I'm excited to be here, great site!

[Laurodactyl]

Hi everyone,

I'm thrilled to become part of such a vibrant, knowledgeable community! I have a few questions right off the bat:

1. How can I add all those fun emoticons to my signature? It says I am only allowed to add one, but I see others with a whole bunch??

2. If I subscribe to a thread but don't want it emailed to me all the time, where do the new posts show up, how can I access them easily?

3. Is there an easy way to check on who has responded to my posts?

4. What are the 'groups' on here? I'd love to be part of some kind of online small group. How do I do that?

5. I went through and subscribed to the forums I'm most interested in, but where/how do I see those forums altogether? I'd rather not have anything sent to my email, but I'd still like to see the things I'm interested in all in one place.

Thank you! Can't wait to get more involved

[fullofgrace]

Welcome to MDC!!

Doing a quick reply because the kids' bus is about to arrive but this link to the MDC FAQ will get you started. It is arranged and linked alphabetically by topic.

I'll be back later with more info.

[JessicaS]

Originally Posted by Laurodactyl

Hi everyone,

I'm thrilled to become part of such a vibrant, knowledgeable community! I have a few questions right off the bat:

1. How can I add all those fun emoticons to my signature? It says I am only allowed to add one, but I see others with a whole bunch??

Hello! It is great to see you. New members are only allowed one smilie but once you reach 50 posts and 60 days of membership you can have up to eight.

2. If I subscribe to a thread but don't want it emailed to me all the time, where do the new posts show up, how can I access them easily?

You can subscribe without getting email notifications. Simply go to your User CP and then "Edit Options" in there you will see "Messaging & Notification" and in that a "Default Thread Subscription Mode" change that drop down box to "No Email Notification" and it should just keep your subs in your User CP without emailing you.

3. Is there an easy way to check on who has responded to my posts?

You can search your posts by clicking your username at the top right of the page. Then in your profile click, "statistics" in there you can click "find all posts by" or "find all threads started by" Of course subscribing is another option.

4. What are the 'groups' on here? I'd love to be part of some kind of online small group. How do I do that?

At the moment there are various threads you can locate throughout the forums for different groups. The majority of those will be located in Finding Your Tribe.

http://www.mothering.com/discussions...isplay.php?f=7

We will soon be adding Social group options which will help smaller groups be more organized without their threads being lost.

5. I went through and subscribed to the forums I'm most interested in, but where/how do I see those forums altogether? I'd rather not have anything sent to my email, but I'd still like to see the things I'm interested in all in one place.

You can look at your subscriptions in the user cp. There isn't really a way to hide things you are not really interested in without an Admin removing your access to them, which is a little severe. That is usually something we do for people who have been through a painful loss who don't want to read the pregnancy areas for a bit.

Thank you! Can't wait to get more involved

Great! I hope you like it here.

[fullofgrace]

Hee! abimommy beat me!

[WorldsBestMom]

Welcome. I hope you enjoy it here.