ADMIN FAQs ON THE NEW SOFTWARE
- Thread starter Dennis Olson
- Start date
Yes. It’ll ultimately be about what we have now. Working with images on one’s cell phone is outside the scope of these discussions. But using multiple megs of boards resourc es for each image is not rational.
Profit of Doom
Dismember
Definitely not rational, just need to find how to do it. I’m off to the interwebz, I guess.
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Another bump
Plain Jane
Just Plain Jane
Is it OK to start a thread on the new board that we intend to be ongoing or will it get "frozen " and no one can post to it after the final snapshot is taken?
I understand that the snapshot will be of this board but after it is integrated with the new one, will the whole thing then be considered "old" and we start all new threads?
I hope I explained that right.
I understand that the snapshot will be of this board but after it is integrated with the new one, will the whole thing then be considered "old" and we start all new threads?
I hope I explained that right.
The new board’s database will be wiped at import time. If you want something to be ongoing, post it here.
Plain Jane
Just Plain Jane
Thanks, Dennis
It's nothing very important so I think I'll wait.
It's nothing very important so I think I'll wait.
1911user
Veteran Member
If you paste a youtube link, it automatically embeds it. If you want to post a youtube link and have it NOT embed then you have to use the Insert Link (looks like 2 chain links).
EDIT: this new software desperately wants to embed everything it can. If you do like above and get it to insert a link, the first time you edit and save, it embeds it anyway. Sometimes I might want to paste a link and have it stay a link.
EDIT2: I posted the weekend movie thread there as a test and it seems to work OK, just a little different except no direct youtube links.
EDIT: this new software desperately wants to embed everything it can. If you do like above and get it to insert a link, the first time you edit and save, it embeds it anyway. Sometimes I might want to paste a link and have it stay a link.
EDIT2: I posted the weekend movie thread there as a test and it seems to work OK, just a little different except no direct youtube links.
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Siskiyoumom
Veteran Member
Thank you for the FAQ here. Hope to see you after the change over, I did check maps and email addy.
Yes
1911user
Veteran Member
I was confused, sorry. It happens if you hit reply (with quote) then don't want to post the reply. I just tried closing the entire browser then opening it again. The reply w/quote is still waiting for you to do something when you go back to the thread.
I can see the "cancel" when editing.
How 'bout the back arrow?
1911user
Veteran Member
That works. The back arrow takes me completely out of the thread. However, when I go back to the thread, the un-posted reply is gone, so success. There is going to be a definite learning curve.
There is supposed to be an auto save feature in this software.
1911user
Veteran Member
I just posted and saw something that might be useful for "unfurl" vs no-unfurl.
I put in an amazon link (simple copy and paste) and the rest of the message then hit preview:
It started with this and was going to unfurl: (URL unfurl="true")
I changed it to this and it did not unfurl: (URL unfurl="false")
Note I changed the square brackets to parenthesis so it would show correctly here.
This looks like a simple fix if you do not want it to unfurl a link.
I put in an amazon link (simple copy and paste) and the rest of the message then hit preview:
It started with this and was going to unfurl: (URL unfurl="true")
I changed it to this and it did not unfurl: (URL unfurl="false")
Note I changed the square brackets to parenthesis so it would show correctly here.
This looks like a simple fix if you do not want it to unfurl a link.
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SouthernBreeze
Has No Life - Lives on TB
All of my new posts are telling me that I'm waiting on moderator approval. Is a PM in order?
Amazon blocks unfurling from their end, some how.
At least they were last year.
At least they were last year.
1911user
Veteran Member
It looked like it was going to do the teaser unfurl for the amazon link.
To me, the nice thing was finding HTML code that is easy to change if you want to stop unfurl on a link. Just change the "true" to "false"
EDIT: it looks like this only works if it will not be unfurling properly. I tested a youtube link and it simply unfurled in the preview with no obvious way to change the unfurl to false.
