An overview of the forum thread screen

[DouglasPhillips]

A few questions have arisen lately as to what they are looking at and where certain features are, so here is a brief overview:

When viewing a thread, you will see at the top of the postings a menu:

* Linkback: gives you tools for having a link to the specific thread to post on another website.
* Thread tools: gives you a "printable" version of the thread, allows you to email the thread to someone, subscribe to or unsubscribe from (receive notification when the thread is modified) the thread, and a few additional options for forum administrators.
* Search this thread: Self-explanatory
* Rate thread: Self-explanatory
* Display modes: This allows you to view the thread in several modes. Experiment with these to see what you like!

Additionally, when looking at a particular posting, you see the following:
* Date: This is the date when the posting was submitted.
* #(1,2,etc.): This is the posting number in the order that they were submitted.
* Permalink: This is a permanent link to this specific post that you can bookmark or post on another website. Useful if you are viewing a multi-page thread and want to go back to a specific posting (say on page 15) without having to hunt for it.

Hopefully this will be helpful to new visitors to the site.