Tips and Tricks for using Sharetrader.co.nz

I thought we could have a place for sharing the 'tips and tricks' for using Sharetrader.co.nz If you have a gem of a tip or trick, post it here.

Tired of scrolling down the list of posts to see the newest at the bottom (the default)? You can display the newest post on the thread at the Top.

Just click on 'Settings' (top of screen), select 'General settings' and scroll down to here 'Thread display mode'. Select 'Linear-Newest First'.

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There's no need to scroll through the threads to find new posts, just click on the 'New Posts' button. Voila, a list of newest to oldest unread posts appears. Brilliant.

This is one of my favourites, hiding in plain sight you can view all of any users posts on any thread in a list without anyone else's posts. This is great if you follow a certain poster and are interested only in what they are saying without the noise of other replies.

1.Go to a thread and hover your mouse over the number under 'replies' - you'll see how many replies you've made to that thread.
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2. Then, click on that number of replies, it brings up a list of all posters on the thread with the highest number of posts at the top. (see whose got the most to say, lol).
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3. Then for the posters you're interested in, go the right and click on the 'number' of their posts. Voila, a list of everything they've posted on the thread, and no one else.
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Originally Posted by Baa_Baa

This is one of my favourites, hiding in plain sight....

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That is a new one for me !

There's no need to just click on a thread, when you can go to the Last post on the thread, or even better still go to the First Unread (new) post on the thread. I use the first unread every time I visit a thread, it's like picking up from where you left off last time.

To go to the Last post on the thread, click the little square button by the username.
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To go to the First Unread (new) post, click on the other little round button beside the thread title.
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There's a heap of useful stuff in your Settings, everything from auto-subscribe to a thread, email notifications, hide while online, show or not your reputation, and many others.

It's simple, just click on 'Settings' at the top of the page, then 'General Settings' and run through them making your preferred selections.
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This is a good one if you've read everything you want to but there's a heap of posts you haven't read which will keep coming up in your list of 'Unread posts' (see previous view unread posts).

Simple, it's right there on the menu bar, when you've read everything you want to, click 'Forum Actions' and select 'Mark Forums Read'. Bingo, all unread posts are marked as read and won't show up in your unread posts list next time.

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Have you ever bothered to read the Terms and Conditions of posting on Sharetrader? Sometimes things get ugly around here, people say things they might not have if they knew what's permitted or not and what legal protections the publisher has to protect members and themselves.

https://www.tarawera.co.nz/terms.html is worth a read, it's not that onerous.

Ever wondered who has the highest reputation, who's posted the most, when they last posted or how long they've been a member?

Easy, just click on 'Community', then 'Member List',

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But the cool thing is clicking on the column headings to sort up or down the lists. i.e. who's got the most posts, click on the 'posts' column. Who's got the reputation, click on the reputation column, etc.
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Reputation is everything, over time you'll see some members post a lot but strangely it doesn't hit the mark with others and they have dismal reputation, whereas other posts a lot less and have a lot of reputation. Sometimes posters will really upset you, and that can be reported.

It's simple, if you 'like' what someone posts, give them reputation by clicking this little button at the bottom of every post. Reputation is something other members can give, or take. You can also give negative reputation but that is a bit controversial with some and you'll likely get some blow-back, albeit a valid feedback.

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Conversely, if you're upset or really offended by a post, for reasons that are probably contrary to the Sharetrader T&C's, click this little button at the bottom of every post to 'Report' the post so that the moderators know about it. It's simple as well, and write why you're upset with the post.

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Edit: Ok, those screenshots are a bit confusing, the STAR is reputation, and the TRIANGLE is report a post.

Don't confuse the members 'User title' with their reputation. Did you know that;

1. the user title is like, Advanced Member, Guru, Legend etc, but it has nothing to do with trading or investing experience, it's just a link to how many posts a member makes. So make a few thousand posts and you can be a Guru or a Legend as well. (note: Off Market posts don't count towards your total post-count, or therefore your 'title')

2. the user title can be changed, just go to 'Settings' and 'Edit Profile' and you can type whatever 'User title' you like. I like Membaa, but I'm actually a Guru because I have a few thousands posts .. apparently, LOL.

