how much does it cost to subscribe to the forums? thanks


I guess I am confused, I thought to subscribe to something was to pay for it. :confused:


oh, well anyhow, I cannot find the button to click to say thank you for a download, just exactly where is it located?

Nice work and well done!! Always appreciating everything you guys do around here. What a talented group of moderators (and Delphy ) we have around here! Makes me feel lucky to be a MTS2 member.

Hey Delphy thanks, this is wonderful, all the new features and improvements you've done.. but.. am I the only one that didn't like the feature of the downloads on the top of the posts?
I mean, people won't even bother reading the first post itself, since the download is the first thing they'll see ignoring the rest... despiting this, I loved everything else

LynnMar, I didnt know you had to pay to get the forums? You are talking about here right?

BTW, Im loving this 'thanks' button but I do have to complain about it (Im a woman, therefore Im aloud - sides I havent complianed all day, which isnt like me )

how comes object recolours dont get thanked, both of my picture threads dont have 'thanks' thats not fair, I SimPE'd my butt off doing those pictures, I would like a 'thanks' button since not everyone posts it

Spikesgal2004, I see the thank you button at the end of one of your wall hangings threads. This is the thread I'm talking about:

http://forums.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=53905

Besides, if you have any issues regarding the changes being made, you should post in the Site Issues forum, and not in this thread.

sorry about that Daysies, and I cant see any thanks button on that thread...maybe its to stop me from thanking myself.....

Just to be consistent (as I posted this in the Post/Thanks thread in Site Issues):

I was going to comment about this in the other thread you mentioned this on, and the thanks button does not show up for threads that I created. So the button will not show up for your own threads because you created the thread. It will show up for everyone else thanking YOU. So essentially, you can not thank yourself.

You can't thank yourself, no

roddy, thats a valid point but there *is* the text next to download files, in bold...

Thank you. These new changes are great!
I'm glad that you guys took the time to do this! :D

I'm guessing it's more that you're agreeing to see those forums when you open the homepage of the site. Kind of like subscribing to an email list, or something. As far as I know, the only 'pay' stuff on this site are donations that are volunteered, not mandatory.

What's Off-Topic Discussion? Is it what used to be General Discusson?

Simling, correct.

and yes, a subscription in this case is *not* anything to do with paying money

What does this "Thanked 3 times in 1 post" mean

BAXTER

I LOVE the "thanks' feature!! It lets the creator know people like what they have made, and yet doesn't clutter up the forum!!! This should really help when people do have a problem with an object!!!

I'm not too sure about the whole subscribtion thing...If I'm not interested in off topic things, then I just don't go in there. I guess people just need something to complain about!! :lol

Thank you again for a wonderful place full of creative people and useful information!!!!!

I like the "thanks" feature, but I would like to see it expanded to include other posts. It would be nice to be able to thank someone for providing valuable game help, which can be just as important (often more so) than providing new hairstyles or clothing. I would also like to see this because I don't mod or create things, so it's the only way I'm gonna get any thanks (sorry, had to say it 'cos it's TRUE!!!).

Would also like a link on the main page to the editing section of my profile and so on. I have to go via the link to private messages, as it's the only way I have found to get the menu up. Seems a bit strange does that.

You can use the quick links dropdown on the top right for that. It's on every page.

Hmmm... Just a question regarding the forum subscriptions... Is it normal for boxes that are unchecked - the 'parent' forum isn't checked, just various child forums are... - and yet, they still show up on the 'new posts' screen?
Personally, I don't like the webcomics and Anime forums, so I just don't go to them.. I have basically all forums except for those checked in my subscriptions, yet I still see the Anime one popping up every time there's a new post.. *grumbles*
Not sure if it's a bug, or if Anime just likes me, or something.
*grin* If something can be done about it, it'd be great. If not, I'll deal with it. *grin* Thanks!

Gee. Good idea, but but, nobody's thanked me. Sniff sniff.

I think I'll go click a few buttons now.

About adding thanks to all posts rather than just downloads... I'd rather we didn't, reason being that it's meant to be an addition to prevent clutter in the downloads section. The thank you posts there have turned into spam, even though it's well intended spam. That problem doesn't really exist in other parts of the site.

That's the only purpose I want the thank you mod to serve. I do NOT want it to become another competitive thing like post count where people are just keeping score, begging someone to thank them the way people beg someone to rate their post on the EA site. Blech. :P

In fact I think it would be nice if the post count and thanks count were visible only to the indivudual that they belong to and to moderators, so you couldn't see anybody else's post count or thanks count. Maybe that would get rid of the dumb competion.

RG

I would like to thank you Delphy, it shows that you have put a lot of work into this site. I truly appreciate all the great contents, as it has helped me in learning so many different techniques. The set up makes it much easier. Great work....

Awesome Idea! And I was worried when you made the poll of what do we use this site for ... so you can make changes ... oy! What was I so worried about?!!!

Better organization is the key to a good site, and I ALREADY THOUGHT you were as good as it got, but now realize maybe I was wrong! lol

You might want to organize even further sub-sections of threads, such as bug reporting, usefulness polls, etc. So a visitor to the thread can find exactly what needs to be found in a few clicks. They can do this already if they know how (by using "search this thread" with keywords like "BUGS") but I'm just saying how you can expand on your current idea.

Yeah, I know Delphy. Like you needed to ADD to the thing your trying to finish, right? LOL :D

ooops - methinks I was a bit vague ... lol. What I meant is that people can sub-class their type of post in the thread as a bug report, comment, question/ answer, and maybe reorganize and recolor the subclassed threads so they can recieve quick attention based on what a user is looking for. In other words, the same way you reorganized all dowload threads to be at the top of the thread. With some CSS, the thread border, text, and background colors could be modified to indicate exactly what type of post subclass it falls under and which order it should be in. It would make your jobs easier as admins and moderators also, allowing the 'general comments' area of the thread to be quickly scanned.

These are all just thoughts, of course. Take them with a grain of salt. I've read some of the posts, and am sure some would disagree with my suggestion. But thats all it is - just a suggestion. I don't think the site needs changing at all, honestly ... lol

Emaledreams,

You are subscribed to the General Discussion top level forum, which means you will see posts in all the forums underneath regardless of individual forum subscription.

You need to turn off subscription to the "General Discussion" forum and leave the child forums ticked.

Regards
Delphy

Haha. The poll is because we have the idea that there are different types of users on this site and a different homepage would be suitable depending on how you use the site. We're trying to add more customization.

This works for General Discussion, but the problem with this is where the parent forum is also an actual forum with posting in it, but some of the child forums are not wanted. If you turn off the parent simply so you untick some of the children, you will lose the ability to see important wanted posts. Is there a case for having all forums at the same level - ie move posts from a parent forum into a child forum specially created for them. Eg Posts from Object Creation & Texturing top level move to a newly created child forum Object Creation & Texturing/General or something like that? Then that will complete the flexibility made possible by the new hack.