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    Navigation And How The Pitmaster Club Forum Is Structured

    First, some jargon:

    Channels. The first page of The Pit is called the Channels Page. It contains a list of about 20 main topics such as "Announcements And Great Giveaway Winners" or "Food: Recipes, Techniques, Show Us What You're Cooking".

    Sub-Channels. If you click on the red bar with yellow type it will open up a list of "Sub-Channels" or "Topics". Sub Channels can be "Pork" or Beef" etc.

    Topics. These are conversations or discussionsmade of individual Posts within a Sub-Channel. Posts are where a member writes something on the topic. Each topic starts out as a single post and grows as replies and comments are added by different members, and these conversations collectively are often called Threads.

    Filter. You can change the order of viewing threads. Simply click on Filter menu at the top of the topic list. The Filter menu will provide you with the options you need to sort the current page.

    Sticky topics are topics determined to be important by moderators or administrators. They are listed at the top of the topic list and remain stuck to the top of the listing, even if they haven't had any posts recently. Their purpose is to keep important information visible and accessible at all times, even if there hasn't been recent activity in that topic.

    Featured Posts are topics that mods or admin feel are unique, exciting, or otherwise important enough to feature. Most often this is new content here or on AmazingRibs.com, such as sneak peeks at new recipes and reviews, the latest PitCast, etc. Featured Posts will appear in a slideshow marquee at the very top of the Channels Page.

    Multi page topics. When there are a lot of posts you may see the Page box after the last post on a page. It contains page numbers of subsequent ages on the topic.


    Recent Posts. Most members log in and click on the Recent Posts tab. This shows you the last 24 hours of conversations (or 7 days, 30 days, etc) in descending order, most recent at the top, regardless of which channel they're in. You might say it's the list of the hot conversations of the day. For many, this can be the most convenient way of exploring the Pitmaster CLub forum, as it aggregates all recent activity in one place.

    Where You Left Off. While viewing topics in any channel, members will see a small blue icon immediately to the left of a topic's title in the case of unread topics, as shown by the red arrow below. Clicking this icon will take you to the first unread item in the topic (in other words, where you last left off).


    To skip ahead and see the most recent (latest) post in any topic, click the blue icon on the far right, as shown here. The member who made the last post, and when, is shown on the right side.

    Clicking the title itself will open the topic at the first item. Each entry in the list also shows the following information:
    • The topic title
    • A read / unread icon that indicates whether the topic contains content you have read or not
    • A small icon that links directly to the first unread item in the topic, as mentioned above (if the topic contains unread content)
    • Name of person who started the topic
    • Date and time the topic was started
    • Any prefix associated with the topic. Clicking on the prefix will show you other topics with this prefix
    • Total number of posts in the topic
    • Total number of likes within the topic
    • Name and avatar of the last person to post to the topic
    • Date and time of the last post to the topic.
    Additionally, at the top of the list of topics, there are two filters that enable the viewer to sort the results according to their preferences.

    Have I Been Here Before? To see at a quick glance if you've read a topic, commented in a topic already, if a topic has new posts that you haven't read yet, or if a topic is completely unread by you, there are some color-coded clues!

    Bold titles means there's unread content in that topic.
    • A bold blue title means you have not opened that topic, therefore it is all unread by you.
    • A bold red title means you've read it previously, but there's new posts inside that you haven't read yet.
    • A red regular font title means you've read it and there's nothing new.
    • A paper icon with a green arrow on it means you've commented somewhere in that topic already.

    If you have questions about how the Pitmaster Club works, click here to go to the Help channel which has answers to Frequently Asked Questions.
    Last edited by Meathead; November 9, 2020, 01:46 PM.

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