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Misc Forums => Website Suggestions => Topic started by: Warp12 on September 27, 2011, 09:13:19 AM
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Jon, there seems to be a problem with the post editor. If I try to make a large post there are problems. When you get to the bottom of the editor and try to add more text you cannot see it...and the scrolling doesn't work during that process either. This is hard to describe, and perhaps it has been mentioned before...but I have been experiencing this for a couple of months I believe.
I am running Windows 7 with IE8.
Has anyone else noticed what I am referring to?
Shane
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I, too, have run into that. What I've found is that I can open up Microsoft Word, construct my response there in a new document, and then cut and paste from Word back into the forum reply screen.
Yeah, it's a work around, but it works.
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I, too, have run into that. What I've found is that I can open up Microsoft Word, construct my response there in a new document, and then cut and paste from Word back into the forum reply screen.
Yeah, it's a work around, but it works.
That's a good idea for a work around. I noticed another board with the same software is giving me the same issue.
Thanks for the suggestion!
Shane
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The other reason for doing a long post in Word is that you can save it. A glitch while you are posting that makes you lose a bunch of work is maddening. Take your time in Word, save often, paste it in the forum, preview, and post!
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One other thing - by taking your time and taking the extra step, I find that sometimes it prevents me from posting something stupid.
But only sometimes.
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One other thing - by taking your time and taking the extra step, I find that sometimes it prevents me from posting something stupid.
But only sometimes.
Not THAT often. :evil: (Rim shot, please) :cheers: Wayno
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Sounds like something I should try.
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Shane - please clear up my foggy head. When you say the "post editor" and "when you get to the bottom of the editor" -- do you mean the blank into which you type your stuff?
I've often typed enough to fill said blank - but it keeps going and going and lets me make longer posts. I'll give it a try here.
By typing and returning the carriage.
Repeatedly.
Over and over again.
'Til I'm out of room on the blank.
Nope, it just clicked down a line and kept giving me more room.
Here again - and now the post is much longer than the blank space that's originally provided.
So -- whaddaya mean? FWIW -- I use Apple computers with Firefox. As for the thought of saving a post before losing it -- I've now and then typed a nice long post only to have it farkle when I submit it. But -- I've learned that I can use the back button on Firefox to go back to the post as it appeared before I clicked to post. Then -- I copy the post and paste it into a new blank. That works for me.
Thanks from bringing the issue to light. Bob (web elf) is on a motorcycle vacation for another week, I think, but I'll make sure he sees this so he can cogitate upon the issue. And - with him on vacation the count down timer on the front page of the site isn't reset to World Finals. Sorry. I guess you're all on your own to figure out how much timeyo've got left to finish the car, bike, truck, or whatever. TTFN.
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I almost always do a quick "preview" and proofread.
EVERY time that I make a change to the text after previewing, I am unable to "post". I have to save my typed text into the clipboard, back-page, then hit reply again and paste and post the text.
This has been a minor problem for many months and happens on all three of my computers.
Mike
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I thought the thread was "Posting Ho's" and felt guilty.
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Shane - please clear up my foggy head. When you say the "post editor" and "when you get to the bottom of the editor" -- do you mean the blank into which you type your stuff?
I've often typed enough to fill said blank - but it keeps going and going and lets me make longer posts. I'll give it a try here.
By typing and returning the carriage.
Repeatedly.
Over and over again.
'Til I'm out of room on the blank.
Nope, it just clicked down a line and kept giving me more room.
Here again - and now the post is much longer than the blank space that's originally provided.
So -- whaddaya mean? FWIW -- I use Apple computers with Firefox. As for the thought of saving a post before losing it -- I've now and then typed a nice long post only to have it farkle when I submit it. But -- I've learned that I can use the back button on Firefox to go back to the post as it appeared before I clicked to post. Then -- I copy the post and paste it into a new blank. That works for me.
Thanks from bringing the issue to light. Bob (web elf) is on a motorcycle vacation for another week, I think, but I'll make sure he sees this so he can cogitate upon the issue. And - with him on vacation the count down timer on the front page of the site isn't reset to World Finals. Sorry. I guess you're all on your own to figure out how much timeyo've got left to finish the car, bike, truck, or whatever. TTFN.
Here Jon, I made you a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVPPtt51Qrc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVPPtt51Qrc)
It was very hard to even type this reply due to this issue!
Shane
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Thanks -- but there's too much going on here at Kudos Laser right now - so I'll watch it at the house tonight. Again -- thank you very much for your fructification.