To me, the nice thing was finding HTML code that is easy to change if you want to stop unfurl on a link. Just change the "true" to "false"
EDIT: it looks like this only works if it will not be unfurling properly. I tested a youtube link and it simply unfurled in the preview with no obvious way to change the unfurl to false.
colonel holman
Veteran Member
Can we set our view of a thread so. That most recent entry is at top?
Maybe I missed that
Maybe I missed that
Sportsman
Veteran Member
New Problem?
I posted to the new members thread. Got an email saying I have a response to read. Clicked on that "VIEW THIS THREAD" button and it can't find the forum from that link. States "Server Not Found" The link is
cf.timebomb2000.com
I posted to the new members thread. Got an email saying I have a response to read. Clicked on that "VIEW THIS THREAD" button and it can't find the forum from that link. States "Server Not Found" The link is
New Members Check-In Thread...
As part of our enhanced board security procedures, we are now requiring all new members to check in and let us know you are here by posting to this or any other thread within 1 week of registration. Every Friday evening, we will purge all members who have been registered for more than 1 week...
Snyper
Veteran Member
When I click the link it takes me to the first post (in 2003) in the New Member thread.
You can probably find the correct thread by looking at "your content".
The “cf” was a typo that’s since been fixed. Manually change the link to “xf” instead of “cf”. Problem solved.
Clicking a THREAD TITLE TAKES YOU TO THE FIRST UNREAD POST IN THE THREAD. Since none of us have read ANY of these (newly imported) threads, that’s the FIRST POST.
Click the LAST POST TIME/DATE TO GO TO THE LAST POST IN THE THREAD.
SERIOUSLY, this is answer #28 in the FAQ thread. Are none of you reading the FAQs?
Clicking a THREAD TITLE TAKES YOU TO THE FIRST UNREAD POST IN THE THREAD. Since none of us have read ANY of these (newly imported) threads, that’s the FIRST POST.
Click the LAST POST TIME/DATE TO GO TO THE LAST POST IN THE THREAD.
SERIOUSLY, this is answer #28 in the FAQ thread. Are none of you reading the FAQs?
Snyper
Veteran Member
If you're talking about the link from the old site to here, it's still giving this when you click on it. :
If it's copied and pasted into the address box it works as it should now.
RememberGoliad
Veteran Member
Dennis, I saw in your commentary that you were going to see about making the whatchamacallit pics... avatars! (I told y'all, I'm a computer moron!)... square instead of the default round. I see you found that tweak, and for that I thank you! (y)
Lone_Hawk
Resident Spook
Dennis,
When I was at work, I linked to TB2K and it worked fine and I was able to logon. When I got home, I did the same and got an error. I went to the old site and got an error. I have been getting that for hours and assumed the site was down. So, just for giggles, I deleted the /xf and it connected just fine. This is the link that I saved on my home page settings and it is working. http://xf.timebomb2000.com/xf/index.php
Some of the redirect may not be working correctly.
When I was at work, I linked to TB2K and it worked fine and I was able to logon. When I got home, I did the same and got an error. I went to the old site and got an error. I have been getting that for hours and assumed the site was down. So, just for giggles, I deleted the /xf and it connected just fine. This is the link that I saved on my home page settings and it is working. http://xf.timebomb2000.com/xf/index.php
Some of the redirect may not be working correctly.
I started a reply to a post on my phone, got busy and left that thread.
Opened up my laptop when I got home and that partial reply was in the thread.
Auto save does work.
Are you sure that some aren't in the "sticky" threads? They will stay at the top if you are just looking at the main.
Are you looking at "what's new" or "new posts"?
1911user
Veteran Member
I had an issue last night with search. I posted about a medical sale for black friday this year. Even using my name and a known-good search term (black, pressure, skinny, etc.), it would not find that thread. It did find older threads that matched though. I was able to find the thread manually because I knew where it was within a day or 2.
Is the search index still building and hasn't caught up to the most recent posts?
Is the search index still building and hasn't caught up to the most recent posts?
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I don’t know. I haven’t learned about search yet. Try posting some nonsense word in the Test Forum, then try searching for it.