About the new forum

[plastic penguin]

Can't be "top secret" - surely you don't expect me succumbe to that old chestnut. Top secret stuff wouldn't be mentioned...:~

No. Of course. You're right. Thanks for bunging another florin in the meter to clear that one up.

My purse is a bit lite-weight...:bigsmile:

 

[True Blue]

Hi, instead of the button "save" at the bottom, could we not have the word "post" back.......please......

 

[plastic penguin]

It costs every time you go online, albeit 'cheap rate'. To lose over 200 posts is an awful lot of 'cheap rate' calls to have gone down the pan.

Your very first post is still there - from April 30th 2008 - and (probably) every post you have ever made.

I think all that has changed is the way the posts are counted.

How can posts be counted differently?:~

 

[scene]

It costs every time you go online, albeit 'cheap rate'. To lose over 200 posts is an awful lot of 'cheap rate' calls to have gone down the pan.

Your very first post is still there - from April 30th 2008 - and (probably) every post you have ever made.

I think all that has changed is the way the posts are counted.

How can posts be counted differently?:~

I think some were missed during the transfer - forgot to refresh the count after the users were frist transferred... That's what JD said somewhere.

 

[Anonymous]

This site now looks a lot worse than before. It was just fine before and now it's only giving me a terrble headache.

Sorry!

 

[Clare Newsome]

Hi, instead of the button "save" at the bottom, could we not have the word "post" back.......please......

Yep, that's already on the fix list too!

And going back to the point re charging: no plans to charge for things currently avaialble on site.

 

[plastic penguin]

Just tried to change the avatar without success, likewise the 'sig' isn't responding.

 

[Clare Newsome]

PP - Both have worked!

If you're changing Avatar, you have to delete the old one first (which you've done), then add the new one and save again.

 

[The_Lhc]

Yeah I don't get that either.

How does a reduction in your post count cost money?

It costs every time you go online, albeit 'cheap rate'. To lose over 200 posts is an awful lot of 'cheap rate' calls to have gone down the pan.

Leaving aside that they haven't been lost, why does it matter? What were you intending to do with the "lost" posts, after they've been answered and then forgotten in the mists of time?

Not sure why it costs you money to go online either, beyond your usual monthly fee.

 

[John Duncan]

It costs every time you go online, albeit 'cheap rate'. To lose over 200 posts is an awful lot of 'cheap rate' calls to have gone down the pan.

Your very first post is still there - from April 30th 2008 - and (probably) every post you have ever made.

I think all that has changed is the way the posts are counted.

How can posts be counted differently?:~

I think some were missed during the transfer - forgot to refresh the count after the users were frist transferred... That's what JD said somewhere.

Yes! Yes!

 

[John Duncan]

I make your post count 6,923 PP, to which I've now changed it.

Everybody else'll have to wait...

 

[Andrew Everard]

I make your post count 6,923 PP, to which I've now changed it.

Everybody else'll have to wait...

But...But...BUT... 😉

 

[plastic penguin]

I make your post count 6,923 PP, to which I've now changed it.

Everybody else'll have to wait...

Cheers, John.

Evertime I try to upload the avatar it comes up as "SERVER ERROR" and below and says "Apache Server at www.whathifi.com Port 80". Not sure whether that's significant or not. Please advise.

Cheers.

 

[John Duncan]

I make your post count 6,923 PP, to which I've now changed it.

Everybody else'll have to wait...

But...But...BUT... 😉

25,578. Changed.

 

[Anonymous]

I make your post count 6,923 PP, to which I've now changed it.

Everybody else'll have to wait...

Cheers, John.

Evertime I try to upload the avatar it comes up as "SERVER ERROR" and below and says "Apache Server at www.whathifi.com Port 80". Not sure whether that's significant or not. Please advise.

Cheers.

Try making the file name have no spaces and only lower case.

 

[Anonymous]

afternoon,
I quite like the new site.

It is way to bright
it doesn't scroll smoothly like the old site, very jerky and keeps reloading sections of the script and in some instances strobing.

Good job felines and fellas. Keep it up.

HAL

 

[Andrew Everard]

25,578. Changed.

I was joking...

 

[Andrew Everard]

It is way to bright

As in...?

it doesn't scroll smoothly like the old site, very jerky and keeps reloading sections of the script and in some instances strobing.

Not something I've encountered, I have to say. JD?

 

[plastic penguin]

I make your post count 6,923 PP, to which I've now changed it.

Everybody else'll have to wait...

Thanks Mr/Ms Admin - I've tried different combos to no avail.

Cheers, John.

Evertime I try to upload the avatar it comes up as "SERVER ERROR" and below and says "Apache Server at www.whathifi.com Port 80". Not sure whether that's significant or not. Please advise.

Cheers.

Try making the file name have no spaces and only lower case.

Thanks, I've tried different combos to no avail.

 

[plastic penguin]

Casting my "printers eye" over the layout, I find the forum to be lop-sided - it doesn't flow as well as before. Looking down I find the original poster and the last poster next to each other, whereas before the OP was directly underneath the title of the thread. Not a huge problem - and in a couple of days I may adjust to it - it's just an observation.

 

[Anonymous]

It is way to bright

As in...?

it doesn't scroll smoothly like the old site, very jerky and keeps reloading sections of the script and in some instances strobing.

Not something I've encountered, I have to say. JD?

Way to bright as in the white background.

Perhaps the reloading and strobing is my end, have you downloaded the new iPad operating system yet Andrew?

 

[Andrew Everard]

The white background is exactly the same as the white background on the old site, and yes I have tried the site on four different browsers on the iPad, and it seems fine to me.

 

[chudleighpaul]

Just tried to post a new thread in the "Off Topic" section and it vanished. What is happening?

 

[The_Lhc]

Just tried to post a new thread in the "Off Topic" section and it vanished. What is happening?

Is that the gated communities one? It's there, I just replied to it.

I think the new forum seems to cache more heavily than the old one, if something isn't there I find holding shift when refreshing usually makes it appear.

 

[Andrew Everard]

Even in the last version of the site, it took a short while for new posts, deleted posts and the like to feed through to the 'latest posts' listing.