Private Messages

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  • August 11, 2008 at 2:46 pm
    nancyg
    Participant

    Dear ?Doug,

    I believe that is the name of the gentleman who seems to operate the technical part of this site. (If so, thanks so much!!!)

    I’m not the most computer-savvy person you’ll ever meet. So I may have just been slow to notice, but – is the private messages a new feature? I have tried a couple of times to use it and have not gotten any response. If I were to get a response, would it come to that place on the forum, or would I get an e-mail? If I sent a message to someone, how would they get it/know? I certainly don’t want to be bugging someone who’d prefer not to be bugged!! Also, I should use their “computer nick-name,” right, if they have one, as the “user name” for sending a message?

    Thank-you so very much for your help!

    Nancy G

    August 11, 2008 at 9:46 pm
    Sonya Shafer
    Moderator

    Hi, Nancy –

    Yes, Doug is our webmaster-and-more around here. He’s camping with his family right now, but we expect him back online shortly. I’m sure he’ll respond just as soon as he can. Sorry I can’t help. I know he put that feature up a few weeks ago, but I’m not positive how it works.

    August 14, 2008 at 3:00 am
    nancyg
    Participant

    Hello,

    Is this message going to go away before Doug gets back? I’m not sure how that works. I know many are busy getting ready to begin their school year,and didn’t want this to “get lost!” I’m just adding this to keep this message current.

    Thanks,

    Nancy G.

    August 15, 2008 at 12:09 am
    Doug Smith
    Keymaster

    We’re back from a short camping trip on the shores of Lake Michigan, which was followed by a wonderful drive home through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Although I was reachable for emergencies, we tried to limit our technology time in favor of forest time and beach time for maximum refreshment.

    Thanks for the great questions, Nancy. Yes, the private message (PM) feature is new. I slipped it in a few weeks ago without much fanfare in response to some of the forum regulars asking about it. We still consider it a little bit experimental since we haven’t been using it very long. Any feedback is welcome and encouraged from those who have tried it.

    Here’s how it works: There should be a link at the bottom of each post to “private message this user”. There should also be a similar link at the top of each user’s profile page. You don’t have to worry about what name to use because you just click the link for that person.

    When you have a private message waiting, it is displayed on the left sidebar of the main forum page. It will appear right under the Quick Links section.

    Unfortunately, you don’t get an e-mail notice and it only shows on the main page when you are logged in. That may explain the lack of responses to the messages you sent. We probably can’t do an e-mail notification right away, but I’ll have to see if I can come up with a way to make the notice show up on more than just the main page.

    I sent you a test PM so you can see how it works.

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