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[brownnova]

Not changed for me… are you on desktop or mobile? 

[andyberg]

Mobile. I now just have a list of every topic, not in their separate threads 🤷

[andyberg]

It's ok. I must have accidentally touched one of the options in the top right corner 🙄🙄 I have got it back to normal now. I am sorry 

[robt100]

Not so much technical help, but some clarification would be handy....

Saw this is the "how we do things thread"

"Updated 1/12/22

- Following feedback from members, access to, and obviously the ability to post on, the ‘for sale/wanted’ section is now restricted to full members only."

Just wanted to know, what defines a "full member"??

[High Jetter]

One who can't eat any more, obs.

[robt100]

29 minutes ago, High Jetter said:

One who can't eat any more, obs.

Well, would you believe it. I went and had dinner, feel totally stuffed, came back to the forum and can see the for sale section. So you must be right!🤣

[High Jetter]

2 hours ago, robt100 said:

Well, would you believe it. I went and had dinner, feel totally stuffed, came back to the forum and can see the for sale section. So you must be right!🤣

It's the number of posts you make that are approved. Then you're allowed into the wild. Beware sharks....

[Austat]

How do I upload video files? I can't use MP4 or webm file types, do I need to use some sought of link?

[AnnoyingPentium]

15 minutes ago, Austat said:

How do I upload video files? I can't use MP4 or webm file types, do I need to use some sought of link?

I've been uploading a few link-only YouTube videos and suchlike. Other video hosting places are available...

[Zelandeth]

On 1/12/2023 at 7:30 AM, Austat said:

How do I upload video files? I can't use MP4 or webm file types, do I need to use some sought of link?

Local hosting of video files was disabled a little while ago as it was consuming huge amounts of hosting space.  So uploading to an external host and linking into your post is the way to go.

[High Jetter]

This is not a complaint (IMHO this forum is way better and more capable than any other I use) but merely an observation. If someone posts on a thread while I'm viewing an earlier post on same thread, the new one will be in bold on my notifications list, but remains in bold even after I've clicked on it again. It only goes after clicking on a later bold notification on same thread.

[Emootikoah]

Hey, new user here. I can't access the 'shite for sale' forum. Is this locked until I make so many posts/comments?

[NorthernMonkey]

1 hour ago, Emootikoah said:

Hey, new user here. I can't access the 'shite for sale' forum. Is this locked until I make so many posts/comments?

Hi and welcome….If you take a look at the pinned ‘how we do things’ post, you’ll find the answers to any questions you may have there 👍

[High Jetter]

10 hours ago, Emootikoah said:

Hey, new user here. I can't access the 'shite for sale' forum. Is this locked until I make so many posts/comments?

Welcome, yes it is.

[mat777]

Hi all,

A quick question on image hosting. This is the only forum I've ever used where you can paste images straight in rather than having to embed links to a hosting site. 
However, I seem to be having isses where some images will stay up and some will, after a few days, revert to dead links like so:

 

Is this related to the fact that some images I post simply paste right into the box (presumably as they are copied from an already online image), whereas others such as these computer screengrabs go through what looks like an actual upload process?
 

 

Thanks in advance!

[loserone]

Halp!  The PSAperv owner of the 205 I'm roffling is getting this

 

Any ideas?

[brummiejon]

Hi, I’m struggling to upload replies to my favourite forum and I don’t understand why

[Zelandeth]

17 hours ago, brummiejon said:

Hi, I’m struggling to upload replies to my favourite forum and I don’t understand why

What is it you've been having issues uploading?

There does seem to be a gremlin on the go currently which is causing image uploads to corrupt, but usually deleting the upload and just retrying will sort that.  

Videos cannot be uploaded directly to the forum any more.  This was disabled a month or two back as they were chewing up vast, vast swathes of our storage space and bandwidth.  So if you're trying to upload a video, that won't work.  You will need to upload it to an external host such as YouTube and then link to it from your post.

