Paul, The easiest way to eye-ball the "connections" is hold a ruler or piece of paper against the monitor, with the first word of #1 subject showing. You should see all the "Re"s on the left side of the ruler. Whatever is straight down are definitely connected to #1. Move in from the left and you should see #3 indented under #2 if 3 answers 2; 4 indents under 3 if 4 replies to 3. If so, 2,3,4 all "connect" to 1. But, sometimes, #1 has 4 replies, then someone replies to 2, then someone replies to 1... and by 10, 15, or 20, it can look pretty confusing. I always look for what someone replied to (the starting point)... then look at what "lines up" for that starting point. Since the starting point is NOT always #1 post, it can get tricky to figure out. Do the best you can. As to subject lines, it won't mess up connections. But, I like to keep the "root" of the subject line similar, and add what is different at the end. If #1 is President Clinton's family #2 is about location, say Georgia - Re: President Clinton's family in Georgia and #3 is about Hilary -- Re: President Clinton's family - Hilary #4 about his aunt -- Re: President Clinton's family - his aunt #5 about his grandparents -- Re: President Clinton's family - his grandparents That way, people can see at a glance what's the post focuses on. Better than seeing "President Clinton's family" on 22 posts. I especially hate location only subject lines, like "Millers in Georgia" -- every post is about a different Miller, so I add that "difference" to the subject line. Hope this helps. Judy == On 2/10/08, Paul A. Roth <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I have another question about Board Subject Boxes: > > I'm running into several threads that have 4 or more responses. In one, > the link to the response to the original post (subject: Roth) is indented > one space...the R is under the first post's o (in Roth). In hopes of > avoiding a lot of text, I hope the text below shows like it does in the > Responses:(without the numbers): > > 0 Roth > 1 Re: Roth > 2 Re: Roth > 3 Re: Roth > 4 Re: Roth > > In the numbered Roth(s) above, it looks like #3 is in answer to #1 and #4 > is in answer to the original query. > > If I change all of them to (example): > > Samuel ROTH, Berks Co. PA > Re: Samuel ROTH, Berks Co. PA , etc : > > Will it mess up the connections to the first post? > > Before any of you say ""Why are you doing this?" I'd just like to know for > my own edification. > > Another thread has 22 responses, so I'm not gonjg to touch that one...I > may decide to leave the one above alone as well...in the 22 response one, > several of the posts have entirely different subjects...it gets too > complicated. > > Originally, I wanted to change only the ones that had no responses other > than mine (about changing the subject boxes). > > Thanks for your indulgence. If the answers to my questions are posted > elsewhere, please direct me to that page and I'll leave you all alone...{;-) > > Paul