There have been some people asking how the Private Topic feature works. Mockingbird graciously posted a tutorial, but here's what I learned from a trial thread I posted:
First you click on the Private Topics Category.
Then select New Topic
A screen will come up with KEYWORD___________ [search] at the top
A box labeled: Selected Users is below that to the left & a box labeled: Available Users is below that to the right.
Then you need to determine who you would like to be included in the thread & type their name in the keyword blank, then click Search.
You will then see their name appear in the Available Users box, you click on their name, hit the < key & it is then moved to the Selected Users box. You can also just put a single letter in the Keyword box and hit Search & everyone that has sign-on names with that letter should pop up in the Available Users box.
Example: Put the letter A in the Keyword box and eveyone from Aaron to Aztec should come up in the Available Users box. I then select which names I would like to include and then select another letter to search.
Let me tell ya right now, there are a bazillion user names out there, most of them I had never heard of! So after approx letter B, I just went off of memory & added names I could remember.
Then, after you've selected everyone, you create your topic & when you post it, from what I understand, the people on your list "get invited" via an email message to your thread and a link to the thread is provided in the email.
That's all I know so far and hopefully I didn't interpret too many details incorrectly. If I did, please feel free to let me know.
One question I had was...
I wonder if only the people "invited" can view the topic?
First you click on the Private Topics Category.
Then select New Topic
A screen will come up with KEYWORD___________ [search] at the top
A box labeled: Selected Users is below that to the left & a box labeled: Available Users is below that to the right.
Then you need to determine who you would like to be included in the thread & type their name in the keyword blank, then click Search.
You will then see their name appear in the Available Users box, you click on their name, hit the < key & it is then moved to the Selected Users box. You can also just put a single letter in the Keyword box and hit Search & everyone that has sign-on names with that letter should pop up in the Available Users box.
Example: Put the letter A in the Keyword box and eveyone from Aaron to Aztec should come up in the Available Users box. I then select which names I would like to include and then select another letter to search.
Let me tell ya right now, there are a bazillion user names out there, most of them I had never heard of! So after approx letter B, I just went off of memory & added names I could remember.
Then, after you've selected everyone, you create your topic & when you post it, from what I understand, the people on your list "get invited" via an email message to your thread and a link to the thread is provided in the email.
That's all I know so far and hopefully I didn't interpret too many details incorrectly. If I did, please feel free to let me know.
One question I had was...
I wonder if only the people "invited" can view the topic?