New BBs

[Natasha]

Good to see the new BBs up and running! They certainly are different from the old ones, but I m sure I ll get used to it and appreciate the new features. A couple of questions: what are private forums, and when is a thread closed? Thanks in advance.

[Maelynn Cheung]

A private forum is one that only certain users have access to. If you are asked for a password to get into the board - then it's private.

A thread is closed when an Administrator (a CL.com staff member) decides the thread has run its course. I don't see us needing to close threads at this point, however.

Thanks for the questions and enjoy the new boards!

Maelynn Cheung
Managing Editor, CookingLight.com

[BethH]

I have two questions for the administrator...1) what does it mean to be a junior member? 2)can we still get to the old bulletin boards?

Thank you!

[Maelynn Cheung]

1) what does it mean to be a junior member?

A junior member is a newly registered user. Once the Jr. member posts a certain number of posts (yet to be determined) they are "promoted" to a full Member.

2)can we still get to the old bulletin boards?

No. We have made a full switch-over to our new bulletin boards.

Maelynn

[Gail]

Guess my vision (or e-mail savvy) isn't up to snuff. I understand the face icons, the thumbs up and thumbs down, but I can't even see what the first picture on the bottom row is, nor am I clear as to the meaning of the arrow.

Also, what's the reply with quote icon all about? Questions, questions, questions... Sorry about that.

Please elucidate.

[This message has been edited by Gail (edited 06-14-2000).]

[Shirley Panek]

Originally posted by Gail:
Guess my vision (or e-mail savvy) isn't up to snuff. I understand the face icons, the thumbs up and thumbs down, but I can't even see what the first picture on the bottom row is, nor am I clear as to the meaning of the arrow.

Also, what's the reply with quote icon all about? Questions, questions, questions... Sorry about that.

Please elucidate.

[This message has been edited by Gail (edited 06-14-2000).]


The first icon on the bottom row is a light bulb - probably for those "bright ideas" everyone on this board comes up with.

Also, my guess for the quotes is so that you can answer/reply to a certain person's message and everyone knows what you're referring to.

On the old boards there was a sort of hierarchy that you could see that could sometimes get confusing if you just posted all replies.

[Gail]

Shirley-

Thanks. That seems to make sense. I'm embarrassed to say that even with reading glasses, I couldn't make heads or tails out of the lightbulb!