Navigating Around AboveTopSecret

Now let's have a look at navigating aroung the Home Pages, the Forum Pages, and the Thread Pages.

Getting around AboveTopSecret is pretty well marked out, but we'll go over it anyway here so that everything is clear on what your options are in each of the three sections I mentioned above.

Home Pages

On all the home pages for AboveTopSecret (ATS), BelowTopSecret (BTS), or Politics@AboveTopSecret (PTS) you'll find all kinds of details about the site. First you've got information on the forums.On all the home pages for AboveTopSecret (ATS), BelowTopSecret (BTS), or Politics@AboveTopSecret (PTS) you'll find all kinds of details about the site. First you've got information on the forums.

Each forum is represented by an icon and shown in groups. The screenshot above is the Conspiracy Theory group. By placing your mouse over an icon, you'll get more information about that forum.

Each section has links for the RSS feeds for each of the forums. You can use any RSS aggregator to get these feeds and kep current on your favorite topics. At the bottom of each section are even more options to group recently active threads from each section, group the 20 most popular threads, group the most popular threads, and so on.

Forum Pages

In each forum, it's good to take note of the "breadcrumbs" on the upper left side of the page. In the screenshot below it's » Aliens & UFOs and these crumbs will grow as you continue to browse, always allowing you links back the way you came.

At the top are also links to group the recently active threads, group the 20 newest threads, group popular threads, and create a new thread. You'll also see a set of numbers allowing navigation through the forum pages.

*Nav Tip - Did you know that the small "a" or "d" next to Subject or Author allows you to sort all the posts in alphabetical ascending or descending order?

You can click on any thread title or the page numbers next to the title to access the thread. If you want to jump right to the end then click that last post link for fast access.

Thread Pages

Again note the "breadcrumbs" on the upper left side of the page. There are more links to group the recently active threads, group the 20 newest threads, group popular threads, and view myRecent (threads with new posts from your favorite forums).

Also available are links to add the thread to your favorites, subscribe to this thread, email this thread to a friend, create a new thread in this forum, or post a reply to this thread.

The numbers at the top allow you to jump to any page you wish in threads that are longer then one page.

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