gypsydan Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 I see many tags and icons, but am unable to find where to interpret them. - The closed lock to the left of a post is obvious. - what does a star to the left of a post mean? - What are the icons which look like small cell phones? - etc. I searched the help section and found nothing. Thanks for any help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skp51443 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Mouse over them, many have a pop-up tool-tip. A star or dot to the left means new content is available if you click it. Dot, you haven't posted there, star you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsydan Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Mouse over them, many have a pop-up tool-tip. A star or dot to the left means new content is available if you click it. Dot, you haven't posted there, star you have. Thank you, Stanley. It would be nice if there was a help page listing all these little tidbits of info, and shortcuts, especially for newcomers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skp51443 Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 It would be but this forum runs on IP Board software and I find it far less than helpful. I wasted 20 minutes on their site trying (link at bottom right corner) to find an index to stupid icons, no luck. Tried Google but got too much IP Board discussion and no icon help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk W Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 It would be but this forum runs on IP Board software and I find it far less than helpful. Which is no doubt one of the reasons that the new website which has been announced as coming soon will also include a completely new forum operation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gypsydan Posted February 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 It would be but this forum runs on IP Board software and I find it far less than helpful. I wasted 20 minutes on their site trying (link at bottom right corner) to find an index to stupid icons, no luck. Tried Google but got too much IP Board discussion and no icon help. I did the same thing you did, and had the same problem, which was why I made this post. It will be interesting to see what the new forum sight and software looks like. Any idea which software they will be using? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbaraok Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Are you referring to the little black rectangles icons that can be seen on some posts? If so, those are TAGS (they have a tiny hole at the top) and will be next to the words that have been tagged for that post by the OP. Barb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chalkie Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Which is no doubt one of the reasons that the new website which has been announced as coming soon will also include a completely new forum operation. Nice! Hopefully it will be using vBulletin. IMHO that is the gold standard for forums. Very, very customizable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AprilWhine Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Ever wonder how smileys are made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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