We're committed to continually expanding and developing our new community forums, but we also know many people have been asking about many of the new features and how to effectively use all of the options given to you as a regular community member. In this thread, we explain many of those features and settings and how to utilize them. This thread will be continually updated over time.
There are several different ways to receive notifications in the community forums, and they can all be set through your Community Settings. This section contains information on Subscriptions, Notifications, Post History, Private Messages, and where to access them.
Select your profile picture on the top right and then select Community Settings.
From there, you will be taken to the Settings section, with options to modify Personal Information, Preferences, Avatars, Macros, and Subscriptions & Notifications. Select Subscriptions & Notifications.
In this area you will see many settings already checked off or set to default. To change any Email Notifications, select Notification Settings and review the Notify me of section to choose when you would like to receive an email notification for any replies, posts, responses, likes and several other related to posts you create or subscribe to.
If you want to be automatically subscribed to all posts you participate in, you can set that option under General Settings.
Notifications Alerts
Once you configure your General Settings and Email Notifications, you might be wondering where you can see these notifications on the forums themselves. On your profile picture on the top right corner, you'll see a circle with a number in it to indicate how many notifications you have received and not yet reviewed.
Once you click on your profile picture, you'll be presented with a variety of links and types of notifications you've received. These notifications can include private messages, posts you are subscribed to, and other people liking your content, as well as notifications about your profile leveling up.
Select the bell icon on the left to view your Notification Feed.
Selecting the envelope icon will take you to your Private Messages, while the chat bubble will show your Post History.
Post Options
Many of the most evident new features of the community comes in the form of post options. This section encompasses how to post pictures and videos, insert spoiler tags, and add a signature to your posts. For all photos, gifs, and videos please make sure they do not violate the Community Forum Guidelines & Etiquette.
Pictures & Videos
Whenever you create a topic, send a private message, or reply to a user on any of the Activision Community forums, you have the option insert a picture, gif, or video into your post. Follow the steps below based on the type of media you're uploading.
Uploading Photos
One of the main options for inserting a photo into your post or message is to upload it from your computer or device. This is done by selecting the Photos button when you're using the message editing tools:
To upload an image, select Choose Files and then select the image you want to upload from your computer.
Additionally, you can also insert an image by selecting the URL tab and then entering an applicable image URL into the field.
After selecting either of these uploading options, you then pick two different options for formatting.
Size indicates the how large or small your image will be once inserted into the post, which can be later edited after inserting it into the post.
Position allows you to pick the position of the image once inserted into the post or message. You can have it be positioned on the left, center, or right of the post.
Finally, you can add a caption to the image by selecting Add a Caption under the thumbnail of the picture in the upload screen.
Using gifs
Select the Photos button to upload gifs in your posts. Most of the instructions from uploading gifs are the same as those for images, but with slightly different rules.
gifs can be uploaded from your computer or inserted as a URL.
each gif must be 3MB or less.
each gif needs to be a .gif file type, even for URL purposes.
Videos can only be inserted into a post using a URL, and cannot be uploaded from your computer.
To insert a video, select the Video button on any post or message.
After adding a URL to the Video URL field, you can then select Preview to see the formatting options.
Video Size allows you to set the video's size to Small, Medium, or Large before inserting it into the post. This is not final, as you may resize the video after your post is live.
Video Alignment allows you to align the video once inserted into the post or message. You can have it be positioned on the left or right side of the post.
After selecting your options, you can insert your video into the post or message and then edit it from there.
Spoiler Tags
When you want to post something that might be considered a spoiler, you can now use a Spoiler Tag to give people the read or ignore the spoiler content.
Applying a Spoiler Tag simply requires you to highlight the text you want to hide and then selecting the Spoiler Tag button in the editing tools. This button is located just to the right of the Video button and looks like an exclamation mark inside a triangle.
