Judy- The poster can't go back and change the option after a message is posted, but I believe STAFF can make a global change to stop sending ALL notices (not just a single one) if the poster who wishes to have all notices stopped would let either the HelpDesk or messageboards@rootsweb.com know. I believe this is a ONE TIME ONLY option and can't be reversed once the notices are stopped. Joan In a message dated 4/27/2009 9:09:59 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, cageycat@gmail.com writes: Asking this here will probably get the fastest answer so I can tell members who've asked me. You know how when you Post or Reply, that check box for notifications is by default checked ("yes") for "Notify me if anyone replies to this Thread" ? Well, sometimes people forget to uncheck it... Or, they don't want to hear anything more on the topic (like 6 months after they last replied).... So how do you STOP those THREAD update notifications? As an experiment, I left one checked... It is not under Board Favorites or Notifications to stop it, so where is it? Is there a place to "stop notifying me of thread replies" ? Or, even "Quit bothering me?" LOLOL Inquiring members (and this Admin) want to know! Judy

Since that particular checkbox is per post I don't think you can change it at all unless you have the post deleted from the archives. ----- Original Message ----- From: "J.A. Florian" <cageycat@gmail.com> To: "ADMIN-BOARDS ADMINISTRATORS EMAIL" <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:09:08 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [BAd] Question about Board notifications Asking this here will probably get the fastest answer so I can tell members who've asked me. You know how when you Post or Reply, that check box for notifications is by default checked ("yes") for "Notify me if anyone replies to this Thread" ? Well, sometimes people forget to uncheck it... Or, they don't want to hear anything more on the topic (like 6 months after they last replied).... So how do you STOP those THREAD update notifications? As an experiment, I left one checked... It is not under Board Favorites or Notifications to stop it, so where is it? Is there a place to "stop notifying me of thread replies" ? Or, even "Quit bothering me?" LOLOL Inquiring members (and this Admin) want to know! Judy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There are no board archives [only the lists have archives] and she was talking about the board notifications. You can unsubscribe from those but not from the replies that come in on a message you added to a thread on a board. Those are not the same as notifications/alerts. On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:40 AM, <the_verminator@comcast.net> wrote: > Since that particular checkbox is per post I don't think you can change it at all unless you have the post deleted from the archives. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J.A. Florian" <cageycat@gmail.com> > To: "ADMIN-BOARDS ADMINISTRATORS EMAIL" <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 8:09:08 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central > Subject: [BAd] Question about Board notifications > > Asking this here will probably get the fastest answer so I can tell members > who've asked me. > > You know how when you Post or Reply, that check box for notifications is by > default checked ("yes") for "Notify me if anyone replies to this Thread" ? > > Well, sometimes people forget to uncheck it... > > Or, they don't want to hear anything more on the topic (like 6 months after > they last replied).... > > So how do you STOP those THREAD update notifications? > > As an experiment, I left one checked...  It is not under Board Favorites or > Notifications to stop it, so where is it? > > Is there a place to "stop notifying me of thread replies" ?  Or, even "Quit > bothering me?" LOLOL > > Inquiring members (and this Admin) want to know! > > Judy -- Take care, ~Kathie Harrison Ancestral Whispers http://whispers.ancestralwhispers.com/

Asking this here will probably get the fastest answer so I can tell members who've asked me. You know how when you Post or Reply, that check box for notifications is by default checked ("yes") for "Notify me if anyone replies to this Thread" ? Well, sometimes people forget to uncheck it... Or, they don't want to hear anything more on the topic (like 6 months after they last replied).... So how do you STOP those THREAD update notifications? As an experiment, I left one checked... It is not under Board Favorites or Notifications to stop it, so where is it? Is there a place to "stop notifying me of thread replies" ? Or, even "Quit bothering me?" LOLOL Inquiring members (and this Admin) want to know! Judy

