...hence the change to someone else....time will tell...

Hi Resa!

No, it still does, but many of those you may have seen prior were spambots! I've since removed  those, hence the lower but more accurarte numbers

The only trouble is now, when I go on the forum at some unearthly hour it will feel really lonely...I used to think that at least I wasn't the only person still up

Ha! There's always an average of 50 'guests' online and some of them are forum users who aren't logged in or login in 'stealth' mode!

In your account settings there's a checkbox that says "Show others my online status" uncheck that and you'll be invisible!

Not just me then? I couldn't find that box either.
Same thing as Sue...not really important, I don't mind who sees when I'm on online, just curious. I'm not really sure why anyone would want to remain 'invisible'...or am I missing something?
This stealth thing...is that the same as 'lurking'? I've heard of that, and in fact a couple of people in the past have 'fessed up to doing that...horrible expression, it sounds a bit seedy somehow.

One other thing, have I completely lost the plot or do we have a new Administrator? Wasn't he called Peter? I've probably missed some announcement somewhere about the change....sorry if I have and you're repeating yourself

Ok, it seems that for now, the stealth login option isn't available to non admins. 

I'm running a software upgrade on Monday, so will look to see if there's a way of changing things so that all have the option.

Thanks Resa!

I don't know everyone here but I'm glad that you see the value in what the people who contribute provide! The Thinkfish forums are a fabulous resource and it's good people like yourself and Sue and Steve who make it the great place that it is to learn and share!