Obsessed with True Crime discussion

I've been in this group for a while but am just learning the ropes due to Shelfari closing. I have a question. At the top of this discussion it says there are 55 discussions but it only shows 5. How do you find the other 50?

Koren wrote: "I've been in this group for a while but am just learning the ropes due to Shelfari closing. I have a question. At the top of this discussion it says there are 55 discussions but it only shows 5. Ho..."

OK, never mind. I figured it out.

Please tell me too Koren! lol

I posted my first review here just a little while ago. But there is a ton of stuff I don't know how to do.

Koren, I started the process with Shelfari being transferred here and I was hoping that would include my profile picture too. I don't want to lose that one.

Rita wrote: "Koren, I started the process with Shelfari being transferred here and I was hoping that would include my profile picture too. I don't want to lose that one."

I do not think your profile picture transfers.

Rita wrote: "Please tell me too Koren! lol"

On the right side of the column it will say 'showing 5 of 36 discussions. Click on that and a complete list will pop up.

You should also be able to get all the threads by clicking "more discussions" at the bottom of the page. You can then return to the particular topic by clicking that topic in the top subject line, or return to the group's home page by clicking on the group name.

Another question: How do we add books to the group shelf?

Go to the set of options under the group name in the upper right of this page. Click on 'bookshelf'. In the upper left side, there will be a search box where you can look for books to add to the group bookshelf.

K.A. wrote: "Go to the set of options under the group name in the upper right of this page. Click on 'bookshelf'. In the upper left side, there will be a search box where you can look for books to add to the gr..."

Thanks K.A., I wasn't able to get to this.

Er...I didn't mean to overstep my bounds. Just slap me if I get out of line!

K.A. wrote: "Er...I didn't mean to overstep my bounds. Just slap me if I get out of line!"

Me? Resort to violence? Never!

**cracks knuckles**

Er, nervous habit.

K.A. wrote: "Go to the set of options under the group name in the upper right of this page. Click on 'bookshelf'. In the upper left side, there will be a search box where you can look for books to add to the gr..."

Thank Scrod there really is a group shelf! I thought all that work we did at Shelfari would be lost!

Well, I'm not sure you can transfer everything to the shelf automatically, but it can be recreated. I'm also not sure about creating sub-headings within the group shelf.

♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "K.A. wrote: "Er...I didn't mean to overstep my bounds. Just slap me if I get out of line!"

Me? Resort to violence? Never!

**cracks knuckles**

Er, nervous habit."

Yeah, that's what I said about ratcheting my handcuffs repeatedly.

K.A. wrote: "♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "K.A. wrote: "Er...I didn't mean to overstep my bounds. Just slap me if I get out of line!"

Me? Resort to violence? Never!

**cracks knuckles**

Er, nervous habit."

Yeah, that's what I said about ratcheting my handcuffs repeatedly. "

***backs away slowly***

Fishface wrote: "K.A. wrote: "Go to the set of options under the group name in the upper right of this page. Click on 'bookshelf'. In the upper left side, there will be a search box where you can look for books to ..."

Fishface, I see you are busy trying to add all the Shelfari TC group's books to Goodreads. Are you adding one by one or is there a mass export feature.

Got all my wish list books transferred to Goodreads. Now for my other shelves. On Shelfari we had a shelf for 'wish list' and one for 'planning to read'. Here it looks like its all 'want to read'. Is that correct?

You can create your own shelves for wish list, planning to read, or whatever. Want To Read is a default, but you don't have to use it.

Koren wrote: "Fishface wrote: "K.A. wrote: "Go to the set of options under the group name in the upper right of this page. Click on 'bookshelf'. In the upper left side, there will be a search box where you can l..."

Koren wrote: "Fishface wrote: "K.A. wrote: "Go to the set of options under the group name in the upper right of this page. Click on 'bookshelf'. In the upper left side, there will be a search box where you can l..."

I am frantically adding books one at a time. One list at a time, actually, as even the Manson Family list isn't THAT long.

Channel 4 closed captioning strikes again! I was watching Air Force One set down at Detroit Metro Airport while eating lunch at the diner, and the closed caption said "There on the star MacWaiting for the president to step out of the plane." That's every bit as funny as the day Charles Ramsey rescued the 3 women in Cleveland and they kept calling the kidnapper "Air Yell Castro."

Starmac! The ground upon which only the glittering novas of personality walk! Either that, or someone's thinking about lunch at a fast-food joint.

Hello everyone! Does anyone know how to get rid of the little be nice and how to do this pop up that show up when trying to post in comments or add a book to the system?

