HELP!!! I clicked on a topic from a google search and now my screen shows a topic and a mere list of replies. I KNOW this has been discussed more than a couple of times, but it's not in the FAQs and I haven't the slightest idea how to find the answer ..................

TIA, The Cap'n

Options button. On my screen its on the upper right of the post.

Select the "options" drop down on the right and switch to your preferred viewing style.

The options drop down button is on the same line as the title of the post. It is directly above the word "Post #1". Then you should choose STANDARD.... just a guess.

It feels good to have a hand in HELPING the Cap'n. Help is so rarely is requested.

Thanks, guys! I feel sooooo dumb! On second thopught, it may just be oldtimers' disease. I really think this should be in the FAQs.

The Cap'n

First link/topic in the nailed(!) thread in the garage with the title "Need Help? FAQ, Rules, Tech Articles, it's all here!, Links to all the important parts of the 914world site"

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=94568

Not sure how much more obvious i can make it, but i'm open to your oldtimers suggestions ...

Seems weird that coming in from Google, or anyplace else, would allow that user settings to be changed....

Can those settings be fixed, I mean fixed, like held in place, or even hard coded?

Google links will often be in "outline" mode which is a setting that is passed on using a url parameter.

When you click on such a link from Google, the forum software interprets this as if you switch from normal mode to outline mode yourself.

I'd have to dig into the forum software to see if there is a fix for that ...