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What are the symbols?

  • 09-04-2018 06:06AM
    #1
    GM228
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,917 ✭✭✭


    Purely out of curiousity, but what do the symbols on a forum mean that appear between the "new posts" etc column and thread title column (i.e the second column), for example the blue question mark or the newsletter symbol or the yellow exclamation etc.

    I have seen all the other types of symbols explained but not these, how are they assigned etc.


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  • #2
    Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Employee, Boards Employee 2, Boards Employee 3 Posts: 12,597 ✭✭✭✭✭Boards.ie: Niamh
    Boards.ie Community Manager


    These are just optional symbols that a poster can add to a new thread when they are posting it, for example you might choose the blue question mark icon5.png if asking a question or looking for opnions on something or the lightbulb icon3.png if posting a new idea, etc.

    When using the legacy site, you will see them below the text box:

    447721.png

    How can I? User's guide to some features on the new site



  • #3
    GM228
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,917 ✭✭✭GM228


    Thanks Niamh, and to think after several years of using Boards I never copped that :)


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