O...M... G... How very embarassing.

I don't know how I missed this (magnifying glass graphic and all!), but thank you so much for bearing with me and helping me out.

*slinks under keyboard

Honeycat...from the "Home" page or the "Blog" page, click on the "Forum" page in the long purple bar in the middle of your screen. When you get to THE FORUM PAGE, look in the white space below the long purple bar. You will see a place that says "search forum topics". If you click on that it will take you to a search page where you can search for the topic you are looking for.....
GOOD LUCK!!!
SEW LONG!
Margo in SE Tennessee

If you are referring to the "Search" between "Chat" and "Shop", yes, that was the one I meant as well. When clicked on, it presents options to Find a Member, a Quilt, a Shop or a Teacher. I don't see anything about searching the forum...

If you mean a different Search button, please tell my blonde little brain where it is LOL!

When you first go to forum (where all the categories are listed) there is a search button.

I prefer more organization (read: categories) myself. If I'm looking to see what I paid for my electric service last month, it'll be much easier to find in a folder marked Electric (or even Utilities) than in a folder marked Bills where I stuck everything paid last month LOL!

Also the board is still relatively new, so it would be a bit premature with so many new folks still joining, to start dismissing certain topics as of little interest.

What I AM missing is a viable search function, however. In most forums when one clicks on the Search link, you have the option to search the forum for a certain word/topic. I'm just not finding a Search Forum option here, ya know? *scratching head

It also helps if you scroll to the bottom of the page where you write your reply, and click the box next to "Notify me when a reply is posted". Then you will get an e-mail telling you when someone has posted after you!
Cool, huh?
SEW LONG!
Margo in SE Tennessee

I think a lot of us are very happy with the board just as it is, Dixie. I was pretty bewildered until I found the "view posts since last visit" thing, but now I can just see what's been posted on since yesterday, and it's very manageable. If I have a question about something, I can look for the appropriate place on the Forum to ask it, then wait for someone to answer.

I've posted several times about too too too too many categories and sub-subjects ........ I guess no one is listening. Too many doesn't lend itself for people to get to know each other....... gosh you can't cover every single thing in the quilting world.

Hey over here ....... do you read us?????

WELL, GOOOOOLLLEEE! Isn't THAT a handy place to click your mouse?? I need to slow down and check out the page...the WHOLE page!...not just part of the page!

I run another sewing forum. I have found that if you start with too many topics, it looks like a 'ghost town' and new members won't post as it doesn't look like any one is there.

It's better to start with a few and let it grow naturally.

Good luck in all things!!!

Meg

I agree with LadyRags!!!!!

PLEASE CONDENSE THIS BOARD... IT IS TOO HARD TO SURF THROUGH....

SOME OF THE TOPICS ARE RUDENT... YOU WOULD HAVE A BETTER FLOW AND MORE INTERACTION IF THERE WERE GENERAL TOPICS .... AND LESS GOING FROM PAGE TO PAGE...

THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIAL UP WITH SLOW LOAD TIMES THIS BOARD IS A DAUGHNTING AND FRUSTRATING

Thanks Florence, I see what you're talking about now.

Linda

I agree with the less is more approach. There are so many categories, and so many sub-categories, that it could extremely confusing to remember where you saw a particular thread. And did you notice how some of the threads go off on a tangent anyway? Even if you're marking your posts, that juicy discussion on fabric may have gotten off-topic. Sheesh!