You can get notified whenever someone posts to a thread that you've subscribed to, but you have to allow that to happen first through you UserCP. Just click on "Edit Options" and click on your choice in the drop-down menu (A)

   

But there's a glitch in the system and by default you will now be subscribed to every thread you post in. We will change that as soon as Pat gets back from vacation, but in the meantime, you can change that on threads you don't want to subscribe to. When you are composing a post, to the bottom of that you have choices, simply choose "B" if you want to subscribe and "C" if you don't.

   

You can also subscribe/unsubscribe by click on "D" at the bottom of that specific thread.

   

Sorry for the glitch, but I've said before, we're not quite 100% yet and are fixing these glitches as they show up.

The Internet at times are very loose, folks post all sorts of stuff with no concern about the content and where it came from. There are those however, that get a bit grouchy when someone posts or uses their material without permission or in some cases, compensation. Just keep that in mind when referring to things you want others to know about or discuss that comes from other sources. If you find content on other sites such as Catholic Match or Ava Maria, chances are that it is copyright protected, that also goes for things on YouTube. If you don't have permission to use it, you are much safer just posting a link and not the content itself. If we find copies of copyright material, we are obligated to remove it unless the poster declares that they have permission to post it. Bear in mind, written material and artwork are copyrighted by default, no one has to apply, it just is that way. Post anything original on the Internet or in print and it is protected from willful use by others.

We also have to reiterate that we are not a dating site, our purpose is to keep Catholic friends that we've met elsewhere together, and to make new friends. We do not want anyone to think that we are replacing the CM forums because that's not our intent. So please don't make it appear as if we are an extension of another site. If a couple find each other here, fantastic, God is good, but that's not our goal. I'm sure they want to keep their correspondence private in those circumstances. Use our private messaging system (it is truly private) or any of the many other off-site venues available to all.

Just a little heads-up, we don't want anyone to have problems, or get Catholic Hangout on the hook for posting content or videos and stepping on people's toes in the process. We are fortunate that our software allows you to place attachments, photos and videos in your posts, but if you found them on the Internet, it's best that you post a link instead.

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My favorite Liturgical Seasons: Advent, Christmas, Lent and Easter

Hi Y’all

As Don mentioned in a sub-forum thread, you are welcome to invite any of your Catholic friends to CatholicHangout  

We've been on line for two weeks now, maybe not long enough for everyone to test the waters, but I'm curious if some of the features satisfy what everyone is looking for. Just a few examples, you have 30 minutes to edit or even delete a post compared to 0 at CM when it was up. You can add photos and attachments to your post, up to 5 per post, compared to 0 back then. There is no limit to the number of posts per day, compared to 10 at CM. Also, you can track a private message and you can see when the last time a member has been on line here. And yes, you can change your avatar photo as many times as you like without it being screened first. Just don't get too frisky...

One other noticeable difference, many forums, including CM, the admin staff would rarely participate in discussions, except to clarify some rule. One reason we have these forums is that both Joshua and I miss the participation talking and listening to what our friends had to say, so we will not be hiding behind the curtain, and will post regularly and we will not take advantage of our position. We really were lost there for a while. Oh yeah, and I hope our rules are brief, easy to understand and easy to find.

I'm just checking, are you pleased with what we've created here? Is there any feature that is difficult to use, or a feature that we could possibly implement?

Your feedback would be appreciated. We turned this around in a short time, so we may not be 100% complete just yet.

Hey Guys and Gals..

I thought i would create a fun little topic for anyone working on or needing help with their Car or Truck repair.  
It may be a way we can help each other in saving $ or just getting some good advice.  

Post what you’re working on and any Tips..  OR
Post what you need help with.  

We are as we've said, not a dating site, but we are allowing our members to take the discussions where they want, so we've opened a new forum, "Relationships" where you can discuss those kinds of experienced be it a bad date or what to do or how to do it. We've moved several threads that seem to look like they belonged there.

Big change, up to now, if you quote a post, the quote showed the same color as the new post and it was hard to differentiate between the two. Especially if the quote also contained another quote.

Well, now, quotes show with a light gray background and you can now tell which is the quote and which is the new post.

I have a question on how we show a post when it includes a quote.  Right now we allow quotes that are two deep. That is, if you "reply" to someone, it will quote the original post, if they had a quote, that will also show. Beyond a quote that shows another quote, it gets confusing. We can cut that back to a single quote in a reply if that's less confusing so let me know what you think.

One other thing, I'm use to the quote being a different color to make it easy to differentiate. I will ask Flattbear if we can make that change if possible.

We just added two new clickable functions to the header bar.

View Today's Posts - you can view all posts and threads that have been active for the past 24 hours so you can see all recent activity. Real handy when you're in a hurry.

View Unread Posts - clicking on this will bring up all threads that have posts in them that you've not read yet. Neat huh...

If you have any issues, something doesn't work or you have questions, let us know. We're almost there, but still have a few things on our punch list.