Hi Hilton,
Sorry for the misunderstanding, I meant you are the only one who can see the word "(PUBLIC)" on your topic, if it says "(PUBLIC)" everyone else can see your topic.
The reason for using child boards is to streamline the forum so there aren't loads of boards all the way down the page so you have to scroll down for them. Where the for sale sections were before they were getting missed, since moving them into there repsective market places there has been a lot more activity and postings, the page views for these new section is a lot lot higher now.
This leads to a higher chance of selling the items in here for advertisers and making it easier for all to find.
Thanks for understanding and the feedback no matter how good or bad.
CIU Team.