Unfortunately, when you move to a different message, you have to turn them off again. Always have been a useless PIA and always will be. Brynne On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Beth Perry Johnston <bpjohnston@charter.net > wrote: > I definitely agree that the bubble thingies are a big nuisance, but at the > bottom of the bubble is an option to disable them. Killing them puts me in > a > much better frame of mind! > > Beth > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Nancy <pelhamassociation@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > > OK, I see those bubble thingies. PIA if you ask me! > > > > Nancy > > > > --- On Thu, 4/23/09, JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > > > > > From: JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> > > > Subject: Re: [BAd] RootsWeb Interface of the boards > > > To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com > > > Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 6:55 PM > > > By popups I mean the little bubble > > > thingies that popup for the highlighted > > > surnames and locations. > > > > > > Joan > > > > > > > > > -- > "A busily sniffing dog reading its scent version of the morning newspaper." > Dawn Ackerman > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hey, Anna, when will the indexing be done regularly again? They haven't been indexed for several weeks. Brynne On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 10:34 AM, Anna <anna@rootsweb.com> wrote: > We started work on this immediately yesterday morning when we noticed the > "glitch". It has to do with Java files - which is why the "pop-ups" have > gone. > > -----Original Message----- > From: boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tree-Digger > Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:18 AM > To: Joan Asche; boards-admins@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BAd] objections/recycle bin > > Wonderful, another glitch...... I reported it. > > Thanks, > Rene' > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Joan Asche > Date: 4/23/2009 8:06:51 AM > To: Tree-Digger; boards-admins@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [BAd] objections/recycle bin > > Well it doesn't seem to be just you because nothing is working for me > either > > I used both FireFox & IE and had the same problem. > > J. Asche > > > On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Tree-Digger <Tree-Digger@stny.rr.com> > wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > > > Is anyone experiencing problems clicking on their objections? I cannot > get > > my 2nd window to pop up when I click on them, in addition, I needed to > check > > out a message in my recycle bin. When I click on a message nothing > happens. > > > > Is it just me and my computer or is everyone experiencing this? > > > > Rene' > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Beth- Yes--if that setting/option would only stick once you select it, it would be better. Joan In a message dated 4/23/2009 10:47:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bpjohnston@charter.net writes: I definitely agree that the bubble thingies are a big nuisance, but at the bottom of the bubble is an option to disable them. Killing them puts me in a much better frame of mind! Beth

By popups I mean the little bubble thingies that popup for the highlighted surnames and locations. Joan In a message dated 4/23/2009 9:47:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pelhamassociation@yahoo.com writes: I noticed the change, but confess I thought it was a browser upgrade. And I must have a good pop-up blocker. Nancy

Has anyone else who uses the RootsWeb interface noticed that with the new code rolled today the RootsWeb side now looks more like the Ancestry side? The display fills the screen and we get those stupid bubble pop-ups...I LOVE the change in display but could easily live without the pop-ups. One for two ain't bad! Joan

I definitely agree that the bubble thingies are a big nuisance, but at the bottom of the bubble is an option to disable them. Killing them puts me in a much better frame of mind! Beth On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 7:21 PM, Nancy <pelhamassociation@yahoo.com> wrote: > > OK, I see those bubble thingies. PIA if you ask me! > > Nancy > > --- On Thu, 4/23/09, JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > > > From: JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> > > Subject: Re: [BAd] RootsWeb Interface of the boards > > To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com > > Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 6:55 PM > > By popups I mean the little bubble > > thingies that popup for the highlighted > > surnames and locations. > > > > Joan > > > -- "A busily sniffing dog reading its scent version of the morning newspaper." Dawn Ackerman

OK, I see those bubble thingies. PIA if you ask me! Nancy --- On Thu, 4/23/09, JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > From: JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> > Subject: Re: [BAd] RootsWeb Interface of the boards > To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 6:55 PM > By popups I mean the little bubble > thingies that popup for the highlighted  > surnames and locations. > > Joan >

I noticed the change, but confess I thought it was a browser upgrade. And I must have a good pop-up blocker. Nancy --- On Thu, 4/23/09, JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> wrote: > From: JYoung6180@aol.com <JYoung6180@aol.com> > Subject: [BAd] RootsWeb Interface of the boards > To: BOARDS-ADMINS@rootsweb.com > Date: Thursday, April 23, 2009, 5:01 PM > Has anyone else who uses the RootsWeb > interface noticed that with the new  > code rolled today the RootsWeb side now looks more like the > Ancestry side? > The  display fills the screen and we get those stupid > bubble pop-ups...I LOVE > the  change in display but could easily live without > the pop-ups. One for > two ain't  bad! > > Joan >

We started work on this immediately yesterday morning when we noticed the "glitch". It has to do with Java files - which is why the "pop-ups" have gone. -----Original Message----- From: boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Tree-Digger Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2009 6:18 AM To: Joan Asche; boards-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAd] objections/recycle bin Wonderful, another glitch...... I reported it. Thanks, Rene' -------Original Message------- From: Joan Asche Date: 4/23/2009 8:06:51 AM To: Tree-Digger; boards-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAd] objections/recycle bin Well it doesn't seem to be just you because nothing is working for me either I used both FireFox & IE and had the same problem. J. Asche On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Tree-Digger <Tree-Digger@stny.rr.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Is anyone experiencing problems clicking on their objections? I cannot get > my 2nd window to pop up when I click on them, in addition, I needed to check > out a message in my recycle bin. When I click on a message nothing happens. > > Is it just me and my computer or is everyone experiencing this? > > Rene' > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi, Rene' (and Joan)- This "bug" cropped yesterday after the developers rolled some changes but, oddly, I was able later yesterday afternoon to click through to the next pages of my objections. When I told others it apparently was fixed and they tried it--it didn't work for them. <sigh> So, whatever is/was going on with clicking through on the objections pages the developers were aware of it and working on it as of yesterday--it isn't just you two having this problem. Joan In a message dated 4/23/2009 6:40:46 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Tree-Digger@stny.rr.com writes: Hi Everyone, Is anyone experiencing problems clicking on their objections? I cannot get my 2nd window to pop up when I click on them, in addition, I needed to check out a message in my recycle bin. When I click on a message nothing happens. Is it just me and my computer or is everyone experiencing this? Rene'

