New forum observations thread

[robs ss]

That sounds like a good idea Jerry - I would also vote yes
Cheers
Rob

 

[swooshdave]

Jerry
One observation is the posts no longer display the place the poster is from (unless you click on the poster's monicker)
Small post but maybe with mentioning
Cheers
Rob

That is really important for the world wide audience. Plus it gives one a chance to yell at someone for not putting their location in their profile.

 

[SteveA]

I have difficulty with Login on this new format. I do a login but it returns the same page, apparently without having logged me in, no error codes etc.. If I do things like ctrl f5 and refresh to the forum home, I am logged in! It could of course be a compatibility problem with my browser, I use Firefox.

Steve

 

[Jerry Doe]

I have difficulty with Login on this new format. I do a login but it returns the same page, apparently without having logged me in, no error codes etc.. If I do things like ctrl f5 and refresh to the forum home, I am logged in! It could of course be a compatibility problem with my browser, I use Firefox.

Hi Steve, I think that is a "Cookie" related issue in your browser. Please can you try a different browser and let me know if it works?

 

[JimC]

Just reviewed my personal details. Three choices offered for gender. Interesting.

 

[NortonMKIIA850]

I'm still getting logged out occasionally, despite using the toolbar(?) link with the 'stay logged in' box pre-checked, as I think was recommended earlier. I'm using Safari on a Mac, set to accept cookies from websites that I navigate to, i.e. here. That's just so's you know, I'm impressed with how well the new forum works generally! Another minor point, I've found that the option to edit a post I've made times out after 10 minutes – I'd find it helpful if the option were to remain until the post has received a reply, has been followed by another post, or whatever ...? Just a thought, as sometimes I want to go back and clarify something, or fix a typo, that kind of thing ...

 

[swooshdave]

I hate it when you're not allowed to edit a post, no matter how long it's been.

 

[NortonMKIIA850]

Me too, really – I edited that last post of mine at least twice after posting, I'd've been sorry if I couldn't ... Oh and I've been forced to log in two or three times today ...

 

[L.A.B.]

I hate it when you're not allowed to edit a post, no matter how long it's been.

Perhaps Jerry can extend the time limit (to 24 hours as it was before?) or remove the limit completely although in the past having no time limit resulted in the system being abused (although by a very small percentage of our membership) when text was completely deleted from posts, leaving several threads in disarray and basically unreadable and why it was decided to introduce a time limit.

Me too, really – I edited that last post of mine at least twice after posting, I'd've been sorry if I couldn't ... Oh and I've been forced to log in two or three times today ...

Anyone following the thread who receives an email notification will see the unedited version.


Anybody desperate to edit a post can send the edited text or the fully edited version of the post to the moderator, along with the post number, etc.

 

[rvich]

Jerry,
I don't know if this observation will help solve any confusion, but it did for me. I use Chrome as a browser and typically open the forum page from the icons of frequently visited sites on the main Google page. It never shows me logged in until I click on the "home" button for the forum. So I added accessnorton.com to my favorites toolbar and it shows me logged in as soon as the page opens when using the toolbar to navigate. This despite both showing the exact same address in the address bar. You might understand the difference. I don't! When I manually type "www.accessnorton.com" it does not automatically log me in.

Hope it helps
Russ

 

[swooshdave]

Perhaps Jerry can extend the time limit (to 24 hours as it was before?) or remove the limit completely although in the past having no time limit resulted in the system being abused (although by a very small percentage of our membership) when text was completely deleted from posts, leaving several threads in disarray and basically unreadable and why it was decided to introduce a time limit.

People who abuse the editing feature probably won't last long anyways. The only reason to abuse it is to hide something you said that shouldn't have been said in the first place.

So only like 50% of my posts...

 

[NortonMKIIA850]

Perhaps Jerry can extend the time limit (to 24 hours as it was before?) or remove the limit completely although in the past having no time limit resulted in the system being abused (although by a very small percentage of our membership) when text was completely deleted from posts, leaving several threads in disarray and basically unreadable and why it was decided to introduce a time limit.

Anyone following the thread who receives an email notification will see the unedited version.

I can appreciate that there are reasons why a time limit of some sort might be imposed, and generally I would not think it a good idea to make material alterations to something that's already had a response or been superseded, but I might want to strike (put a line through) something that I later thought was inappropriate, or add something, for example in the form '[Edit: new text here]'. I wouldn't be concerned about what's in an email notification, since anyone visiting the forum would see the updated version; and, per the frequent suggestions to search the forum for specific topics, in the long term it's the final version that counts. Just my 2p.

 

[L.A.B.]

People who abuse the editing feature probably won't last long anyways. The only reason to abuse it is to hide something you said that shouldn't have been said in the first place.

You might think so, but in two instances it was simply a vindictive action.

Another odd-bod (now ex-forum) member would regularly delete the text from his posts after approximately two weeks leaving various threads in a mess.

 

[rvich]

There are some threads that are a mess from deleted text. But there are also a lot of threads that are still a mess from the missing Photobucket pics. Is there a way to still fix these or are we stuck with them now?

 

[bucksfizz]

There are some threads that are a mess from deleted text. But there are also a lot of threads that are still a mess from the missing Photobucket pics. Is there a way to still fix these or are we stuck with them now?

Someone recently posted a thread to fix this problem through a browser plug-in or add-on.
See here.
I've tried it, and it works!

 

[L.A.B.]

There are some threads that are a mess from deleted text. But there are also a lot of threads that are still a mess from the missing Photobucket pics. Is there a way to still fix these or are we stuck with them now?

A Photobucket image fix add-on/app is availabe for both Chrome and Firefox browsers which restores the missing photos.

Firefox (UK): Broken link removed

Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/photobucket-embed-fix/naolkcpnnlofnnghnmfegnfnflicjjgj

 

[rvich]

OK, I can live with that, but to be honest I don't think it is a permanent fix. But this is not intended to be a debate. I actually care whether we manage to preserve the archives here. I have an entire catalog of threads I have saved so that I may use them for reference and I hope they survive.

Thanks

 

[Jerry Doe]

Hello everyone,

Sorry I did not get back earlier. Out and about doing a big bob with work.

I agree, you need to edit. A VIP member always had unlimited editing (VIP members let me know if that does not work for you). A regular member is supposed to have 24 hours to edit the post, as we decided that before, due to some issues that we were having (see Les's post). Anyway I screwed up on the regular members setting. You wont believe how many settings there are in the admin of this forum. I missed the editing setting for regular users permissions group and it was off. I have now turned it on for regular members for 48hours. Let me know if it does not work. I doubt you will be able to edit posts from 48hrs ago, but going forward you should be able too.

Cheers, almost the weekend!!

 

[robs ss]

Jerry
Tried to add post to "Location Map" thread but am not permitted
Just letting you know that my "location" is apparently somewhere off the Nigerian coast (similar to LAB - haven't seen him in my street though)
Cheers
Rob

 

[L.A.B.]

Tried to add post to "Location Map" thread but am not permitted
Just letting you know that my "location" is apparently somewhere off the Nigerian coast (similar to LAB - haven't seen him in my street though)

I found a way to correct my location.

Try placing your cursor over your username (top right, next to Inbox) select Privacy from the menu, select Any option available at; User map privacy settings, Show me on the map (>Save Changes) and see if that works.