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Title: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: trystan on Wednesday 21 July 04 08:22 BST (UK)
Tip: Looking for unreplied messages

In any of the boards you will see the following, just above the messages

    Subject     Started by     Replies     Views     Last post

If you click on the "Replies" it will sort the message by the number of replies. Depending on how many times you click, the messages will be sorted either by most replies first, or least replies first.

In this way you can see if you can answer any messages that have not been replied to yet.

To get it all back to how it should be, click in the "Last Post" in the heading.

Trystan
RootsChat Admin
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: newbie on Thursday 22 July 04 07:26 BST (UK)
Trystan, I think there may be a glitch?
I tried this but received an error message when I tried to  go to next message.  I restarted the process, but when pressed "next" the message that came up was one which had been replied to (I was looking for no replies),or perhaps this feature does not work when doing this?
Newbie
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: trystan on Thursday 22 July 04 08:55 BST (UK)
Hmmm.... I don't use the previous/next buttons... I'd imagine it would confuse it though! Not too sure how to fix that. I'd use the "back" button, and select the next message off the board index.
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: carol8353 on Friday 08 October 04 09:57 BST (UK)
I'm keen to help others,but often find that those with no replies are ones where people have not been specific enough.Eg " I am looking for XXX" Rather than can someone look for a birth/marriage or certain census.
Sometimes people just do not give enough info.
A tip here is to give all you know about someone.
Where born,when,parents names brothers and sisters names,job they did etc etc.
Particularly when it is a common surname.

Just a few thoughts there I thought I'd share with you all ::)

Happy ancestor hunting.

Carol
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: Kazza on Friday 08 October 04 10:06 BST (UK)
Carol,

Thank you,  you are of course right.  When I see these messages I usually reply with a Please help us to help you type of thing. 

If you find that there are details missing from a message,  it is probably a very inexperienced researcher who needs to be pointed in the right direction,  and doing just that is very helpful in these circumstances.

Kazza.
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: baswill on Sunday 12 December 04 12:27 GMT (UK)
Dear All,
I am trying to get in contact with a person who is related to my gggg Grandfather Benjamin Williams who was born in Pensax England. She posted a question on Roots Chat. I have now got my usename and password to discuss the common heritage. Could you please advise me of her email address ?

Regards,  Basil Williams
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: Hackstaple on Sunday 12 December 04 12:40 GMT (UK)
The Search button at the top of the page allows you to make all such searches and to reply to messages once found. In your case the message was at
 http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=17576.msg63660#msg63660

You may contact her through the PM facility on this site. It is up to her if she wishes to give you her personal email address. Good luck.
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: newbie on Tuesday 28 February 06 22:11 GMT (UK)
Hello Basil,
Welcome to the friendliest site there is !
Hack or Lord Hack as he is known  ;D has given you the link to the original message about your gggg grandfather,
just in case you haven't used it before, the PM Hack referred to is the Personal Message system used by Rootschat instead of email addresses.
To use it you click on the scroll that is underneath your username on the left hand side of the message, next to the face, which is your profile link.
Sorry if I haven't explained it well, Hack would do it much better.
Newbie.
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: gladys1 on Tuesday 31 October 06 09:46 GMT (UK)
Tip: Looking for unreplied messages

In any of the boards you will see the following, just above the messages

    Subject     Started by     Replies     Views     Last post

If you click on the "Replies" it will sort the message by the number of replies. Depending on how many times you click, the messages will be sorted either by most replies first, or least replies first.

In this way you can see if you can answer any messages that have not been replied to yet.

To get it all back to how it should be, click in the "Last Post" in the heading.

Trystan
RootsChat Admin

Hi Trystan i am going off line and will i get back on with the same password as the last time i went off line i had to use another password.  Please will you help me to get back on line when i am all fixed up.   gladys 1
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: dawnsh on Saturday 15 March 08 18:24 GMT (UK)
Hi Trystan

Is there anyway of then displaying the zero posts in oldest date order?

Dawn
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: Berlin-Bob on Saturday 15 March 08 19:22 GMT (UK)
Hi Dawn,

Perhaps Trystan knows a different way,
but I believe this is the answer he will give, too:

You can click on any of the headings Trystan mentions, but you can't combine them.

So the nearest to what you are asking is to click on Last post to sort them in ascending order (oldest post first, after the sticky topics) and then look at the Replies column for zeros.

Bob
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: dawnsh on Saturday 15 March 08 19:32 GMT (UK)
Better make a quick start and get busy reading the 'Middx' and 'Middx look-up' boards and then the same for London  ;D

Dawn
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: dawnsh on Tuesday 18 March 08 09:41 GMT (UK)
Hi Trystan & Bob

Thank you, thank you   :-* :-*

Dawn
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: dawnsh on Tuesday 18 March 08 18:04 GMT (UK)
Hi Trystan

 :( Middx doesn't seem to be in zero replies/oldest date order but Middx look-ups, London and London look-ups are.

I've had a really good day sorting through the 'zero/date sorted' so far and have got a long to-do list at the LMA if everyone gets back to me.

If it's not too difficult can the Middx board be changed please.

Dawn
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: Berlin-Bob on Tuesday 18 March 08 18:12 GMT (UK)
Clicking on subject or on replies works for Middlessex as well  :)
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: Wiggy on Monday 18 May 09 04:12 BST (UK)
I stumbled into a board to post enquiries and now can't find my way back to it - I can't see any of the headings at the top of my board tipped in the TIPS for replies.  I think I must be looking at a wrong board.  Help please!!   :-* ???

I can only find: reply, send to a friend, Notify, and print.
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: Erato on Monday 18 May 09 04:37 BST (UK)
Go to the very top of the page where there is row of buttons.  Click on "Forum."  This will take you back to the main list of boards.
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: newbie on Monday 18 May 09 07:01 BST (UK)
Hello Wiggy - Welcome to Rootschat, another way to find your postings is to do a search, at the top of the page  under the rootschat logo there are the "leaf" buttons, press search and then search for posts by user "WiggyHobbes08"   that should find it.  I also think you can find them from your profile page but I'll have to check....
newbie ;D
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: newbie on Monday 18 May 09 07:03 BST (UK)
another way - is at the top of the page on the right hand side of the Rootschat.com logo there is a welcome back Wiggy.... message, underneath that there are two other lines
1 - show unread posts since your last visit
2-  show new replies to your posts - if anyone has replied of course!    click on this and it will take you to your postings!
 ;D
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: newbie on Monday 18 May 09 07:07 BST (UK)
ok, yes you can use your profile page, which is probably the easiest way!
Under the posting you made on this page, is a little picture of a face, on the left hand side under your name, click on that, it will take you to your profile page, on the left hand side in small writing! there is a " show posts" click on that and voila!
hope that helps, 
newbie  :)
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: Wiggy on Monday 18 May 09 07:42 BST (UK)
thanks Newbie - I'll try that!  Still finding my way around!   ??? :P >:(!!
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: billia on Saturday 09 March 13 08:39 GMT (UK)
I'm having problems accessing my messages :(
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: kiwihalfpint on Saturday 09 March 13 08:50 GMT (UK)
Hi Billia,

If you click on the link below, you will find the reply to your last posting.   Did you miss the notification message?

Just reply one more time, then you will be able to use the Personal Messaging (PM) System.

http://www.rootschat.com/links/0t3z/


Cheers
KHP
Title: Re: TIP: Looking for unreplied messages
Post by: carolapple on Saturday 11 November 23 22:23 GMT (UK)
Thanks that's very helpful