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Taluntain's post:
One of my gripes with XenForo (the forum software that we're using here) is that it doesn't come with a user manual. Unfortunately, the XF developers have no intention of providing one, despite new features constantly being added to the software. While the basic functionality is easy enough to grasp, there is plenty of more advanced or less obvious or less commonly used functionality that many users who aren't very familiar with XF never discover or notice on their own.
Providing a full manual would be too much work, but many users can contribute a tip or two and eventually this thread will host a plethora of useful information, especially for those not familiar with XenForo.
I'll start with a few features that many users are probably not aware of:
How to quickly quote one or more parts of somebody's post?
Simply select any part of the text that you want to quote in a post and click on the "Reply" link that appears in the tooltip. You'll immediately be whisked down to the editor and the selected text will already be conveniently quoted for you. Repeat as often as necessary.
More advanced users can also utilize the "+Quote" link in the tooltip to store several chunks of text to reply to. When ready, scroll down to the post editor and click on the "Insert quotes..." button below the text entry field.
How to change the font size to the smaller one the old RPGWatch forums used?
Scroll to the bottom left of any page and click on the style chooser link next to the paintbrush icon and select one of the small font (Legacy) styles.
What is the difference between the Fluid and Fixed Width styles available from the style chooser?
Fluid = Infinitely stretched content area, so the more horizontal space on your monitor, the longer every line of text will be to read. Generally, this is considered harder to read.
Fixed Width = The content area is limited to a fixed width. Especially on larger monitors and resolutions, this is easier to read as it is closer to the comfort of reading a newspaper/magazine column or a book.
How to quickly send someone a private message?
Find one of their forum posts, click on their username above their avatar and hit the "Start conversation" button.
How to set up automatic notifications about replies to threads you create, threads you've responded in, etc.?
Notifications are managed in your preferences, here: https://www.rpgwatch.com/forum/account/preferences
Specifically, under "Content options:" you need to enable these options:
Further down the preferences page, in "Receive a notification when someone…", you would usually also want to have all the available alert options enabled, so that you don't miss when someone @ mentions you, quotes you, reacts to your post and so on.
On the preferences page, you can also enable and configure push notifications, which can be sent to your smartphone and other devices where you've enabled it.
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I'll be adding more entries here as they occur to me.
Help your fellow members to discover this new territory called XenForo.
Questions unsolved which turn out to be bugs or feature request:
Forum Bug Reports and Feature Requests
You want to test your posts?:
Thread to test the many possibilities of XenForo when posting
----------
Taluntain's post:
One of my gripes with XenForo (the forum software that we're using here) is that it doesn't come with a user manual. Unfortunately, the XF developers have no intention of providing one, despite new features constantly being added to the software. While the basic functionality is easy enough to grasp, there is plenty of more advanced or less obvious or less commonly used functionality that many users who aren't very familiar with XF never discover or notice on their own.
Providing a full manual would be too much work, but many users can contribute a tip or two and eventually this thread will host a plethora of useful information, especially for those not familiar with XenForo.
I'll start with a few features that many users are probably not aware of:
How to quickly quote one or more parts of somebody's post?
Simply select any part of the text that you want to quote in a post and click on the "Reply" link that appears in the tooltip. You'll immediately be whisked down to the editor and the selected text will already be conveniently quoted for you. Repeat as often as necessary.
More advanced users can also utilize the "+Quote" link in the tooltip to store several chunks of text to reply to. When ready, scroll down to the post editor and click on the "Insert quotes..." button below the text entry field.
How to change the font size to the smaller one the old RPGWatch forums used?
Scroll to the bottom left of any page and click on the style chooser link next to the paintbrush icon and select one of the small font (Legacy) styles.
What is the difference between the Fluid and Fixed Width styles available from the style chooser?
Fluid = Infinitely stretched content area, so the more horizontal space on your monitor, the longer every line of text will be to read. Generally, this is considered harder to read.
Fixed Width = The content area is limited to a fixed width. Especially on larger monitors and resolutions, this is easier to read as it is closer to the comfort of reading a newspaper/magazine column or a book.
How to quickly send someone a private message?
Find one of their forum posts, click on their username above their avatar and hit the "Start conversation" button.
How to set up automatic notifications about replies to threads you create, threads you've responded in, etc.?
Notifications are managed in your preferences, here: https://www.rpgwatch.com/forum/account/preferences
Specifically, under "Content options:" you need to enable these options:
- Automatically watch content you create…
- Automatically watch content you interact with…
Further down the preferences page, in "Receive a notification when someone…", you would usually also want to have all the available alert options enabled, so that you don't miss when someone @ mentions you, quotes you, reacts to your post and so on.
On the preferences page, you can also enable and configure push notifications, which can be sent to your smartphone and other devices where you've enabled it.
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I'll be adding more entries here as they occur to me.
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