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by rob miners 1 view

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where is it? New Site but cant find it.

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by sgt_shultz

guess they were too busy with the gee-whiz designing to see if they have it working. looks like the left the link out of the home page. i found it by going to the Leave Feedback link at the bottom of Home. At the bottom of *that* page is a link to Technical Q & A in the footer there. sheesh.

by nicknielsen

Go to the Forums page. At the top is a split button: Start a Discussion | Ask a Question.

Click the right side of this button. Step 1 in the succeeding screen appears with Question (I want a specific answer) preselected.

Of course, if you were looking for the old posts, you've already found them...

by thechas

To ask a Question, just click on Forums and Ask a Questions.

To view a list of new questions,

start in Forums,

Click on the "New Threads" tab,

Scroll down and click on "View All"

Then, near the upper right on the page, select the filter option "Questions"

Or, if you want to see just new discussions, click the "Discussion" option.

Chas

by hal 9000

When I click on the [b]New Threads[/b] I get a blank page with nothing other than the adds.

I don't even see any of the Spam there that's hit the place so quickly after the change.

Maybe it's just a bug at the moment that needs working out we'll see.

Col

by blackcurrant

Is there any way we can view new questions by type as we used to? And, can we be given the option to view all posts in a question thread, rather than this unfriendly list.

Some answers often relate to previous answers to the question, and not being able to see all the answers means a lot of unneeded switching back and forth between the replies. Infuriating.

by nicknielsen

This link will provide only the new questions: https://www.techrepublic.com.com/5202-6230-0.html?filter=2

Until (unless) they get it fixed, if you want to view all posts in a question thread, select the Print this Thread link. This will open a new tab/window with all posts in a printable format.

[plug shameless]There are other tips and suggestions in this thread: http://tinyurl.com/maprb. [/plug]

Actually, many of the new and hot discussions have other tips for navigating the new layout.

by blackcurrant

you still have to go back to the original link, open it, then reply. I use I.E.7 RC1, so using different tabs is not really a problem.

It would be so much easier, however, if all the replies were visible in the first place.

Maybe it's me, but I have never understood the benefits of not being able to see all the replies to a discussion or question. The titles often cannot convey the content of a reply.

Please, can we have the more user-friendly view back?

by hal 9000

Actually the very first post to the new Site resulted in a [b]Page Not Found[/b] result and when I got back into the site I found that it had posted the one item twice.

Luckily I had got in first and said that I didn't break it. :D

Must just be me at the moment as I don't see that Link Chas when I try your directions. I'm still getting a blank page but I'm sure that the bugs will all be sorted in a short time.

Col

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