Using The Forums - Advanced Features

What is the Aggregated view?

Certain areas of the forums have an Aggregated view available. When Aggregated view is enabled, a list of threads from the current forum and all the sub forums will be displayed. In this way, you can see an 'aggregation' of all the threads in this section of the forums.

You can manage your settings for what forums are aggregated via your control panel at https://www.mgevs.com/account/forum-aggregation

What are Wiki posts?

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How do I make bargains automatically expire? What are expiring prefixes?

See this thread for information about expiring bargains.
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What are macros?

Macros are templates used to paste predefined text in to messages.
They are available to the higher tier members. (See membership information.)
Macros are created via the link in your account.
Use the lightning symbol in the message editor to enable selection of a appropriate macro.
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How do I disable the automatically created links in my posts (Skimwords)?

We use Skimwords to help generate income to keep MGEVs running. It adds links (to retailers) to certain limited words in posts. It's easy to identify Skimwords links because they are green in colour.
If Skimwords is creating an unwanted link in your post, you can disable it by adding the noskim bbcode around the text.
For example:
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[noskim]This is some text I do not want Skimlinks or Skimwords to create a link in.[/noskim]

How do I change the appearance (style) of the forums? Is there a dark mode?

There are two appearances - known as themes - which can be chosen when using MGEVs.
When you fist visit, the default style is Light Mode. This is dark text on a light background.
You have the option of choosing to change the style to Dark Mode, which is light text on a dark background. Some people find this style easier to use when it is dark.

You can change the style by clicking on the Theme: option near the bottom left of the footer of every MGEVs page. This will open a pop-up Style chooser with available styles. Click a style to enable it.

Premium members also have the MG Red theme available.
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