# Discourse tips and tricks **URL:** http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discourse-tips-and-tricks/1438 **Category:** Website **Created:** [March 12, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discourse-tips-and-tricks/1438 "2015-03-12T18:51:52Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![Chris](http://forum.driveonwood.com/user_avatar/forum.driveonwood.com/chris/32/56161_2.png) [@Chris](http://forum.driveonwood.com/u/Chris) #### Post date: [March 12, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discourse-tips-and-tricks/1438/2 "2015-03-12T18:52:20Z")
Now let’s talk about reading the forum. You have much more control than the old site, because you can watch everything, nothing, or anywhere in between. Here’s how it works. - **Default behavior** is to watch only the topics you’ve read for 4 minutes, or replied to. These are “Tracked”. You’ll see “new” or a blue dot with a number, every time there’s a post in a Tracked topic or category. - You can choose which ones are **Tracked** in your User Preferences (see above). Here’s the list if you want everything: WK Projects, What Not To Do, Wood Chunkers, Woodgas Farming, Ask Wayne, Woodgas Science, Lounge, Beta, For Sale, Events, Fab Shop, General Discussion, History, Off Topic, Projects, Charcoal Gasification, Premium, Small Engines, Meta Put some or all of those in your Tracking list. It will auto complete the names for you, so just begin typing and hit Tab to start the next one. - Conversely, you can Mute certain categories or topics. For categories, do the same as above, in the **Muted** list. - Individual topics can be **Watched, Tracked, Normal, or Muted**. This overrides the category selection. This control is at the bottom of the topic. Fastest way to get there is the “End” key on your keyboard (sorry mobile users, keep scrolling). - You can bookmark a really good post by clicking the three dots [**. . .**] under a post, then the bookmark icon. You’ll find a list of all your bookmarks by clicking your picture at top right, and click **Bookmarks**. After you create your first bookmark, the icon will be visible without clicking the dots. --- _[View the full topic](http://forum.driveonwood.com/t/discourse-tips-and-tricks/1438)._