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Heck, I just wanted to find my recent posts - and responses. (Gawd, I hate this forum software now.)

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This new forum software entirely misses the point of an Internet forum. It's not about italics or emojis. Or inserting media.

It's about attracting eyeballs to the screen. Someone smart will figure this out, and create good forum software.

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On 11/5/2016 at 9:26 PM, August1991 said:

It's about attracting eyeballs to the screen. Someone smart will figure this out, and create good forum software.

Let me repeat this:

I want a place/website to stop by, and argue with the regulars. They know me; I know them. But nobody else knows anybody. It's a local dive.

Some know something about Canada, French/English and Alberta/Quebec. Ontario/Nfld. (But I can accept totally ignorant - wtf; I reckon it rains in BC all the time.)

Nobody is going to drive a car afterwards.

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On 2016-10-31 at 7:13 PM, WestCoastRunner said:

I noticed there is no save button once a post has been edited. It took me a couple times to save it by entering a reason but still no save button. Not very user friendly. 

I have a save button when I edit.  I'm on a laptop using Firefox.

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53 minutes ago, bcsapper said:

I have a save button when I edit.  I'm on a laptop using Firefox.

bcsapper, sorry to use your post as an example, but you make my point.

I don't need fancy formats, emojis, whatever.

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Make it easy to post, respond to a post. Then: Put relevant ads on the side (that I'll probably look at, maybe even click).

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But you do need a save button when you edit.  Frankly, I don't see much difference between the new and the old anymore.  I would prefer the old, yes, but the new serves.

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On 2016-10-31 at 7:13 PM, WestCoastRunner said:

I noticed there is no save button once a post has been edited. It took me a couple times to save it by entering a reason but still no save button. Not very user friendly. 

Post a screenshot of this issue, because as bcsapper confirmed, there is a save button available when you edit (it's in the lower right-hand side).

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A few general points here:

- Greg doesn't 'program' this site - he 'configures' it just as you 'configure' your computer by setting the screensaver, and so on.  He's limited in what he can do with the software, to what Invision (I think that is the supplier) offers as options.

- If you are having problems, please post in detail what happened and we can all jump in and help out, talk through it.

- Sometimes issues happen with one browser, or another.  Sometimes issues happen if you have software such as pop-up blockers installed.  Try other browsers and see if your issue still happens.

- Greg showed here how to EDIT a post.  The question of how to LINK should be similarly easy to solve: hit the little 'chain' icon to the LEFT of the quote symbol... right above the big white box you type into.  A LINK box pops up - simply add the url and text into the two text boxes, then click the box that says 'insert into post'.

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Michael, you're wrong.Greg/Lethbridge cboose the way this forum works.

Years ago, in the 1990s (?), Once Upon A Time, this forum worked, people/posters argued.

Then, as all IT/engineers/socialists wish - Greg wanted to "improve" things.

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From Pompei to Dublin, a pub is a pub.

Please return/keep this place as it was: In English, I can stop by, easily quote someone else, and say what I think.

And the other person, wherever in the world - even Australia, despite the time change - answers.

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Michael, you're wrong.Greg/Lethbridge cboose the way this forum works.

Years ago, in the 1990s (?), Once Upon A Time, this forum worked, people/posters argued.

Then, as all IT/engineers/socialists wish - Greg wanted to "improve" things.

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From Pompei to Dublin, a pub is a pub.

Please return/keep this place as it was: In English, I can stop by, easily quote someone else, and say what I think.

And the other person, wherever in the world - even Australia, despite the time change - answers.

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Greg has some choice, yes, but what you're not hearing is that his power is limited.

Rolling back the upgrade is not an option, probably because the source software will not support you if you do not upgrade - just like Windows and Apple.

As for your issues with editing, please articulate your issue and we can help you with it I'm sure.  

Thanks for posting.

 

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Just now, August1991 said:

How do I quote and respond?

I just clicked on the word "Quote" in your post and wrote under the box containing your post.  It works well if it's this type of simple response.  I tried a more complicated response yesterday and my keyboard starting typing backwards.  Really, it did.

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9 minutes ago, August1991 said:

How do I quote and respond?

Press the Quote button and type.  The cursor is automatically situated directly below the quote. 

 

If your browser does not render thusly, it is likely that your browser is at fault.  Try a better browser.  

InternetExplorer commonly does not render sites properly. 

 

5 minutes ago, bcsapper said:

I tried a more complicated response yesterday and my keyboard starting typing backwards.  Really, it did.

Same here.  Why this happens, I do not know.  I do not expect modern web to work "properly" from the user's perspective. 

Regardless, it occurs after 1 carraige return to split a quote.  Pressing 2 carriage returns stops the backwards type.

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On 2016-11-21 at 10:28 PM, bcsapper said:

I tried a more complicated response yesterday and my keyboard starting typing backwards.  Really, it did.

Ok, that isn't supposed to happen.  I'll look around and see if there are other reports of this type of issue.

Thanks

However, what browser (type and version) and OS were you using?

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22 minutes ago, Greg said:

Ok, that isn't supposed to happen.  I'll look around and see if there are other reports of this type of issue.

Thanks

However, what browser (type and version) and OS were you using?

It happened to Charles Anthony too.  It was actually pretty neat.  I was tempted to post it and pretend I'd done it deliberately.  I'm using Firefox in Windows 7.  I can't find the Firefox vesion but I do install all updates.

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2 hours ago, bcsapper said:

It happened to Charles Anthony too.  It was actually pretty neat.  I was tempted to post it and pretend I'd done it deliberately.  I'm using Firefox in Windows 7.  I can't find the Firefox vesion but I do install all updates.

I have noticed something peculiar, I believe I was using Firefox at the time, but have been unable to reproduce it reliably. I was able to break a quote into two parts by hitting a double carriage return, I assumed it was a feature but not quite sure under what conditions it works. It might have been with one version back of Firefox, as I am now using version 50 and have been unable to reproduce the same behavior. No backwards typing however.

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Just now, ?Impact said:

I have noticed something peculiar, I believe I was using Firefox at the time, but have been unable to reproduce it reliably. I was able to break a quote into two parts by hitting a double carriage return, I assumed it was a feature but not quite sure under what conditions it works. It might have been with one version back of Firefox, as I am now using version 50 and have been unable to reproduce the same behavior. No backwards typing however.

That's when the backwards writing happened.  When the large quote was broken into two parts.  I thought it was a fairly handy feature for replying to long posts, until the Devil took my keyboard.

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