# Newbie Questions

**URL:** <https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/newbie-questions/317>\
**Category:** Site Feedback\
**Created:** [October 13, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/newbie-questions/317 "2023-10-13T20:50:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![russw](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/russw/32/1706_2.png) [@russw](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/russw)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/newbie-questions/317/1 "2023-10-13T20:50:27Z")

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Hello Everyone,

I just made the switch from the old forum to this new one. Two questions:

1. How do I access a members list like the one on the old forum?

2. Where is the private message function?

Russ Wheeler

Update: I just figured out messages. Still working on finding a members list.

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**Author:** ![Tom.Graham](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/tom.graham/32/105_2.png) [@Tom.Graham](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Tom.Graham)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/newbie-questions/317/2 "2023-10-13T22:00:04Z")

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Until someone teaches us whether we can display an entire member list, you can Search members using at least three letters from their name.

 ![IMG_3686](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/1X/62e8a1f49bd17e4e9b4cc05f6ea496c8360e6f2d.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Tom.Graham](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/tom.graham/32/105_2.png) [@Tom.Graham](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Tom.Graham)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 10:11pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/newbie-questions/317/3 "2023-10-13T22:11:31Z")

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The message board, Discourse supports a a User Directory, but we’ll need our site admin to advise whether we’ve intentionally chosen not to enable.

 ![IMG_3689](https://discourse.okcastro.club/uploads/default/original/1X/6e90455f62950439a10c73c63073181021a3e427.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Andy\_Fryhover](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/andy_fryhover/32/138_2.png) [@Andy\_Fryhover](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Andy_Fryhover)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/newbie-questions/317/4 "2023-10-13T23:06:26Z")

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Welcome to the new forum Russ!

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**Author:** ![russw](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/russw/32/1706_2.png) [@russw](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/russw)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 1:00am UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/newbie-questions/317/5 "2023-10-15T01:00:45Z")

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Tom,

Thanks. The three letter search should work for me.

Andy,

It’s good to be here. This forum seems like quite an upgrade.

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**Author:** ![Tom.Graham](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/tom.graham/32/105_2.png) [@Tom.Graham](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/Tom.Graham)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/newbie-questions/317/6 "2023-10-15T12:20:59Z")

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Russ,  
Welcome to the new forum. I should have started with that greeting.  
I was too busy trying to find an answer to both of your questions.  
I agree! This new forum is SO much better in essentially every way, I was convinced that it can surely do everything the old forum could do — and better.  
The ‘three letter” minimum search criteria surprised me as I felt certain that wild cards would be supported also.  
Tom

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**Author:** ![sdm](https://discourse.okcastro.club/user_avatar/discourse.okcastro.club/sdm/32/137_2.png) [@sdm](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u/sdm)\
**Post date:** [October 16, 2023, 1:45pm UTC](https://discourse.okcastro.club/t/newbie-questions/317/7 "2023-10-16T13:45:13Z")

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Hi. Tom has some great answers to this and the three-letter search is the easiest way to look someone up, or just clicking on their profile.

I didn’t intentionally disable the user list - it just doesn’t show up in this theme, which honestly is fine with me. I don’t particularly like anyone in the world being able to get a list of our users, but that’s more of an “old man yells at clouds” than anything.

With all that said, you should be able to go to: [Oklahoma City Astronomy Club](https://discourse.okcastro.club/u) to get a list of users.