The Org Rules & FAQ

**Martok** · 03-04-2008, 04:55

You can change your username very 60 days.

**Spartan198** · 03-05-2008, 00:36

Okay. Then it probably hasn't been two months since my last change. Thanks,and congrats on your award,Martok!

**Zeibek** · 08-12-2008, 17:35

I've got a very noob question, but why can I browse the threads only one post at a time?

**Omanes Alexandrapolites** · 08-12-2008, 17:59

Welcome aboard Zeibek

It appears that you have a problem in your settings. You may be either viewing the thread in the Threaded Mode and/or you may have the system simply set to show only one post per page.

To change the number of posts you can see on the page at one time, firstly, go to your UserCP's Edit Options section and scroll down till you find the section named "Thread Display Options".

In that section, you should find a sub-section with the name "Number of Posts to Show Per Page". In the drop down box set it to whichever value you prefer. Bear in mind that the highest value (80) can be problematic when viewing threads which contain high amounts of data on each page. Using the forum default (40) may be advisable since when referring/linking to thread pages in a thread, different values will provide different posts on different pages.

Also, while you are there, ensure that the "Thread Display Mode" section has its drop down box set to one of the two "Linear" options. Either "Oldest First" or "Newest First" will allow you to see multiple posts per page, only they will be ordered differently. "Oldest First" is the forum's default. The "Hybrid" option can also be used, although I find some aspects of it a little awkward.

Once you've made the changes, scroll to the bottom of the page, and select to "Save Changes". Once you've done that, you should, in theory, be able to browse threads with multiple posts per page.

Hope this is useful to you

**Zeibek** · 08-12-2008, 18:55

Thanks! Viewing only one post at a time was driving me crazy. I kept looking at the options at the side instead of doing the obvious and scrolling down...

**Proserpine** · 09-02-2008, 17:36

Got a question/suggestion. I have done a search but not seen it specified anywhere . . . what are the rules on inactive thread closure (necromancy)? how long must the thread be inactive before it is officially "dead". It would be helpful if this was in the FAQ somewhere.

**Omanes Alexandrapolites** · 09-02-2008, 18:19

From my perspective, a thread never is truly "dead" and "bumping" an old thread right to the top of the forum isn't always entirely wrong if you think the discussion could be expanded or you have something related to the subject to say. I wouldn't say that you should just directly continue the discussion as if the thread were any other though. Bumping for the sake of bumping, just to say, "hey, this is the oldest thread in this forum" or "wow, this thread is very old", for example, is not advisable.

Regardless of this, I personally that it's advisable to provide bit of justification as to why you've bumped the thread (just going straight into your speech often looks a little silly from my perspective) or just give an indication that you are aware of you're thread bumping (not doing so may get a barrage of comments from other users).

Note that this is just my personal view - the ideas of others may, and probably will, be different