Here's what a Spoiler Tag looks like and functions:
Adding a signature to your profile automatically adds your signature whenever you create or reply to a post or a private message. Here's how to add a signature:
Select your profile picture at the top and then select to Community Settings.
You can also change whether or not you can see the signatures of other users. To do this:
Go to your Community Profile and select Preferences.
Select Preference Options.
Check or uncheck View signatures in posts to display or hide other users' signatures.
Reply Types
When you're engaging in another member's post, you can reply to their post in two different ways:
Quick Reply – When you want to reply to a post and aren't planning to create a large response then you may want to use Quick Reply. This function immediately opens up a reply box below the post you are looking at and gives you an option to respond immediately without loading anything. This option is great if you just want to send out a quick text-only response. Please note that Quick Reply provides no formatting options.
Default Reply – This is the type of reply you are used to seeing on any forum and contains a full response box filled with editings tools.
With this option you have all of the tools at your disposal that were previously described in this section. Additionally, this option allows you add quotes, check your spelling, and shows you what post you're replying to at the bottom.
Sorting Threads
When you're viewing any thread on the forums, you have a few different options to sort the threads, replies, and posts on that specific thread. To access any of those options, select Topic Options on the right hand side of any post.
Sort Oldest to Newest – This option reorganizes the thread so that the first posts you see will be the oldest posts in that thread.
Sort Newest to Oldest – This option reorganizes the thread so that the first posts you see will be the newest posts in that thread.
Sorting All Threads on a Forum
You can also sort based on an entire section of a forum. When viewing an individual forum section, you should see a Topic Options button displayed.
With this Topic Options dropdown, you'll see a variety of options related to subscribing, moving items, or marking threads. You can also sort how threads are presented to you. There are two options for sorting threads in any forum section:
Sort by Topic Start Date – This sorts all threads based on when they were originally created with the most recently created threads at the top.
Sort by Latest Post Date – This sorts all threads based on when the timestamp of the latest reply. Choose this option if you want to see threads at the top with the most recent activity.
Search Tool
The search tool allows you to look for users, posts, or specific information on the forums. Search can be accessed by selecting the magnifying glass icon at the top of any forum page. You don't need to be logged in to use search.
Quick Search
Select the magnifying glass and click or tap inside the search box. From there, select Turn On Suggestions (if turned off) to have your search results appear in a dropdown box below the search box.
Detailed Search
Select the magnifying glass and click or tap inside the search box. From there, select Turn Off Suggestions (if turned on) With suggestion turned off, you'll then be taken to a search results page with detailed search results.
By default this tool will be searching for posts. If you select the Users tab, you can then search for user profiles. Additionally, you can sort by the types of posts you're seeing with a variety of options, or you can click on Advanced to select even more specifications for the search.
Account Profile Settings
An important part of your Activision Community profile is your Account Profile page. From there, you can link social media and game accounts, both of which help Activision Support assist you with a variety of issues. Linked accounts might also be required for certain promotions. You can change some basic profile settings in this area, such as your forum name.
Account Linking
Log in to your account and then select your Activision Community profile picture at the top of any page.
Select Account Profile from the menu to access your Account Management page.
Here you will find options to link Gaming Network accounts and Social Network accounts. Select an account to link and follow the onscreen steps to link the account to your Activision account.
Please note: you will be required to log in to your gaming or social media account to complete the linking process.
You can only link one social media or game account of each type per profile. For example, you can only link one Steam account, one YouTube account, etc.
Use this same space to unlink an account. Simply select Unlink next to the account you wish to unlink and follow the onscreen instructions.
If you have any issues linking or unlinking an account, please contact a Community Moderator.
Changing your Forum Name
Log in to your account and then select your Activision Community profile picture at the top of any page.
Select Account Profile from the menu to access your Account Management page.
Select Edit next to your existing Forum Name and enter a new forum name in its place.
Re-enter your password and select Save. Your forum name will not be updated until after logging out of your account.
