====== Works Forum FAQ (General) ====== ====== ====== ==== Created at 08 AUG 2011 02:51PM ==== **Forum Listing**   **What are the different ways I can list out the Works threads?** The menu on the left hand side of the Revelation web site lets you list the Works forum in several different ways. If you want the quickest performance, choose the "Last Year By Date", "Last Year By Author", or "Last Year By Category" links. If you choose "Last Year By Date", you'll see all the posts within the last year; if you choose "Last Year By Author" you'll be able to select an author from the drop-down list, or enter all or part of the author's name (using the QBF syntax). If you choose "Last Year By Category", you can choose the category to display from the list.           If you want to look through the entire history of the forum, you can choose the "All By Date", "All By Author", or "All By Category" links. These work the same way as the "Last Year By..." links, but go through all the postings, so these listings take a little longer to generate.           There are also a few "short cut" links that will show you the listings for specific categories within the last year - these are the "OI 32-Bit by Date", "AREV32", "Network Prods by Date", "O4W by Date", and "Other/Misc by Date" links.          **How can I search through the threads?** Once you've selected which way you want to list the Works forum, you'll be presented with a display that includes a text box at the top. You can search the forum by entering key words or a phrase into that text box. Note that by default it will perform an AND search - all the words that you enter must be in the post for it to be displayed. You can use an OR search by using the explicit word OR between the words - something like BOB OR BRYAN. If you want to look for an exact phrase, you can enter it in quotes - something like "O4W RULES".           After you enter your search words or phrase, you can either search within the displayed results, or the entire forum, by clicking the appropriate button.           Don't forget, another alternative is to sort the displayed columns if you know what you're looking for by date, author, post title, etc. In the column headings of the Works forum listing are little arrows; if you click on the column heading, the report will be sorted in that column, either ascending or descending, depending on how many times you click.          **How can I see how many replies there are to a posting?** The right-most column of the Works forum listing contains the number of replies that each post has received. If you want to look for the most "popular" posts, you can even click on that column header and sort the report by that information.          **Why does clicking on a post open a new tab/window?** Since the Works forum listing can be customized by sorting the columns, or searching with the search text box, it's useful to keep the listing in that particular state; when you want to look at a particular post, you don't necessarily want to lose that customization. Therefore, by default, the Works forum will open a new tab or window (depending on your browser settings) when you click on a post, or when you create a reply or a new topic.          **How can I disable the new tab/window behavior?** If you don't like the default "Open a new tab/window" behavior of the forum, you can use the "User Preferences" link on the left hand menu and change the behavior. The next time you generate the Works forum listing, clicking on the post (or replying to a post, or creating a new topic) will not open a new tab or window; instead, it will open the post in the current tab or window. When you're done, and you wish to return to the Works forum listing, you can press the back button (several times, if needed); note, however, that the forum listing will be "regenerated" and your customization (if any) will be lost.          **Can I change the number of posts that are displayed in the listing?** Yes. You can change the value in the Rows/Page box (on the bottom right of the listing); be sure to let that box "lose focus" (by tabbing or clicking outside the box). The report should then be regenerated with that many rows per page.           If you wish to make the change permanent, you can use the "User Preferences" link on the left hand menu, and change the rows per page default.          **How can I be notified when there are any new posts in the forum?** On the bottom left of the page, you'll find the RSS feed for the Works forum. You can subscribe to this RSS feed, and you'll be notified (in whatever "feed reader" you have enabled) whenever a new post has been made in the forum. **        ** **User Configuration**   **Can I change the font size of the forum listings?** If you use the "User Preferences" link on the left hand menu, you can customize the default font size that the forum listing and postings will use.          **Postings**   **Can I see all the postings in a thread at one time?** Once you've clicked on a post to read it, you can click on the "Show Thread Summary" link to display all the posts in this thread in a single page.          **Can I remove a post that I created?** Yes; if you decide you need to delete a post that you wrote, you can click on the "Delete" button. Note that it's only possible to delete a post that you wrote (hopefully :) ) and that the option to delete a post is only available during the first 24 hours after the post has been created. After that time, if you need to have a post deleted, please contact Revelation Software for assistance.          **How can I "dress up" my postings (with links, different fonts, etc.)?** The new forum uses something called "BBCode" to add different HTML features to your postings. Along the top of the text area into which you enter your post text, you'll see some icons; clicking on these will allow you to bold, italicize, and underline your text; embed images, links, and email addresses; change the font size; and add "smilies", lists, embedded code, and quoted strings.           After you've composed your post, if you'd like to see what it looks like before you actually submit it, you can press the checkmark icon, and you'll see a representation of how the outlook will be rendered.          **Can I embed the text that I'm replying to in my post?** Yes, you can use the "quote" icon (the fourth icon from the right on the top of the text area for your post text). You'll be prompted for the name of the author, and optionally the URL (so someone can click on that link to go to the original); if you want to enter the url, you separate it from the author by an @. Then you can put whatever text you'd like between the quote tags. Of course, you're not limited to just quoting a prior post; you can quote text from anywhere.           If this is something you'd like to do normally, you can set this as the default behavior in the User Preferences form (available on the left hand menu). If you set this behavior "on" by default, then whenever you reply to a post, the text that you are replying to, and the author and the link, will be inserted automatically for you.          **Can I be notified when someone replies to my postings?** Yes. If you've gone into the "User Preferences" form by clicking on the left hand menu, and entered your email address, you'll be presented with an option to be notified when anyone posts a reply in the current thread. This option can either be enabled or disabled by default (this is also set in the User Preferences form); if you check the checkbox at the top of the post (or leave the checkbox checked if it is checked by default), you should be notified when there are any changes to the thread.           If you wish to "unsubscribe" to a thread you have subscribed to, you can do so in the User Preferences form - just uncheck the checkbox next to the thread you no longer wish to be notified about. Alternatively, if you post a reply in that same thread, and uncheck the "notify me" checkbox, you will be unsubscribed from that thread