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Envelope icons
I'm fairly new to the forums (as you can clearly see), and was wondering what the different envelope icons mean.
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Do you mean the emoticons?        ?
Or if you want actual envelope icons...
Could you clarify the question or am I just missing something?
*facepalm* Ohh... those envelope icons.
[Edited on 2-2-2014 by Pinkhippo11]
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<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4"
width="100%"><tr><td align="left" class="category"><font color="#FFFFFF"><strong>Key:
</strong></font></td></tr><tr class="tablerow" bgcolor="#fffbe8"><td align="left" valign="top"><img
src="images/xpblue/red_folder.gif" alt="Red Folder" /> = New posts in this forum since last active<br /><img
src="images/xpblue/folder.gif" alt="Normal Folder" /> = No new posts in this forum since last
active</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<img src="images/xpblue/red_folder.gif" alt="Red Folder" /> An open topic with new posts ( <img src="images/xpblue/hot_red_folder.gif"
alt="Hot Red Folder" /> more than 15 replies )
<img src="images/xpblue/folder.gif" alt="Folder" /> An open topic ( <img src="images/xpblue/hot_folder.gif" alt="Hot Folder" /> more than
15 replies )
<img src="images/xpblue/lock_folder.gif" alt="Closed Topic" /> A closed topic
[Edited on 2.2.14 by bfesser]
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Quote: Originally posted by bfesser  | <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td bgcolor="#000000"><table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4"
width="100%"><tr><td align="left" class="category"><font color="#FFFFFF"><strong>Key:
</strong></font></td></tr><tr class="tablerow" bgcolor="#fffbe8"><td align="left" valign="top"><img
src="images/xpblue/red_folder.gif" alt="Red Folder" /> = New posts in this forum since last active<br /><img
src="images/xpblue/folder.gif" alt="Normal Folder" /> = No new posts in this forum since last
active</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
<img src="images/xpblue/red_folder.gif" alt="Red Folder" /> An open topic with new posts ( <img src="images/xpblue/hot_red_folder.gif"
alt="Hot Red Folder" /> more than 15 replies )
<img src="images/xpblue/folder.gif" alt="Folder" /> An open topic ( <img src="images/xpblue/hot_folder.gif" alt="Hot Folder" /> more than
15 replies )
<img src="images/xpblue/lock_folder.gif" alt="Closed Topic" /> A closed topic
[Edited on 2.2.14 by bfesser] |
Thank you.
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When a topic has a new post after you've posted in it, there's either a Windows XP documents folder icon or an orange envelope icon. What causes that?
At the end of the day, simulating atoms doesn't beat working with the real things...
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I don't know. Take and post a screenshot next time you see it.
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Done.
[edit] How did you make the key box in the green outline? BBCode?
[Edited on 3-2-2014 by Brain&Force]
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I have never had that happen to me.
Strange.
When the police come
\( * O * )/ ̿̿ ̿̿ ̿'̿'̵͇̿̿з=༼ ▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿ ̿ ༽
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Interesting. I had noticed the bright orange envelope icon before, but not the folder one. I'll look into it.
I almost always use HTML in my posts, they're often more markup than text. In that case, I copied and modified a snippet of the page source served up
by the site.
[edit] Best guess: subscription & favorite icons
<img src="images/xpblue/dot_hot_red_folder.gif" /> <img src="images/xpblue/dot_red_folder.gif" />
[Edited on 16.2.14 by bfesser]
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jock88
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And this one?
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Arrrrggh, the dreaded black spot of judgement. A nasty one indeed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Spot_(Treasure_Island)
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It's not a subscription icon as far as I know - I get that for threads I'm not subscribed to.
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I'm pretty sure the dot folder is for when you have posted in that thread. I have only noticed it when I have posted in a thread, although not all
threads that I have posted in receive that icon
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Some threads I have posted in show the orange envelope icon as well. Actually I'm not subscribed to any threads at all (confused with favorites).
[Edited on 18.2.2014 by Brain&Force]
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Maybe folder is when they comment on your post?
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Let's try it. Did you see one of those icons?
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Update: This thread now has that dot folder icon, and nobody has commented on my post. I'm pretty sure the icon is there just because you have posted
in the thread.
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Not sure if this is happening to anyone else, but for me, for the past couple months, the envelope icons have been all screwed up. Now they won't
change to the read version from the not read version immediately after looking at them, it takes an hour or so, in which time there are usually new
replies. It's not a huge deal, but I find it really confusing and annoying.
For example, all of the topics in this picture are supposed to be shown as read (light blue envelope), but a lot of them aren't.
Same thing happens on the main page, with the icons for the subforums. It wasn't like this a couple months ago. Has anyone else noticed this?
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Yep, same thing's happening with me. It's especially weird when, after I reply to a thread, the envelope turns orange - the color of "someone has
replied to a thread you participated in." Apparently that someone was me! I kind of don't pay attention to the icons any more because of all this. It
would be nice to be fixed though!
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| Quote: Originally posted by MrHomeScientist | | Yep, same thing's happening with me. It's especially weird when, after I reply to a thread, the envelope turns orange - the color of "someone has
replied to a thread you participated in." Apparently that someone was me! I kind of don't pay attention to the icons any more because of all this. It
would be nice to be fixed though! |
Yep, that happens to me too. I too don't pay much attention to them
anymore, although I used to find them quite useful.
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