Forum Help : Changing Preferences

The message index of each forum contains a navigation bar near the top of the page, like this:

Click the Preferences link. This will take you to a form which allows you to change the way messages appear, and the way your personal details are displayed.

Message Display Options

List Style (determines how the main message index will be displayed):
Simple List: Displays all messages chronologically (i.e. in the order in which they were posted).
Threaded List: Displays all messages, arranged in threads, with responses indented below their parent messages.
Compressed List: Displays the first message in each thread. Click on a message to see the other messages in that thread.

Display Styles (determines how messages will be displayed):
Single Message: Shows the text of only a single message at a time; each message page contains links to other messages in the thread.
Guestbook: If combined with the Simple List, displays the full text of all messages on the index page. Otherwise, it will display the full text of all messages in a thread on a single page.

Sort Orders:
Oldest First: Gives you a list in which threads (or messages, depending upon your listing preference) are arranged with the oldest at the top of the page and the newest at the bottom.
Newest First: Does the opposite.
The next two options are relevant only to threaded and compressed listings:
Mixed Order: Arranges primary messages with the newest at the top, thus tending to keep newer threads toward the top of the page, but arranges responses with the newest at the bottom, thus preserving a more "intuitive" threading structure.
UBB Order: Arranges threads by the dates of their last responses, rather than by the dates on which they were started. This guarantees that threads with the newest messages will always be at the very top of the page, but also means that threads will be constantly reordering themselves on the index page. Note: This style has been included for those who are used to working with "Ultimate Bulletin Board" style forums.

Recommendations:

The style you choose will depend on your personal preferences, what formats you're used to, and how often you visit The Race Cafe.

If you visit at least once every few days you might find it easier to use a threaded display, as this shows all messages on the index page and makes them easier to see and access. However the index page will quickly get very long, so you'll need to limit your time frame to messages posted in the last few days.
Note: Using this display, threads can appear to be broken apart but this is not a malfunction -- once you get used to it you'll see how it works.
We recommend: Threaded List, Single Message, Mixed Order.

If you visit once a week or less you'll probably need to use a compressed setting, otherwise the index page will become unmanageable.
We recommend: Compressed List, Single Message, Mixed Order.

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