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Has anyone else ceased to get PM notifications, and/or notice of new posts on suscribed threads? All of a sudden, I quit receiving them about a month ago or so.
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PM's stopped for me as well about a month ago. If I don't look when I log in, they can go unanswered. Tony
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Me too. It's OK. I learned how to look for them. Wayno
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PM's stopped for me as well about a month ago. If I don't look when I log in, they can go unanswered. Tony
Have you changed settings in your browser to block pop up windows?
Larry
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Mine will pop up if I log on, but that's not the issue.
I used to receive an email notification, saying I had a PM, or there was a response to a thread I suscribed to.
That is no longer happening.
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Which boxes do you have checked in your profile for email and notifications?
If those settings got accidentally changed that could explain the lack of notifications.
Larry
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I've never changed them, but who knows? :?
I have the following checked:
Receive forum announcements and important notifications by email.
When sending notification of a reply to a topic, send the post in the email (but please don't reply to these emails.
For topics and boards I've requested notification on, notify me of replies and moderation.
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I have only these checked, --- since you are not getting emails you might want to verify that there is no typo's in your email address but other than that the only thing I can think of is your email system might be filtering the emails as though it thought they were spam. If you have junk file where spam gets sent you might want to look to see if you have a bunch of emails out there from this board.
x Receive forum announcements and important notifications by email.
x Receive reply notification only for the first unread reply.
Larry
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Since it happened to a lot of us at about the same time, I wouldn't think it was something we did individually. Again, it doesn't cause a problem for me. It's just different than what was happening. Wayno
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Elmo, I agree. I haven't changed anything, and the fact that several of us are experiencing the issue, leads me to believe it's a site problem.
I guess I'll just have to sign on more often! :-D
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Did I mention that Bob, our web elf, is on a ten-day or so bike vacation? But -- I've sent a note to him to ask him to get on with trying to figger out what's going on with those of you that are having this problem. Your comments and requests are not being ignored - we'll get things working right if we can - and son. Sorry for the hassles -- I hope it isn't something caused by one of the bad guys. We haven't had many spambots in the past weeks. . . :cheers:
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Wow, threadjack deluxe! I guess I should have titled the thread, "PM and email issues". Thanks guys! :-D
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Wow, threadjack deluxe! I guess I should have titled the thread, "PM and email issues". Thanks guys! :-D
Threadjack? You're welcome! :evil:
Seriously though, I posted this here because SSS suggested it. I sent Jon an email, asking about the issue. He thought I should post it here, and see if anyone else was experiencing the problem.
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There must be a lot more people with this problem as I have sent a bunch of PM's in the last month and hadn't heard back from any of them. :? Tony
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There must be a lot more people with this problem as I have sent a bunch of PM's in the last month and hadn't heard back from any of them. :? Tony
Anyone else having the trouble with editing posts?? Or is this officially the PM and email thread now?
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Yes! See reply #8 (not really bad, though).
Mike
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The web elf is back, so I'm trying out the PM thing and gonna do like Jon did
and make
a big post.
Keep on going down
going down
and down
and down and down
And type some more stuff
and run outa room down here
at the
bottom
of the page
and the
scroll bar works
and I'll add some more after previewing...
End of post
...now that it's posted, do a "Modify" and edit it....
yup, it works.
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Web Elf Bob
Ya know that as soon as you leave problems will pop up and by the time you return so many are yelping about the situation
that u wish you had never left.
Glad you have returned and THANK YOU for your dedication to this site.
You always keep the sand clean.
FREUD
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The web elf is back, so I'm trying out the PM thing and gonna do like Jon did
and make
a big post.
Keep on going down
going down
and down
and down and down
And type some more stuff
and run outa room down here
at the
bottom
of the page
and the
scroll bar works
and I'll add some more after previewing...
End of post
...now that it's posted, do a "Modify" and edit it....
yup, it works.
Just curious, what did you change? It works for me now too...but as you can see in the video I posted, it certainly did not work before....for at least a couple of months.
Thanks!
Shane
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Freud, thanks for the very kind words.
I didn't change anything, but don't tell Jon, as I'm going to go on and on about how hard it was to troubleshoot the problem and fix it. :-D
Compooters are mysterious things. Anybody else out there still having problems?
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Freud, thanks for the very kind words.
I didn't change anything, but don't tell Jon, as I'm going to go on and on about how hard it was to troubleshoot the problem and fix it. :-D
Compooters are mysterious things. Anybody else out there still having problems?
It's great when problems magically fix themselves! :-D