The FoMoCo Tech Forums
Control Panel
These options allow you to alter the forum's "look"; each is described at page-bottom. Set your browser to accept cookies or the changes will be lost! Our "cookie" is a record of your preferences, stored on your computer. Our system looks for that file, every time you visit.

After making your selections, click Submit. However, depending on your browser's cache settings, you might need to reload ("refresh") before the changes take effect - see the browser's Help file for more info. When ready, return to the forum's mainpage by clicking the Home button.
Top-level posts per page
Thread sorting order
Show posts from the
Font size Relative size of most letters & numbers on the page. Default is Medium.
Top-levels per page Each thread - the new topic for discussion - begins with a top-level post.
How many of these would you like to see, per page? Default is 20.
Collapse or Thread Collapsed ("flat") view shows top-level posts, only, while Threaded view expands to reveal the responses, too. Default is Threaded.
Wrapped
or Open
When creating a post, message text goes into a 'box' on the input form. Wrapped text will conform to the size-limits of this box. Open text won't conform and continues in a single, horizontal line. Default is Wrap.
Sorting Order Arrange the page in order of the most recent top-level posts, or the most recent responses. Default is Recent.
Show Posts for Each forum contains several thousand posts. Choose how many you'll access, per session. If you have a slow dial-up connection, think small. Default is 1 week.