What the hell happened there?

[mikey]

Hello all,
                Have come across a problem which may or may not be due to the new host.   Here goes.

I shot off a personal message to someone on the forum and when they replied I was notified of it in my Email (outlook express) It was all jumbled up and looked like a cross between Chinese and Egyptian Hieroglyphics.

Not really a problem as when I logged onto the forum it was OK in my inbox. Not sure if its an outlook problem or a communication problem with the new host's software.

Have you ever tried to open a Microsoft word document with an older version than it was created with?? If so that is what it looks like.

Anyone else found anything that they may think is a bug?

Regards  Michael

[Hewart]

Thanks for spending all your time fixing the forum Richard....!!

I know there must've been a whole bunch of us with withdrawals while it was down ;)

I like the new-look forum, and I'm sure we'll all get used to it pretty quick...

Thanks again to all concerned!!!

Cheers
Les...

[RET]

Hello all,
                Have come across a problem which may or may not be due to the new host.

Has anyone else had this experience?

The new forum sends a much clearer notification than the old one, ie:

You have just been sent a personal message by <forumuser> on FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum.

IMPORTANT: Remember, this is just a notification. Please do not reply to this email.

The message they sent you was:

<message>

Reply to this Personal Message here: http://fefcholden.org.au/forum/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;f=inbox;pmsg=<msg-id;quote;u=<uid>

The link takes you straight to the reply box (as long as you're logged in). I am hopeful this will reduce the number of emails that come to me as forum admin because people reply to the notification instead of the message.

cheers
RET

PS - furthermore, the new software uses a proper database (instead of a mess of little files), so the issue of lost PMs should also be a thing of the past.

[JB]

That's why you are the double Guru.

Thanks for your efforts RET. We all appreciate it.  ;D

Jason.

[RET]

That's why you are the double Guru.

Hadn't noticed that. Does that make me a "Maha Guru" ?  ;D

New feature for the truly desperate forum junkie and/or seriously bandwidth restricted: WAP2 support!

If you want to use the forum on a WAP-enabled mobile phone, the address to use is:

http://fefcholden.org.au/forum/index.php?wap2

enjoy...

RET

PS: this is out-of-the-box SMF functionality. I haven't been fiddling with this instead of getting a Chat client running. Just thought I'd let people know in case it was likely to be useful.

[surferboy]

Bugger......I thought i'd hit the wrong button and broke something (again !)

Just got the hang of the old layout (almost) (well bits of it...)

is this italized ?
NO ! how do i italize and underline etc ? (may as well learn something new while i'm finding my way around)


8) 8) 8)
He who is scared of change.....so drives a 1958 car and listens to AM mono radio

[surferboy]

 :o  OH   :o
It worked   (it didnt look like that in the preview)
I must be getting the hang of this computery stuff
Maybe one day I'll be as good as you Ret  ;D

8) 8) 8)

[TTV6FC]

Love the changes,but was devastated to see that I have dropped from a Full member back to Junior again! :'(
Ah well,only one way to fix that I guess.......

[mikey]

RET,
                 Thanks for taking the time to reply regarding that little prob I had with the notification.

Cheers   M

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

Love the changes,but was devastated to see that I have dropped from a Full member back to Junior again! :'(
Ah well,only one way to fix that I guess.......

Don't go there Jamie  ::) Please, don't go THERE!  :D

[Royal]

Hi Ret
  Love the new forum but I seem to have a problem every time I go to login it says this user does not exist and the only way to log in is to send of "forgot password" email and then log in that way, ::) what am I doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated.
                            Thanks  Roy  ;D

[RET]

Roy,

There are two versions of your name, the one you used to create the account called "login name", and the "displayed" name which we all see. I've sent you a PM with the specifics.

Anyone else having a variation of this problem:

Use the forgotten password option to get an email with a login link. Once in, Go to your Profile, and under "Modify Profile Information" on the LHS, choose "Account Related Settings". At the top, next to "Username", you'll see the login name. Make a note of it somewhere. There's also an option to change it if you need to.

cheers
RET

[minifcvan]

  IM NOT A GURU NO MORE..   BUT LOOK WHAT I CAN DO NOW............

CHEERS MARK

[RET]

I think the post-count to reach the different levels must be different in SMF. :-\

[Burnsy]

Thanks for all the effort RET. 

I think I use to be a guru but maybe I'm dillusional, either way I am happy that I'm not anymore - always thought I was a long way from that mark ;D ^{And now I}_{can do this!}

[Hotlips]

Sorry RET but every day when  I go into our forum it asks for my password etc.  I make sure I am clicking on the right address but to no avail - can u help???  Cheers Hotlips

[Royal]

Hi Ret
   All fixed , Thank you for your help.
               Cheers  Roy ;D

[RET]

You may have discovered this already, but I only noticed it today.

If you're looking at a board index (ie the page before this one), threads that have new posts in them have a little icon beside them. Nothing "new" there (if you'll pardon the pun).

But what is new is the fact that the icon links to somewhere different to the title of the thread. If you click the thread title, you go to the first post in the thread. But if you click the icon, you jump straight to the first post that you haven't yet read in that thread. That's very nifty, especially in long, multi-page threads where you're not sure if you last looked at page 4 or page 5.

cheers
RET

[RET]

Some more new features:

1. Amongst the BBC icons - direct YouTube link and direct Ebay link (just put the item # between the markers).

2. My Bookmarks - you can now bookmark threads you have an interest in so you can always find them easily. Particularly useful for older, reference stuff.

cheers
RET

[KFH]

Thanks RET.  That is very useful and will save a lot of searching.

Keith