Basic Forum Features For All Members
Tagging: You can tag other members in any thread by typing @ and their name (a clickable dropdown box will appear after you start typing, which will autocomplete the name for you.) Not only does this create a nice little clickable link to their profile page, it also alerts them that they've been tagged. For example:
@electrolyte
You can also choose to be notified by email every time you're tagged. Just go to your
Contact Details and check the box that says 'Receive email when name is mentioned,' under your
Messaging Preferences.
Turning off avatars/images: If you don't want to see any avatars or images in posts, they can easily be turned off in your
Preferences. Just click your name at the top of the page and go to
Preferences. Scroll down to the
NSFW Options and there will be check boxes to hide avatars, smilies, IMG tags, and attachment thumbnails. You'll need to either add a machine name or select 'All the time' for
Machine Detection Mechanism, otherwise it won't work.
Themes: MTurk Crowd offers several different forum theme styles, so if you're not happy with the default look, you can change it. All members have access to the three basic themes (Scratch, Delta Dark, and Baisik.) Contributors and Crowd Pleaser award winners also have access to two additional themes (Quark and Antiquark.) You can change your theme by finding the theme name in the bottom left corner of any forum page and clicking on it, which will bring up a list of the themes that are available to you. It can also be changed in your
Preferences.
Sticky Navigation and User Bars: Four of the five themes on
MTurk Crowd use sticky Navigation and User bars. Those are the two bars that hang around at the top of the page when you scroll down. If you decide that you don't want to see them at all times, you can disable them in your
Preferences by unchecking 'Enable Sticky Navigation' and 'Enable Sticky Userbar' under
Style Options. Please note that this doesn't seem to work on the Delta Dark theme, but it should work fine on the Scratch, Quark, and Antiquark themes.