There has been much confusion about the 'correct' way to use the new AudiWorld forums, this is the first in a series of How To articles that will hopefully help users streamline the experience, which will make the forums more useful!

First step, choose your viewing preference. It's HIGHLY suggested to use Threaded view, which mimics very well the old forum structure. Set that up by going first to your User CP, then Edit Options.

Scroll a bit, and find Thread Display Mode. Again, Threaded is suggested, but Linear is fine.



You MAY have to change your settings inside an actual post as well, there is a Display Modes button on the top right of the screen.

Note:Once you set these, you don't have to set them again, even if you log out.

The next step in this process, you'll want to turn OFF quotes in your USER CP. Because of the way the the legacy AudiWorld data was imported into the new forum, every single reply to every single post is quoted throughout the thread. This makes it very challenging to read.

But, you can turn off seeing those quotes, thanks to some clever coding by the VB gurus.

In User CP, Edit Details is the option for Quoted Text.



Note:Oddly, this only seems to effect the LEGACY posts, not new ones. It's good in reality, quotes are a helpful way for the linear view folks to make their threads sensible for Threaded view folks.

Hope this helps!

Ok, now that you've gotten your display mode set to the way you like it, you have to choose how you want to sort your forum view. There are many ways to sort the forum display. To mimic the old forum style, you'll want to set your sort to Thread Start Time, and Descending. These controls are located at the bottom of each forum.



Note:These settings are "sticky", they are remembered for you, even if you log out.

This setting essentially eliminates 'bumping'; that is, NEW threads appear at the top, but no replies work their way up. It's therefore suggested that you enable Automatic Subscriptions (much like 'Tracking' in the old software).

You can enable that in the User CP, Edit Options page. Look for the Default Thread Subscription Mode section. You can also set options for receiving email notifications about your subscribed threads.

You can then view all of your subscribed threads in one location, Under Quick Links, Your Subscribed Threads.

What I did:I set my options for Instant Email. Then, in my email program (I use Outlook) I created a rule, which takes all email receieved from noreply@audiworld.com, and moves it into it's own folder. I can quickly skim the emails, and then delete en masse when I'm done.

Hope this helps!