What do all the envelopes and colours mean to the side of each Topic, Thread etc...

[Mickey92]

Hi All,

I sometimes am a bit confused at what everything to the side of the threads and posts mean... For instance, what does an orange letter compared to a blue letter mean, opened and sealed letters if you get me?

And, an orange small display board by a thread or topic compared to a blue one.. the various arrows and everything else

Hope someone can explain further!

Thanks,
Tristan

 

[Monty]

If the envelope is open, the thread has new posts that you haven't read. If it's closed, you've read everything in the thread.

I can't entirely be sure about the colours, I'm colour-blind, but I'm thinking it's a coding of what permissions you have when posting in the thread/forum [certain forums won't allow images others will, same for html, etc, there's a box at the bottom of the page that indicates which are 'on' and which are 'off'].

Orange boards vs. blue boards shows forums that have un-read threads.

The arrow on a thread means you've replied to the thread. An arrow on a forum means it forwards you to a non-forum page [news or information that you can't reply to or comment on].