Wonderful, another glitch...... I reported it. Thanks, Rene' -------Original Message------- From: Joan Asche Date: 4/23/2009 8:06:51 AM To: Tree-Digger; boards-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAd] objections/recycle bin Well it doesn't seem to be just you because nothing is working for me either I used both FireFox & IE and had the same problem. J. Asche On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Tree-Digger <Tree-Digger@stny.rr.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Is anyone experiencing problems clicking on their objections? I cannot get > my 2nd window to pop up when I click on them, in addition, I needed to check > out a message in my recycle bin. When I click on a message nothing happens. > > Is it just me and my computer or is everyone experiencing this? > > Rene' > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Well it doesn't seem to be just you because nothing is working for me either. I used both FireFox & IE and had the same problem. J. Asche On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Tree-Digger <Tree-Digger@stny.rr.com> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Is anyone experiencing problems clicking on their objections?  I cannot get > my 2nd window to pop up when I click on them, in addition, I needed to check > out a message in my recycle bin.  When I click on a message nothing happens. > > Is it just me and my computer or is everyone experiencing this? > > Rene' > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hi Everyone, Is anyone experiencing problems clicking on their objections? I cannot get my 2nd window to pop up when I click on them, in addition, I needed to check out a message in my recycle bin. When I click on a message nothing happens. Is it just me and my computer or is everyone experiencing this? Rene'

Hi all, The Snyder board is no longer "lost" in cyber space. It can now be found by the alphabetical and find a board search functions. Thanks, Anna -----Original Message----- From: boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:boards-admins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Nan Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 8:03 AM To: boards-admins@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BAd] Tell me if I'm crazy Thanks, Peggy. I was looking for it because I have a couple of bios to post. That's when I couldn't get it on Find a Board or browse, and was told there isn't a problem. :-) Nan On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Kinhunter <kinhunter@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, Nan, > > The Snyder Message Board can be found here: > http://boards.ancestry.com/surnames.snyder/mb.ashx , but it isn't > working properly. I reported the problem in March, and have requested an > update as to when things will be working again. > > Kind Regards, > > Peggy > Snyder Message Board Admin > > > Nan wrote: >> Next time you're on the boards, would you go to Find a Board and put >> in Snyder, and see if the Snyder surname board comes up for you in the >> search?  It doesn't for me, and  I've tried both the rootsweb and >> ancestry sides.  But Staff is telling me that there's no problem, it >> *does* come up on Find a Board. >> >> So, before I report it to the help desk, could someone else please check? >> >> thanks, >> Nan >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOARDS-ADMINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

No, you're not crazy, Nan. Doing a search on "snyder" I get these results: Localities > North America > United States > States > Pennsylvania > Counties > Snyder Surnames > Snyder-Holton Surnames > Snyderman But not SNYDER alone. Nor does drilling down through the alphabet (S > Sn > Sny) find the board. This is on both Ancestry and Rootsweb. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Nan <nstarjak@gmail.com> *To:* board admins <boards-admins@rootsweb.com> *Sent:* 04/20/2009 10:31:03 PM +1200 *Subject:* [BAd] Tell me if I'm crazy > Next time you're on the boards, would you go to Find a Board and put > in Snyder, and see if the Snyder surname board comes up for you in the > search? It doesn't for me, and I've tried both the rootsweb and > ancestry sides. But Staff is telling me that there's no problem, it > *does* come up on Find a Board. > > So, before I report it to the help desk, could someone else please check? > > thanks, > Nan

Peggy- LOL! I know I adopted the MILLERS board (which IS a legitimate surname by the way) because posts that should have gone to my MILLER board were ending up on MILLERS by mistake. It doesn't take much work (assuming Move Message works that is) to keep up with this type of board where misplaced posts happen from time to time. Joan In a message dated 4/20/2009 11:21:43 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kinhunter@gmail.com writes: Hi, Joan, LOL!! I can take a hint! My best, Peggy