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Nanascraps

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I am a little confused by how the forum works. I have subscribed to a thread, and can see it from User CP. I also subscribed to a forum - MOC - and can see that. I do notice the New Posts button, which I guess lists the latest posts. But is there a setting that will let me know if there are new posts in a thread I've replied on? Or even one I've started? Or let me know when someone comments on my gallery even? I can look and find those things, but I was just wondering if there was a quick way to see recent posts and comments that directly relate to me.

Thanks! I am very much enjoying this site, and playing more with digital scrapbooking. Hopefully I can get caught up on MOC, and make an avatar, and make a signature, and..... Oh wait, I have to WORK!! lol
 
OK, just noticed when posting the above the button that says "notify me of changes". And I can choose CP or email or whatnot. Is this part of the answer?
 
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There is an option to make sure you are subscribed to threads you post in automatically, if that's what you want. You can get updates to subscriptions in various ways, as you've already seen.

The gallery is a separate matter. I always just go to the gallery and see if I have any new messages, but I'm pretty sure there's a way to get an email when you have a new message as well. I can't remember how, though. (Messages are almost always comments, though someone could send you one through your profile as well.)
 
Welcome! :)

If you want to receive notices of responses to threads, you must subscribe to the thread under Thread Tools. The default type of notification is "Through my control panel only", which will let you see which of those threads have new responses when you check in the User CP. You can instead choose different email notification options if you prefer. I normally choose "Instant notification by email" which sends me an email within a few minutes of a response to a thread I'm subscribed to. It will not send notices of additional responses until you've visited the forum.

I don't believe the email notifications for the forum subscriptions work correctly - at least they never have for me.

If you're glancing through a forum (or the New Posts results), any threads that have responses you haven't seen yet will be bold and the icon on the left will be pink. The threads that you have participated in will also have an arrow on the icon.

When you are in the gallery in the nav bar just above the photos, there is one part for messages. It will be bold and give a number of messages for the comments that have been left on your pages. If you click on it you will be taken to a page with a list of comment notifications that are linked to the layouts where they are posted. These notifications will stay in the list until you manually clear them, which you can do individually, or there is a "remove all" option.

If you wish to receive emails when you get comments, there is a check box at the bottom of the first upload screen. Or when you view any page, there is a link to the right of the layout in the User Options box that says "Receive Email Updates". As far as I know, you have to click that for each layout you want emails from.

Did I cover everything? I hope that made sense and helps a bit! :)
 
Thanks Kim - that helps a lot! And I looked around a bit more and figured more things out. Like, in my Gallery profile in a box to the left is a list of actions, 1 of which is "comments". When I click that it shows thumbnails of the images with comments beside them. Very helpful! OK, that's great, I'm rolling now.
 
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