If I've misunderstood the problem you're having completely, sorry!  If you can give some further details of what is (or isn't!) happening hopefully either I or someone on the tech team will be able to look into it and advise.

[brummiejon]

2 hours ago, Zelandeth said:

What is it you've been having issues uploading?

There does seem to be a gremlin on the go currently which is causing image uploads to corrupt, but usually deleting the upload and just retrying will sort that.  

Videos cannot be uploaded directly to the forum any more.  This was disabled a month or two back as they were chewing up vast, vast swathes of our storage space and bandwidth.  So if you're trying to upload a video, that won't work.  You will need to upload it to an external host such as YouTube and then link to it from your post.

If I've misunderstood the problem you're having completely, sorry!  If you can give some further details of what is (or isn't!) happening hopefully either I or someone on the tech team will be able to look into it and advise.

I could t up load images or text, it’s fine now… odd

[dozeydustman]

Are there any known issues with browsers and the forum software?

I keep getting logged out at random on Firefox, things don’t show properly on Safari and I refuse to use Chrome.

This is on iPhone, iPad and any desktop/laptop I sign in on (Windows or Mac)

[DSdriver]

How is it possible for me to find all the threads that I created (not other people's that I have contributed to) as there must be a suitable one for me to add more drivel too?

[DSdriver]

Thanks, button blindness!

Actually that just gives a list of all the other peoples threads I have added to, not the ones I have created

[bobdisk]

  Yeah, spotted that, thats why I deleted!! Dont know the answer to your question, perhaps someone else does.

[Saabnut]

Oooh, something computery I can answer!

Click on your profile

Click on see my activity

On the left, under forums, click on topics

Tah Dah!

[DSdriver]

12 minutes ago, Saabnut said:

Oooh, something computery I can answer!

Click on your profile

Click on see my activity

On the left, under forums, click on topics

Tah Dah!

Thanks Nick

watch out for more Saabby stuff

[Zelandeth]

Just a heads up.  Not that I think anyone can actually do anything about it - Over the last week GMail has insistently been flagging all notification emails from here as spam.  I've always tagged them as "not spam" when I notice, but not sure how much that actually does to coax the algorithm into behaving.

Just seemed worth mentioning in case you get complaints of missing PM notifications, account activation emails etc.

[dozeydustman]

On 12/02/2023 at 11:09, dozeydustman said:

Are there any known issues with browsers and the forum software?

I keep getting logged out at random on Firefox, things don’t show properly on Safari and I refuse to use Chrome.

This is on iPhone, iPad and any desktop/laptop I sign in on (Windows or Mac)

Have installed Chrome and still having this issue on iPhone and iPad, laptop too old for latest version of chrome but has stopped logging me out at random on Firefox.

[High Jetter]

FF on PC and chrome on Android work flawlessly for me, I'm sorry to say

[RoverFolkUs]

Another chrome user here on PC and Android with no issues, except for a slightly random glitch where another web page will overlay when I'm trying to type something and the only way to restore it is to press backspace. 

I think that could be an issue with Chrome rather than the forum software, but if anyone has any ideas on what might be causing it and most importantly how to stop it I'm all ears! I do remember someone else having this a while back but don't remember if a solution was ever found?

[320touring]

8 hours ago, RoverFolkUs said:

Another chrome user here on PC and Android with no issues, except for a slightly random glitch where another web page will overlay when I'm trying to type something and the only way to restore it is to press backspace. 

I think that could be an issue with Chrome rather than the forum software, but if anyone has any ideas on what might be causing it and most importantly how to stop it I'm all ears! I do remember someone else having this a while back but don't remember if a solution was ever found?

It was I who had previously experienced it.

 

Still happens occasionally - generally right when you are trying to type a post and copy text in.

 

Never did get a solution, or even acknowledgement of the issue.

 

Only ever experienced it replying to this forum, none of the other ones I use. All accessed via same browser on the same device.