[Jan M]

Hi
Sorry to bother you. Am a newbie. Also work from a tablet, so that probably doesn't help.

I can't, for the life of me, find anywhere to create a signature and ticker!
Went to the Help bit, and read the instructions, but I still can't see any prompts for it. Started my Diet today, so really wanted to do this.

Also, am unable to hear or see if I have any replies to my threads.

Any advice would be welcome.
Thanks
Jan

[MsTibbles]

Hi Jan, hugs! Welcome! I LOVE your avatar.

First of all there is a 20-day waiting period before you can add a signature to your posts (i believe this was implemented because it was abused).

The good news is that doesn't mean you can't make a ticker! Just that you will have to wait a couple of weeks to add it to your signature here. Tickers are made on a separate website, there are two common options from what I can see:

http://www.tickerfactory.com/weight-loss/

or

http://lilyslim.com/

Both very similar, Lilyslim also generates charts and graphs to see your progress! You will be given a code that you can use to paste into your signature when it becomes available. Make sure you bookmark the page once you've made your ticker so that you can update it and stuff! (it will prompt you for a pin number of your choosing).

As far as replies and threads go I still struggle with this (mostly through laziness ) There are several ways you can go though. I'm not sure how it works on a tablet (I have used both the full site and the mobile site but i'm not sure which a tablet uses!) but there should be a way for you to subscribe to a thread (for me its under Thread Tools at the top of the first post). Once you are subscribed to a thread you will get updates to it through your user control panel (http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/usercp.php). You can also change a setting so that you are emailed when new replies come through (but I can't find it at the moment, give me a sec!).

I hope that helps a little, I apologise, I am still fairly noobish myself! Best of luck to you!

[BillBlueEyes]

You got good advice from MsTibbles.

In addition, you need to be registered for 20 days and have posted 20 times, per:
http://www.3fatchicks.com/forum/anno...questions.html

You'll be there in no time.

Good luck.

[Wannabehealthy]

When I originally signed up, I set it up so I would get an email every time someone replied to one of my threads. Eventually, that became too overwhelming and I stopped that. Now I just go into my profile and check my subscriptions.

[Jan M]

Hi Miss Tibbles
Thanks so much for that! It really helped. Am not on any other forums ( other than just re-joining ********), so am not very forum-savvy! Lol

I use the tablet as I would my PC, so I see it in the same layout I think...just that everything is tiny!!!!

Have used the tickerfactory before...again, on ********, but that other site might be better. The more details the better I guess! Lol

Like your one for every 5lb idea!

[Jan M]

Thanks Bill and Carol xx

....yeah, I know what you mean about getting overwhelmed with email alerts.

Could you tell me please which icon I should use to reply to an individual post? Think I've got that wrong as well!! Ahhhh!!

[teganp]

Oooh okay. I totally see. I wish the 20 post thing had been spelled out.

As of now, I'm currently trying to trash-post here and there in order to reach 20.

I'm a literal casual user.

[Michelll]

I'm glad I found this thread, thanks for the info. I was also wondering about this. This is my first real forum, so far I love the interactions.

[candid_truths]

Ohh, so posts are necessary?

I couldn't for the life of me figure out how this is supposed to work.