Ask the Mods (and the rest of the board) Mark2

[uschi]

For me clicking on "Preview" brings up the whole hog, smilies, quotes and the rest.

[dennispc]

For me clicking on "Preview" brings up the whole hog, smilies, quotes and the rest.

Fine using quote.

[dennispc]

And reply

[dennispc]

Clicked Preview first and the smilies appear, though inevitably have to add the message.

[ianinfrance]

Another change I've noticed is that the line buttons of font modifiers, Quote, Code, List etc are missing from above the "quick reply" while they appear with postreply and preview.

[Edited to add.]
Another change I've noticed is that the button [quote] above each post now only quotes the whole message, whereas before if you selected a part of the message, just that part was quoted. However, iirc, when using postreply, the "quote" button above the fill in window will just quote the selected text. Odd.

[aero280]

Now you mention it, the buttons are missing on the quick reply. However the buttons, emoticons and other bits have never been available in the "quick reply" section of other forums I use.

[ianinfrance]

Looks like Lee is right and that it's a change between versions of the board software. Thanks. Mind you, it's perfectly easy to click on the "postreply" button instead of "quick reply".

[Riocaz]

Aero: Thats because I spent hours finding an add-on which added them to the quick reply form... Which no longer works in the newest phpbb version.

[suffolk]

Dagnabbit! eh?

[PatsyMFagan]

Hi Mods .... why do I keep getting (lots of) emails notifying me about something I have been following on Chatterbox ?????

[Suelle]

Hi Mods .... why do I keep getting (lots of) emails notifying me about something I have been following on Chatterbox ?????

You have probably got one of the notification boxes ticked in your profile/settings

Go to 'user control panel' - top left of page - and check that your settings are off when they need to be. Under 'board preferences', there is a 'posting defaults' section. The bottom preference is 'notify me upon replies', which needs to be set to 'no'.

There may be other settings which need altering too, to avoid getting emails when other people add comments to threads where you have posted, but that's the most obvious one that I can think of! See if that works, first.

[PatsyMFagan]

Thanks Suelle ... I think I have reset this now, but had never knowingly changed anything on this page...

[PatsyMFagan]

Well whatever Suelle told me to do yesterday didn't work .... I got 3 notifications yesterday and 2 this morning ... However, I did notice an option to 'unsubscribe' .... ??? which I did. I am completely baffled ...

[Suelle]

Well whatever Suelle told me to do yesterday didn't work .... I got 3 notifications yesterday and 2 this morning ... However, I did notice an option to 'unsubscribe' .... ??? which I did. I am completely baffled ...

Let's hope that works, as I haven't got any other suggestions, other than to check all the settings in your 'user control panel' and see if anything else looks likely.

[aero280]

I've had a look in the Admin section and changed one of Pat's settings. It should be OK now.

[PatsyMFagan]

Thanks Will

[scullion]

since the power down of the site the other day i'm having to change the way i use it. i cannot log into the site with the 'new.wildfood.' address, although i can read all the threads on both the coffee shop and the food sides. i can log onto the old site but if i want to change from the coffee shop to the food side or vice versa i get the sleeping robot sign when going onto the index page.
so i'm having to log in via the old and navigate via the new. i've tried deleting cookies. any suggestions?

ps. when trying to log in from the 'new' address i get a header of code above the page that says i've logged in successful but which then diverts me back to the log in page.

[miss mouse]

i cannot log into the site with the 'new.wildfood.' address,

I have no problems getting in from e mail alerts or from a websearch. The new.wildfood addy defeats me. Erm, might it be some sort of computer confusion? I mean that the computer is confused.

[aero280]

I'm getting in using http://www.wildfood.info That's the only one to use as far as I'm aware. Any other is a temporary one that Rio used during some changes.

If you click on the link above, where do you get to? And what happens?

If you can't get in let me know and i'll try and sort something out.

[scullion]

i've just clicked on your link and it says site not found, - with the dozy robot.

[scullion]

i've also just copied and pasted it into a new tab with the same result.

[aero280]

I've just done a cut and paste on two different computers and three different browsers and the link works on them all.

So, I suspect the problem must be with your computer, or the browser, or something. What it is I have no idea. Sorry!

Have you looked at the security settings on the browser, if they are set too high it can cause problems with some sites.

[miss mouse]

erm, works flawlessly for me.

Might it be a local Internet Server problem? I dare not write the initials.

[ianinfrance]

http://www.wildfoodinfo/ perfect for me too, also with three computers.

[suffolk]

That's similar to what it was doing for me after the Outage although I wasn't using the 'new' link. I couldn't get back in using my usual Bing/Edge (or whatever it is) search engine even though I'd deleted cookies and browsing history etc. and I kept getting the dozy robot.

