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[SteveT]

What happened to my thread on Barclays banking?

[Administrator]

It is in the Lounge because it is about Barclays banking, it is not an East Dulwich specific issue or gossip.

[Keef]

On the home page there are no red "new"s next to each section, both using firefox and my mobile opera mini. Is it just me?

[Administrator]

It is not just you, we are currently having server issues (the forum is using up too much server power or "load") so we are investigating what elements can be turned off to reduce the load otherwise we may have to upgrade the server which costs. We will try and keep disruption to a minimum.

You can still see which messages are new when you go to the listing page e.g. http://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/forum/list.php?5 but having to count exactly how many messages are new and then show everyone their individual number of new messages is quite an effort. And remember most people do not read all messages so their new message count is in its 000's which has to be done every time they go to the home page.

[Keef]

Now don't take this the wrong way, but perhaps all the lounging is not healthy, as it tends to mess up the counts, and you end up with 500 threads and tens of thousands of unread posts in the main section!

*steps backwards slowly*

[Administrator]

Unfortunately we have to Lounge threads, rather like pruning a rose to keep it healthy. The fact the counts get messed up is a by-product of that and unfortunately we cannot pay for a programmer to sort it out.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I miss the red 'new' alerts too. This morning my computer isn't responding to the 'jump to' box on top right hand - is it just me? I only discovered that function recently (doh) and love it.

[Administrator]

The "Jump too ..." box is working this morning, I think your computer maybe still be asleep.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

thanks

[Crona]

Hi Admin,

Apologies if you had to deal with this query before. I want to move one post from one thread to another but I am not sure how to do that. Any suggestions?

Thanks

[Administrator]

Hi

No problem, you have to ask to have it moved and I will do it for you. You can do that by clicking on "Report This Message" and let me know the reason (if it is not obvious).

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Adminyadmin said: "... we cannot pay for a programmer to sort it out."

Is it worth asking on the forum if someone is a programmer and would do it for free? I know absolutely nothing about computers, but if I did I would offer my time to keep something so good up to scratch.

[microbite]

Hi there,

How do you upload photos onto threads please, have tried cut and pasting, no joy, the only thing I seem able to do is cut and past the website links, many thanks

Micro

[SeanMacGabhann]

hi microbite

do you mean photos from an existing website or local

If it's an existing website, rather than just post the link into the post, click on the icon above (the row of icons that has the smileys? - pick the one next to the Italicise which looks like a mountain and sun)

then post the link in the dialog box

then post a description

Voila

[Keef]

Sean's getting muddled up there, it won't prompt you to add a description when adding a photo, you just put the web address in the prompt box that comes up when you press the mountain/sun button, click OK, and it shall add the code to your post.

Then just carry on typing under it.

If you want to link to another site, you click the globe/paperclip button, paste the web address in to the prompt box, click ok, then another prompt box will appear asking you to add a description, for example "Click Here". When you post, you'll get a blue "Click Here" linking to the site.

I think I've just confused myself :-S

[SeanMacGabhann]

Ooh you are right there keef. I was muddled up

Sorry about that

[mockney piers]

If it's your own photo then upload the file as an attachment, then look at your post, click on the attachment copy the url and repeat as above.

As you can see I've an attachment below which and my picture below points to the picture using the insert image url icon (the little landscape thingy)

Just a screenshot I took that proved that bon3yard's naked piccies are naughty.

[Keef]

Never knew you could do that...

Oh yeah! Cool.

[Keef]

But surely you have to go back and edit the post in order to do it? Are you using your magic powers Piers? ;-)

Please note, that was the only file I had that was small enough, having just cleared most of the hard drive on to an external drive. Sorry for the plug!

[mockney piers]

you do need to edit it, and strange voodoo must have taken place ;)

[microbite]

What happened to the little section on the forum where you could see how many people had read but not commented on posts? Its disappeared.

Have a lovely morning XXXX

[microbite]

OOOPs!!! strike that, have just read the post below mine XX

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I want to know about the strange voodoo that removed the BNP list without a trace from a certain post. Can't google it for love nor money. I want my prurient share of it.

[Administrator]

Sorry, we do not want to link to that list from the East Dulwich Forum.

[SeanMacGabhann]

What, even though there is now an hilarious selection of emails posted by the BNP legal team and the web site owner???