VeggieBoards Hints & Tips

From time to time I'll be posting hints & tips on how to use VB. For some of you this will be common knowledge. Today we're going to start with something simple... the icons and what they mean.



The red and green arrows on VB's main page indicate whether or not that indivdual forum has new messages. A green arrow means that forum contains new messages since your last visit. A red arrow means that forum contains no new messages since your last visit.



When you click on a forum you'll see a list of topics. To the left of each topic name is an icon. A blue icon means there have been no new messages added to that topic since your last visit. A gold icon means there have been new messages added to that topic since your last visit.

A black dot in the center of either icon means you've posted a message in that thread. That's an easy way to see which topics you've participated in.

If you look at the first topic you'll see a little blue square to the right of the gold icon. Clicking that square will take you to the first new message in that thread. I'm surprised how many people don't know about this one!

You can reset all of the icons by clicking the "mark forums read" link at the bottom of the main page or by selecting the same link from the "quick links" menu at the top.

So that's your VB101 lesson for today.