When the new threaded forum was released, my understanding was that the old Message Forum would no longer be editable. I have many people still using the old one, instead of the new one. I am no longer getting notification when a post is made on the old message forum as well. I would prefer having 1 forum, but do not want to loose the conversations from the old one...Can someone help?

That's a tough question! How would you like us to help exactly? You have the option of using either forum, or both. The old forums don't email you and never did. Only the new threaded forums include a subscription feature. Basically you need to decide if you prefer to use the original forums only, the new threaded forums only, or both. It's really up to you.

I have a few questions if I choose to use both forums together.

1. Can I rename the "old" Message Forum anywhere? I'd like to give ours a name that clearly distinguishes it from our threaded forums.

2. Is there a way to prevent anyone from posting on the old Message forums?

Only registered users can post on your old Message Forums. You can rename the new forums as you know, but the old forums never included a rename feature. We do have a Task here slated for Sprint where you'll be able to rename and sort all site pages including the old Forums.

FYI: In case you can't understand Brad, he probably means "Spring" is when you can expect this task to be completed.

Thanks for the translation. Thought maybe you were hooking up with phones somehow.....

When I first read it, I thought "Sprint" was a codename given to the project. I had to re-read it to get the real meaning.

Oops.

Brad - genius at web design and class reunion planning...but not so good at spelling.

Hay now!

Which definition of "hay" are we talking about?

hay /he?/ –noun
1. grass, clover, alfalfa, etc., cut and dried for use as forage.
2. grass mowed or intended for mowing.
3. Slang. a. a small sum of money: Twenty dollars an hour for doing very little certainly ain't hay.
b. money: A thousand dollars for a day's work is a lot of hay!
4. Slang. marijuana.

hey /he?/ –interjection
1. (used as an exclamation to call attention or to express pleasure, surprise, bewilderment, etc.)
2. Southern U.S. Informal. hello: used as a greeting.

SORRY

Follow-up question....can the message forum be sorted/displayed newest first to oldest or is that part of the Spring changes?

The original message forums always display the 25 most recent posts in order. If we reversed the order, people would have to load the page, scroll to the very end, and then scroll backwards to read conversation consecutively, which would be pretty unnatural.

The new threaded forums (User Forums) are very different, where each new forum Topic is listed from newest to oldest, always keeping current threads at the top of the page. The thread level still shows conversation from top down so people can read conversation naturally. I don't think I've ever seen a forum where people have to scroll backwards to read conversation consecutively.

Brad Switzer wrote:

Never been to an Ebay chat board? Most recent post is at the top, you have to scroll to the bottom then scroll up to read the posts in order. You're right, it's very unnatural, and I like our forums better.