In the end I had to download Chrome to get in - however, once I'd got in via Chrome I could then get in using either Bing or Chrome.

Good luck!!!

[scullion]

i have just cleared my history (i don't mean i've exterminated everyone who has ever known me) and that seems to have worked so i will now save this version of the site to my favourites. cheers.

[suffolk]

Great!

[aero280]

Well done!

Fingers Crossed.

[miss mouse]

i will now save this version of the site to my favourites

In the absence of e mail responses to my glittering posts (joke) I just put 'willdfood' into the DuckDuckGo search engine and here I am. Hate Google, an irrational hatred no doubt.

[aero280]

DuckDuckGo is idea for searching without tracking your use. But it does seem to promote Amazon a bit too much for my liking.

[scullion]

I just put 'willdfood' into the DuckDuckGo search engine and here I am. Hate Google, an irrational hatred no doubt.

i just click on the plus and it's bookmarked into the safari sidebar. i don't have to look at the google page, just grab the site from the sidebar each time.

[PatsyMFagan]

I have sent 3 private messages today ... just found this:

'2 private messages were removed due to private message filters'. .... what does this mean please ?

[Suelle]

I have sent 3 private messages today ... just found this:

'2 private messages were removed due to private message filters'. .... what does this mean please ?

I don't know.

Hopefully Riocaz or Aero (as administrators) will have an answer. My only thought is that you used a banned word.

[PatsyMFagan]

.....Ooooh, I have just checked and the 3 messages were much the same - no swearing or anything naughty at all .... Curiouser and curiouser ???

2 of them were to 2 mods as well ...

[Riocaz]

Most likely they've got too many PM's and don't have their PM's set to delete old messages if they have too many:

You can check your settings here:

ucp.php?i=pm&mode=options

[PatsyMFagan]

Does this mean then that one or two of them won't get my message until THEY delete some old messages ? Both the mods have responded, so is there someone else I have previously sent a message to who won't have received it as their inbox is full ?

[Suelle]

Does this mean then that one or two of them won't get my message until THEY delete some old messages ? Both the mods have responded, so is there someone else I have previously sent a message to who won't have received it as their inbox is full ?

The only thing you can do is hope they read this and check their PM settings.

It's something everyone who uses the PM system a lot should look at. I think the default setting is remove old messages when the inbox is full and there is a new message, but people often change settings without realising what the consequences are. If your inbox is full, and you can't see where to change settings, then delete some of the oldest messages.

[earthmaiden]

Can I just say, that after reading this yesterday I looked at my messages and found that there is indeed a limit and I think I had reached it. I didn't realise that before. In case there are any other clueless people out there, it IS possible to delete everything you no longer need at once, took me ages to find it. There is a drop down box at the bottom right of the page which you have to open to select the option, it will then delete everything you have ticked.

[Riocaz]

Well it should default to delete the oldest messages when new messages are received.

[gattodisonno]

I have got a new desktop pc with Windows 10. When I open Wildfood.info in Firefox i do not have the quote button etc, so how can I get them back?

[aero280]

I'll have to let someone else answer for Windows 10. I'm an Apple Mac person.

Is this the Quote button in the top right of the post you want to quote from, or the row of boxes across the top of the reply panel at the bottom of the page?

if this is happening in the "quick reply" area at the bottom of the page, you may find a way around it by clicking on the "Post Reply" button further down on the left. That opens a new reply window faith more options.

If its happening in the top of a previous pot, then I can't help at the moment.

[gattodisonno]

Having excavated the horrors of the new Windows 10 taskbar I came across Microsoft Edge, which is the bastard son of Internet Explorer. Opening Wildfood.info in that showed all my buttons, but because I have never willingly used IE as a browser, I must get to the bottom of why it doesn't show properly in FF.

[aero280]

Is your version of Firefox up to date? There was an upgrade for Fiefox for the Apple Mac last Tuesday 21st June.

[gattodisonno]

Yes it is.

[Meganthemog]

Hi Mods I'm having a problem in PM ing - they stick in my outbox and don't appear in my sent box - any ideas? many thanks MTM

[aero280]

They are supposed to! They stay in the outbox until they have been read at the other end.

While in the outbox you can get them back and edit them. Once they are read, they go to the sent box and you can't get at them any more.

[StokeySue]

I seem to have lost the New Topic button

Anyone else?

[suffolk]

I've still got it - go to Coffee Shop and it's there.
If you go to Kitchen then you then have to go into one of the sub-forums and then it appears.

[StokeySue]

Found it
It was my "Ease of Access settings" - they caused all red type to disappear. Really helpful to those with low vision

[suffolk]

LOL!