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9 hours ago, LibraSunCNM said:
Two questions:
1.) are avatars no more?
2.) what happened to the Dashboard with the forums I've bookmarked?
Thanks in advance from a member who doesn't currently have time to watch all the videos that may or may not answer these questions! ?
Hello LibraSunCNM,
Right now, your "avatar" is the letter 'L' and is called the Profile Photo.
Click your name or the 'L' to get to your Activity wall. Once there, hover over and click the image icon on the L. Follow the directions and you will then be able to get a new Profile Photo (avatar).
To find your Followed (bookmark) forums: look in upper right of any page and click ACCOUNT. Scroll to Manage Followed Content. You will be able to mange which forums/content to follow, unfollow, etc.
I did a lot of complaining yesterday but I have to say--I can now do the few things I want. I managed to set things so I see only the Nursing threads instead of both Nursing and Students.
My other main irritation was that when I clicked on the What's New tab it was showing every reply to a thread instead of just a listing of each thread and today it is no longer doing that.
So, now I'm thinking I'll progress to figuring out the black dot next to each thread under What's New. I know there have been numerous comments about it but it will take me forever to go back and find them all so I wanted to ask what the purpose of it is. As far as I can tell clicking on the black dot just brings up the original thread and all of the replies just like clicking on the title of the thread brings up the original and all of the replies. Am I wrong? Is there a difference between clicking on the black dot VS clicking on the title of the thread? If so, I'm not seeing it.
Also, even before the site was updated I never knew how to see more of the latest posts (What's New) than what was listed (meaning if I skipped a day I couldn't go back farther and see the previous day's new posts). Is there a way to do that?
Thanks in advance for any explanations.
Yesterday I was sure I was going to have to give up on AN but now I can stick around. I had no idea until reading everyone's recent questions that the site could be used so many ways. I still have no interest in Likes, following people, avatars, etc. but there are a few things I've read about that I may want to start using some day.
How do I find an activity stream I created? I saved one, but now I can't find it again. (It'll probably be somewhere totally obvious)
Ditto...I've watched the video and it ends with the creation of a new activity stream but doesn't reference how to access it. After I name and save my new activity stream my "What's New" simply defaults to everything afterwards...yes Rose, it's probably right in front of me!!
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16 hours ago, dlunurse said:
I did a lot of complaining yesterday but I have to say--I can now do the few things I want. I managed to set things so I see only the Nursing threads instead of both Nursing and Students.
My other main irritation was that when I clicked on the What's New tab it was showing every reply to a thread instead of just a listing of each thread and today it is no longer doing that.
So, now I'm thinking I'll progress to figuring out the black dot next to each thread under What's New. I know there have been numerous comments about it but it will take me forever to go back and find them all so I wanted to ask what the purpose of it is. As far as I can tell clicking on the black dot just brings up the original thread and all of the replies just like clicking on the title of the thread brings up the original and all of the replies. Am I wrong? Is there a difference between clicking on the black dot VS clicking on the title of the thread? If so, I'm not seeing it.
Also, even before the site was updated I never knew how to see more of the latest posts (What's New) than what was listed (meaning if I skipped a day I couldn't go back farther and see the previous day's new posts). Is there a way to do that?
Thanks in advance for any explanations.
Yesterday I was sure I was going to have to give up on AN but now I can stick around. I had no idea until reading everyone's recent questions that the site could be used so many ways. I still have no interest in Likes, following people, avatars, etc. but there are a few things I've read about that I may want to start using some day.
Great feedback - very helpful. ?
To answer your questions...
What's New will display all new content. This includes topics and comments from Forums, entries and comments from Clubs, new Products and their reviews, etc. I think you get the point.
Clicking on a title will take you directly to that content.
Now, there is a little dot before the title clicking on this will take you to the first UNREAD post.
This dot is a bit confusing. I don't like the location.
I will be changing this UNREAD button so that it looks the same as that found in other parts of the site. I'm just letting you know now so you don't get confused later. ?
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Hi Nurse Beth!!! Glad you followed the yellow brick road home.