Look and Layout Preferences
Theme to view the Forum with. First you can pick a desired time format and set a time-offset (+- Hours) from the server time to match your own local time. There are a number of visual options you can select including:
Show Board descriptions inside boards. - This will show the same description that you see next to each Board on the Board Index inside each Board as well.
Show child boards on every page inside boards, not just the first. - If you select this, Child Boards will be listed on every page of a Board rather then just the first page of a board. A Board will have multiple-pages when there is more topics than the defined number of topics per-page on the Board has been reached.
Don't show other users' avatars. - Select this to hide the display of member's avatars. This may speed page viewing for those who have dial-up internet connection.
Don't show other users' signatures. - To disable of showing signatures underneath each Post made by a member, check this.
Return to topics after posting by default. - Check this box if you wish to return to the Post you just submitted instead of returning to the index of the Board you made the Post in.
Don't warn on new replies made while posting. - While posting a topic, another Member could have posted a Reply since you started posting a reply, with this unchecked, a warning will be shown before the Post is submitted telling you a Reply (or replies) was made to the topic, giving you an oppurtunity to adjust your post before it is submitted taking in whatever new replies were made. Check this if you wish to not show the warning and just submit the reply receiving no warning of new posts.
Show most recent posts at the top. - Having this checked will show the newest posts first in a Topic and the replies will get older and older as they go along instead of showing the oldest posts first and the replies getting newer and newer as you go down to the topic page.
Show most recent personal messages at top. - Checking this will show the most recent personal messages on the top, and they will go down as they get older and older.
First day of the week on the calendar. - Pick the day you wish the calendar to show as the first day of the week. You can pick Saturday, Sunday and Monday.
Use Quick Reply on Topic display. - Select if you wish to not show Quick Reply at all, or show it but have it collapsed (meaning you must expand it before using it), or just show it expanded at all times.
Show quick-moderation on Message index as. - Select whether you wish to show quick moderation boxes on the Message index next to each Topic of a Board as icons (which would disable the use of mass-moderation), checkboxes or not show them at all.