How do you navigate eplaya?

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How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by Packoderm » Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:49 pm

Once I log in, I press "Board index" and then "View new posts." This gives me two pages of threads in the order of when they were last replied to.
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by Elderberry » Tue Jun 28, 2011 10:55 pm

I'm just figuring the navigation out on this board myself.
These links are your friend "View unanswered posts • View unread posts • View new posts • View active topics".
The first few times I visited the new format, I was clicking on "View new posts" and discovered that there was a lot more "new" stuff, but it's all "newer" stuff, I think sorted by date.
Then I discoverer the "Mark Forums Read" lint to the right of those four other links. I marked all forums read, then I clicked on "view unread posts". Of course, the search produced no results, as I was expecting.
Then the next time I logged in, and every time I log in now, I just click on the "View Unread Posts" and I see everything that has been posted since the last time I was here.
That's what I'll be using from here on out.
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by Savannah » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:17 pm

* I'm enjoying the drop-down menu at the bottom right much more than I used to, because the visual difference in the overall forum is just enough to weird me out.

* I used the little "change font size" icon towards the top right to increase the size, which has made the change in font more easy to adjust to.

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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by Elderberry » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:33 pm

Savannah wrote:* I'm enjoying the drop-down menu at the bottom right much more than I used to, because the visual difference in the overall forum is just enough to weird me out.

* I used the little "change font size" icon towards the top right to increase the size, which has made the change in font more easy to adjust to.
Oh, I didn't even notice those until you pointed them out.
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by Foxfur » Tue Jun 28, 2011 11:36 pm

I really like the new self control panel, it has the messaging, your own posts, new posts and everything else there.
I also LOVE the new PM emaill notifications. They now actually tell you who is sending you a message so I can begin smiling before I've even read the message!
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by C.f.M. » Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:03 am

Foxfur wrote:I really like the new self control panel, it has the messaging, your own posts, new posts and everything else there.
And I preferred the one-click, one-stop Profile screen from before. Quicker and easier.

It's funny how we adapt to things. My eyes go straight to the upper right corner to log in before remembering I have to go to the one place at the bottom left, now. And I don't know if I did "Unread Posts" or "New Posts," it was an automatic thing! I never paid attention to what it said.

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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by Irreverent Moniker » Wed Jun 29, 2011 8:46 am

I navigate poorly and with frustration.
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by theCryptofishist » Wed Jun 29, 2011 7:24 pm

The problem I found (in the old configuration, I haven't tried it on eplaya 3.0) with the "all new posts" was that when I replied to a thread, the view didn't update. I just work my way through the sub fora, top to bottom. Sometimes I go to the Bar or Da Bar and post their first so I can see a reaction by the time I've worked my way to it again.
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by illy dilly » Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:13 am

I hit my favorite posts first.
Then I start looking at the forums that have the pink icon at the left (used to be yellowish orange) for new. Then I hit the threads that are new, pink.
I tend to not use the "new posts" and all that on the main page. Just sorta surf through.
Though, I'm sure that I forget about conversations that I'm involved in.

Also, on an alternate note, it seems that I have "1 new message" but cannot find it.
Any help?
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by Foxfur » Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:18 pm

It appears our friend lists (sounds so facebookey) have evaporated. Maybe not many use it but I think it's kinda handy. It'll make a good xmas card list or playa visit bingo card...
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by delle » Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:22 pm

Foxfur wrote: or playa visit bingo card...
Oooooooooooh. Sexy!!!!

I love it!!!
:D
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by Foxfur » Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:55 pm

delle wrote:
Foxfur wrote: or playa visit bingo card...
Oooooooooooh. Sexy!!!!

I love it!!!
:D
It sounds like you use "Sexy" much as I do. Applied to inanimate objects, building and craft materials, and machines!
Yay for sexy!
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by delle » Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:48 pm

Foxfur wrote:
delle wrote:
Foxfur wrote: or playa visit bingo card...
Oooooooooooh. Sexy!!!!

I love it!!!
:D
It sounds like you use "Sexy" much as I do. Applied to inanimate objects, building and craft materials, and machines!
Yay for sexy!

LMAO!!! I've only used it once!!!

I'm feeling like such a sheepfucker now.

ok, I've probably used it more than once. But YES to objects, materials and machines. And Good Ideas!
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by Trishntek » Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:59 pm

so do you pronounce it "SEX SEE" or "SEX SAY"?
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by Savannah » Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:10 pm

Also, on an alternate note, it seems that I have "1 new message" but cannot find it.
Any help?
Illy Dilly, I see messages at the upper left now instead of at the top center. "User Control Panel -> 0 New Messages -> View Your Posts."

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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by Foxfur » Thu Jun 30, 2011 6:13 pm

Trishntek wrote:so do you pronounce it "SEX SEE" or "SEX SAY"?
All depends on the context. Normal low key is SEX SEE, super excited is SEX SAY or even SEK A SAY!
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by MyDearFriend » Fri Jul 01, 2011 8:16 am

delle wrote:
Foxfur wrote: or playa visit bingo card...
Oooooooooooh. Sexy!!!!

I love it!!!
:D
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Re: How do you navigate eplaya?

Post by illy dilly » Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:51 pm

Savannah wrote:
Also, on an alternate note, it seems that I have "1 new message" but cannot find it.
Any help?
Illy Dilly, I see messages at the upper left now instead of at the top center. "User Control Panel -> 0 New Messages -> View Your Posts."
Yeah me too.
But mine reads "* User Control Panel (1 new message) • View your posts"
and I can't find the 1 unread message. They are all messages I've read, it is quite frustrating.
I'm wondering if I delete every message if it will go away? But then I'd have to re-have (not rehab) conversations I've already had.
lol, I guess it would be Conversation Re-laps.
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