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Reputation is everything, user titles are nothing much.

Great thread Baa Baa - A few new ones for me

How about when you want to reply to a post with the "reply with quote" but, you only want to quote a portion of the posters entire quote ?
Does this make me a slow learner. I've only been here since 2003 !

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Originally Posted by ynot

How about when you want to reply to a post with the "reply with quote" but, you only want to quote a portion of the posters entire quote ?

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Once the full quoted post shows up, as you describe, you can manually edit the quoted post deleting the information that you do not wish to reply to, while leaving the text you do want to reply to. (In this example, I simply erased the last line of the post I was) replying to

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Originally Posted by Snoopy

Once the full quoted post shows up, as you describe, you can manually edit the quoted post deleting the information that you do not wish to reply to, while leaving the text you do want to reply to. (In this example, I simply erased the last line of the post I was) replying to

SNOOPY

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Thanks, that is what I have been doing but thought there must be an easier way.

So who can show us how to use Multi Quote and what it's for?

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Originally Posted by Baa_Baa

So who can show us how to use Multi Quote and what it's for?

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'Multi quote' can be used when you want to reply to more than one other post, in a single post of yours.

As an example, if I want to reply to two posts in a single reply post, I find the older post first and click the 'multiquote' option (the quote sign with the plus symbol next to it). Then I go to the newer post and hit 'Reply with quote' as in a normal reply. What appears in the post I am creating is:

1/ All the text from the post I flagged as a multi-quote.
2/ All the text from the post on which I clicked 'Reply to quote'.

Both appear as separate quoted text boxes. I then add my own reply text, and post my message as normal once finished.

Be warned that after you post your reply, the post that you 'multi-quoted' still has the 'multi-quote' check mark attached to it. If you don't want to re-quote that first message again on the same thread when you quote your next reply -to an entirely different post on that same thread-, then you have to go and manually uncheck the multi-quoted post. Alternatively you can simply close down your browser and reopen it again. Previously multiquoted posts are 'forgotten' if you do that.

SNOOPY

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Originally Posted by Baa_Baa

So who can show us how to use Multi Quote and what it's for?

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Originally Posted by Snoopy

'Multi quote' can be used when you want to reply to more than one other post, in a single post of yours.

As an example, if I want to reply to two posts in a single reply post, I find the older post first and click the 'multiquote' option (the quote sign with the plus symbol next to it). Then I go to the newer post and hit 'Reply with quote' as in a normal reply. What appears in the post I am creating is:

1/ All the text from the post I flagged as a multi-quote.
2/ All the text from the post on which I clicked 'Reply to quote'.

Both appear as separate quoted text boxes. I then add my own reply text, and post my message as normal once finished.

Be warned that after you post your reply, the post that you 'multi-quoted' still has the 'multi-quote' check mark attached to it. If you don't want to re-quote that first message again on the same thread when you quote your next reply -to an entirely different post on that same thread-, then you have to go and manually uncheck the multi-quoted post. Alternatively you can simply close down your browser and reopen it again. Previously multiquoted posts are 'forgotten' if you do that.

SNOOPY

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Brilliant, thanks @Snoopy :)

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Originally Posted by Snoopy

'Multi quote' can be used when you want to reply to more than one other post, in a single post of yours.

As an example, if I want to reply to two posts in a single reply post, I find the older post first and click the 'multiquote' option (the quote sign with the plus symbol next to it). Then I go to the newer post and hit 'Reply with quote' as in a normal reply. What appears in the post I am creating is:

1/ All the text from the post I flagged as a multi-quote.
2/ All the text from the post on which I clicked 'Reply to quote'.

Both appear as separate quoted text boxes. I then add my own reply text, and post my message as normal once finished.

