Forum changes.......

**Harborseal** · 02-22-2015, 06:49 PM

Anywhere from 25 - 100 sounds good

Can we choose from 25, 50 or 100?

**F. Bennett** · 02-22-2015, 07:34 PM

Thanks for your efforts, Wills!

**MichaelTucson** · 02-22-2015, 10:50 PM

Is there something in the way this forum is set up that automatically logs me out after a certain amount of time with no inbound http activity? This evening I've been writing replies to a few posts, and get error messages indicating my credentials aren't current, or that I don't have authority to do that action (post a reply or post a comment). Yet although the indicator above shows that I'm still logged in, I find that if I swipe and copy to the clipboard, then logout and login again, I'm able to post the thing I just typed. Is that because of some timeout occurring? Or maybe it's because you're busy editing the forum configuration or something (and temporary). Anyway, if it's a timeout, can it be extended?

**joann1536** · 02-23-2015, 11:34 AM

I like the idea of longer threads showing. Thanks.

**cis4elk** · 02-23-2015, 11:39 AM

I get timed out all the time if I get distracted or long winded in my typing. When I try post it tells me one of two things, which I can't remember exactly. It does auto-save, but often times the last sentence or two aren't there. So if I try post and get the message I do as Michael said and copy-sign out-sign in-paste. Sometimes, it won't let me copy, but if you "Preview" you can copy from there.

**Rewton** · 02-23-2015, 07:28 PM

Wills, one feature that would be nice would come into play when you are re-visiting a thread. In that case it would automatically take you to the point in the thread where you left off reading last time. I've learned to like this feature on figs4fun but don't know how difficult it would be to implement here.

**Singing Gardener** · 02-25-2015, 11:34 PM

I dont' see a way to search the whole forum. Only individual threads. Can we have that feature please?

**Gina** · 02-25-2015, 11:50 PM

RE 'comments'. Michael Tucson commented:

All: yet another issue: Look what happens when there are enough comments that they become a scrolled subwindow! Talk about hidden! In the absence of tools to navigate Comments, I'll probably revert to just always creating a new post and (if it's a reply to an earlier post) quote the one I'm responding to. I've already seen answers I provided in Comments be apparently ignored, so why bother writing if the response is sort of "hidden" from too many readers?

At first I really liked the quick comments too. But there have been times when I've made a comment only to see someone below in the thread has said the same thing. Also I notice that if the original poster deletes his original post, the comments are deleted too.

Unless it's a quick quip, or a comment on the last post of a thread, I now prefer to write a separate post (like this one) instead of tacking on my 'pearls of wisdom' somewhere in the middle of a thread where they may never be seen.

edit: In fact, I didn't even see some of the first comments of that last long cluster because they had already been folded out of sight.

**eboone** · 02-26-2015, 07:55 AM

Agree with what Gina and MichaelTucson both have said on the comments, don't think I will be using them for significant content

**greenfig** · 02-26-2015, 09:15 AM

Is there a way to email a member or pm is the only option? I find the PMs a little confusing, how they count what's in the mailbox and what's in there

**greenfig** · 02-26-2015, 09:23 AM

Oh, yes, how does one become a member?
I am at 51 and still Junior? Not that it matters but curious...

**eboone** · 02-26-2015, 09:34 AM

greenfig - it is supposed to be based on number of posts. I thought it was at 50 though, maybe they reset things. I thought Kelby graduated from Jr at 50.

I see above F.Bennett is a member at 49, so I am not sure.

**Gina** · 02-26-2015, 09:54 AM

As Ed said, It's supposed to be a numbers thing, but it appears not to be consistent.

Greenfig, I'm also a bit confused about the private messages, visitor messages, and notifications here. I expect I'll get used to them eventually.

**eboone** · 02-26-2015, 10:08 AM

Well, when I hit 50 and 51 it still said Jr Member. I closed out and came back a while later and now it says Member. Not sure if it was the leaving and returning, or if someone fixed something. I see greenfig is now graduated too.
I'm sure there are still some forum setting adjustments going on. Not worried about it. I am certainly "Junior" to many here in terms of experience.

**greenfig** · 02-26-2015, 11:08 AM

Ed, congrats!

I think either the software doesn't respond immediately or you have to relogin to see the update of your status

**WillsC** · 02-26-2015, 11:34 AM

Or a certain Admin forgets to hit "update titles" after messing with the system.

**eboone** · 02-26-2015, 01:23 PM

Wills - blame it on the dog in your avatar

**greenfig** · 02-27-2015, 12:34 AM

The pictures are too small while viewing in somebody’s posts. I am on a Mac and even the right clicking does not give me an option to view a larger version.
Is it possible to make them larger or to add a button for the handicapped people like me?

**WillsC** · 02-27-2015, 09:02 AM

Greenfig,
At the moment I can't change the picture size, it is a known bug and while I have options to use or not use thumbnails and the size of the previews none of it is working. As a work around until it is fixed if you click on the thumbnail and open it then right click the picture you can open it in a new tab or window and that picture is full size.

**psilva8** · 02-27-2015, 08:24 PM

Loving this look Wills. Great job.

**greenfig** · 02-27-2015, 08:28 PM

Thank you, Wills!

**Otmani007** · 02-28-2015, 11:57 AM

I love the look as well. Good work, Wills!

**WillsC** · 02-28-2015, 03:02 PM

Thanks all appreciate the feedback.

**cis4elk** · 03-01-2015, 04:06 PM

Suddenly, the figs home page keeps defaulting to Ascending order rather than the preferred Descending. Everytime I look at a thread it switches back. Annoying.