SouthWestZippy wrote: "Hello everyone! Does anyone know how to get rid of the little be nice and how to do this pop up that show up when trying to post in comments or add a book to the system?"

The rules should only pop up the first time you post a comment. I'll check the settings.

I recently went through the discussion threads and 'cleaned' them up a bit.

I locked some really old threads, deleted some that had no comments.

If you see a thread with a topic you would like to discuss and it is locked, just start a new thread.

If you want to contact me: Belleza

♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "I recently went through the discussion threads and 'cleaned' them up a bit.

I locked some really old threads, deleted some that had no comments.

If you see a thread with a topic you would like ..."

Thank you Belleza. I am still learning my way around and the clean up helped.

I was looking at the header picture for this group, and there's a book that is partially covered, the title of which reads "Eight Me Out", which I thought was a take-off on an old-fashioned obscene act until I figured out it is probably "Eight Men Out".

My boss just told me that the first concert she ever went to was David Bowie during his Ziggy Stardust phase. What a sight that must have been.

I'm going gif crazy.

I am guessing you cant 'pin' discussions to the top like you can at Shelfari. It would be nice if the author of the month discussion was at the top.

♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "I'm going gif crazy.

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How do you do that?

Koren wrote: "I am guessing you cant 'pin' discussions to the top like you can at Shelfari. It would be nice if the author of the month discussion was at the top."

It's pinned to top of the author of the month folder.

Koren wrote: "♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "I'm going gif crazy.

"

How do you do that?"

I'm special.

Bell is Pinner-in-Chief.

♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "Koren wrote: "I am guessing you cant 'pin' discussions to the top like you can at Shelfari. It would be nice if the author of the month discussion was at the top."

It's pinned to top of the author..."

But the folder cant be pinned to the top?

General discussion is always on top.

♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "General discussion is always on top."

Ah, ok. I am learning as I go.

Koren wrote: "♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "General discussion is always on top."

Ah, ok. I am learning as I go."

Sent you a message.

OK, I have been frantically adding books to folders within the TC bookshelf for this group, and I discovered I can't find the folder to open it an see what's inside. What's the trick to it, for pete's sake?

Fishface wrote: "OK, I have been frantically adding books to folders within the TC bookshelf for this group, and I discovered I can't find the folder to open it an see what's inside. What's the trick to it, for pet..."

I don't understand your question. I click on bookshelf and see all the books you've added. Not sure what you mean by 'folders'.

♥Belleza★✰ wrote: "Fishface wrote: "OK, I have been frantically adding books to folders within the TC bookshelf for this group, and I discovered I can't find the folder to open it an see what's inside. What's the tri..."

Well, when I add a book to the shelf, the little screen pops up that gives me the option to create folders -- I assume the rough equivalent of a Community List on Shelfari. So I have a Michigan Crimes folder, a JTR folder and a Moors Murders folder set up so far. But I can't finger out where the folders are listed so I can just open it and see what's in there so far.

Hmmm. The only shelves I see under the Bookshelf option are read, to read, currently reading, and all. Not sure where the other folders would be listed.

ETA: I do see that you can add books to discussion folders when you are identifying the book. So, for example, you should be able to add a book to the established Michigan Crimes discussion folder under the group's home page. However, I don't know if that will show up somewhere on that added book's page on the shelf. In order to sort that way, you most likely have to set up specific shelves like the ones listed above, which you can also do, so you can then choose one of the shelves to sort by - if that makes sense.

I understand the question now. I will attempt to explain when i get home.

Wow! I was just shopping at Amazon. It says the cheapest used copy of Fletcher's Deadly Thrills: The True Story of Chicago's Most Shocking Killers is going for almost fifty smackers. Don't get rid of your copy recklessly!!!

When i hear someone is giving away true crime books and i'm too late to get one.

Got it.

Sorry about that. I was on my phone and it didn't say it was posting.

Sorry for my language but my laptop is all forked up right now.

Fishface wrote: "Well, when I add a book to the shelf, the little screen pops up that gives me the option to create folders -- I assume the rough equivalent of a Community List on Shelfari. So I have a Michigan Crimes folder, a JTR folder and a Moors Murders folder set up so far. But I can't finger out where the folders are listed so I can just open it and see what's in there so far. "

Short answer is it's not. It creates a folder in the discussions. Then the folder sits there invisibly until someone posts in it. I don't know where the book goes.

Not sure if that explains it and I'm sorry it took me so long to get to this. Any more questions just ask!