Be warned that after you post your reply, the post that you 'multi-quoted' still has the 'multi-quote' check mark attached to it. If you don't want to re-quote that first message again on the same thread when you quote your next reply -to an entirely different post on that same thread-, then you have to go and manually uncheck the multi-quoted post. Alternatively you can simply close down your browser and reopen it again. Previously multiquoted posts are 'forgotten' if you do that.

SNOOPY

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Much appreciated. I had never figured this one out !!

Just wondering if there was a way to find old posts. I try the search box but this usually just lists a lot of threads without showing individual posts.

Is there a way to find specific old posts rather than the whole thread?

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Originally Posted by Aaron

Just wondering if there was a way to find old posts. I try the search box but this usually just lists a lot of threads without showing individual posts.

Is there a way to find specific old posts rather than the whole thread?

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Have you used the 'Advanced Search'?

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Originally Posted by Baa_Baa

Have you used the 'Advanced Search'?

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Yep and it drastically reduces the number of threads but I still need to wade through the threads to find the specific post?

Any way to refine this further.

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Originally Posted by Aaron

Just wondering if there was a way to find old posts. I try the search box but this usually just lists a lot of threads without showing individual posts.

Is there a way to find specific old posts rather than the whole thread?

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You can 'search a forum'. That will produce a list of thread topics. You can then select any individual thread from that list and and refine your search by using the 'search a thread' function. That second search will give you a series individual posts within a thread. Is that what you are after?

Another trick I use, if I am looking for a post in relation to a particular stock exchange announcement, is to pin down the exact date of that announcement, using the news section of 'Stocknessmonster.com'. Then because each post in 'Sharetrader' is dated, I go back manually to match the date stamp and read the posts from that point.

SNOOPY

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Originally Posted by Snoopy

You can 'search a forum'. That will produce a list of thread topics. You can then select any individual thread from that list and and refine your search by using the 'search a thread' function. That second search will give you a series individual posts within a thread. Is that what you are after?

Another trick I use, if I am looking for a post in relation to a particular stock exchange announcement, is to pin down the exact date of that announcement, using the news section of 'Stocknessmonster.com'. Then because each post in 'Sharetrader' is dated, I go back manually to match the date stamp and read the posts from that point.

SNOOPY

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Thanks Snoopy

Now that you have pointed it out I see the "search a thread" option which is what I was after all along.

Many thanks.

Everyone must be wondering what I am on about.

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Originally Posted by Baa_Baa

This is one of my favourites, hiding in plain sight you can view all of any users posts on any thread in a list without anyone else's posts. This is great if you follow a certain poster and are interested only in what they are saying without the noise of other replies.

1.Go to a thread and hover your mouse over the number under 'replies' - you'll see how many replies you've made to that thread.
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2. Then, click on that number of replies, it brings up a list of all posters on the thread with the highest number of posts at the top. (see whose got the most to say, lol).
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3. Then for the posters you're interested in, go the right and click on the 'number' of their posts. Voila, a list of everything they've posted on the thread, and no one else.
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There have been one or two tweaks to the forum management software since this thread emerged. What BaaBaa says above still works but there is now another way to do the same thing.

1/ Go to the thread you are interested in and open it.
2/ Hover over the 'Search Thread' option in the grey rectangular box, immediately below the thread header.
3/ Click 'Advanced Search'. A different page will come up with all sorts of search options. Ignore them all except for the box that says 'User Name'.
4/ Put the name of the poster from who you want to to list all of their posts on their thread in the 'User name' box.
5/ Hit the 'Search Now' button in the bottom right hand corner of the 'Search for Posts' box.

This will bring up a list of all posts on that thread, in chronological order, of the author you have selected. The box says it is finding the 'latest posts by user', but my experience is that it now finds all of them. Before the search was restricted to a maximum report size IIRC of six pages of posts. But now it seems that limit has been removed.

SNOOPY