vBulletin 3.0 Gold Questions

[The Barrow-Wight]

We've upgraded to the new vBulletin 3.0 Gold version, and I'm sure there will be lots of questions. Ask them here.

[The Perky Ent]

Will it be permanent? Because quite frankly, i hate it. It completly throws off the mood that i used to have every time i got on the downs.

Also, what's with the green and blue dots by my avatar when i post?

[The Barrow-Wight]

As the announcement on every forum says, no, it will not be permanent. We are working on getting the graphics back in order. I just thought I'd open it up so people could continue to post.

[Firefoot]

Why does it say "registered user" next to some people's names instead of "Shade of Carn Dûm" or whatever their title is?

Another thing, I was posting in the Quotable Quotes/Quiz Room and I tried to post and got a message that said something like "you can't post because your message is under ten characters" but just before that I had posted an equally short post and didn't get that message. Does a quote not count for message length?

[Diamond18]

Personally, I really like the way it looks right now... I don't really notice that many shocking differences; just positive ones... it seems less crowded and more "open"... um... that doesn't make a lot of sense, but I suppose it doesn't matter because I'm probably the only one that's liking it right now. I like it better than the UBB and other VBulletin version. I like it that the messages cover the whole screen instead of being shoved to the right. I even like the blue lines. I hope you don't "fix" it too much.... :) The only thing I don't like is that it ate my message the first time I tried to post here. Oh well.

What is the difference between Guided Mode and Enhanced Mode? I don't noticed a change toggling between the two.

[Vuelve]

What the heck! I just got used to using the forum after the last upgrade. Now I'm all lost again.I was just here earlier and everything was fine; this is well quite shocking to say the least.Hope your iron out the graphics because right now (please don't kill me) it looks like crap.I'm not a big fan of the blue lines.Right now Its rather intimidating.I'm afraid to do anything; it looks like it could blow up or something.

Sorry for my rant,
Vuelve

[Eruwen]

I personally like the changes. It's different, yes, but I will get used to it like I had to when the Downs first switched to V Bulletin. I like how you can switch the look of the threads to whatever form you want.

But I do have a question. In my profile, it gives a link that says "Event Reminders". When I clicked on it, it said that I didn't have any. But how do I add events to the list?

I am also quite interested in what Firefoot asked about the titles under your name as well. I was growing quite used to being a "Shade". I've been one so long that I have grown quite fond of the title. Is it ever going to return?

[Everdawn]

I was growing quite used to being a "Shade". I've been one so long that I have grown quite fond of the title. Is it ever going to return?

Yes, I too have become very fond of my "shadeness", It seems to be the only one which isnt working.

[The Barrow-Wight]

The user ranks (ie. Pile O'Bones, Haunting Spirit, etc.) have been reactivated. The upgrade didn't transfer those correctly, but we've fixed it.

*edit* Hmmmm.. Now I see both Titles and Ranks. The idea was to have Titles replace Ranks. Back to the drawing board.

[mark12_30]

This new wide-screen format (text not indented) is **fabulous**. I hope it survives the graphics cleanup...?

And I was thrilled to see:
Users online (again! a-thread-stalking we will go)
and
Email Notification for a reply inluding the text of the reply.

**purrs contentedly**

[mark12_30]

Can a normal user input the mouse-over popup which describes the link in question? :cool:

[The Perky Ent]

Um...Wight...if the title thingie is fixed, Why does it give your title: Wraith of Angmar and your post statue: Ghost Prince of Cardolan


Also, why is the Ghost spelled Chost? Someting is wrong....very wrong!

[Imladris]

How do you reply to a PM because for the life of me I can't figure it out, so I have to do it the long way and just craft an entirely new PM. Am I just being blind?

[piosenniel]

Imladris

You aren't blind! :)

It only took me 1/2 an hour to figure the darned thing out.

At the bottom, right, of the opened PM you're reading are 2 choices:

the first is 'Forward'; the second, 'Quote'.

Choose 'Quote' to make your reply.

~*~ Pio

[Gorwingel]

Oh my Gosh! :eek: I hate the look of this version!
It just seems so unorganized, and messy. This has to be my least favorite of all the versions of the Barrow-Downs (I actually thought that the last one was pretty good, except for the whole having to adjust the size of your avatars yourself).

[LePetitChoux]

I actually really really like this one. I mean, now you can see the thread name for "last posted" in each forum from themain page, the user CP is a lot easier to use and its all very logical..
I have a question... I foolishly got rid of my avatar, and now I don't actually have a little "choose avatar" box. Hm... :confused:

[Vuelve]

And I was thrilled to see:
Users online (again! a-thread-stalking we will go)
Yay!!

It's gonna take some getting used to but I think I might manage it. I apoligize for my previous rant, but it was a little scary.I still don't have my "Haunting Spirit" title, but I will manage.(Accually I'm quite ready for a change, but I don't know how many posts I have to have to "move on up" to a new title on the Downs.)

Btw as questioned before, what is the difference between Guilded and Enhanced mode??

Peace, I'm sure I'll have more Questions later,
Vuelve


EDIT: LePetitChoux To edit avatar click on user CP. On the left hand side there are your profile opitions.Click on Edit Avatar.

[Orofaniel]

I think it's pretty:D

Just wondering about something. On my profile, it says: "orofaniel is not a member of any public groups." (Or something like that)

What is a public group? :rolleyes:

[Carlas]

Once again I leave for only a few days, and return to find the site changed! :eek:I'm sure I'll get used to it quick, but one question- In the Folder Controls there is a bar with three colours: red, orange, and green. What exactly is it for?

[Firefoot]

Vuelve - technically you are a Wight now.

But my question is about the Search. I was trying, but it said there were no matches and I should try some different terms. So then I searched "Frodo" in all open forums, entire post, with no other restrictions, figuring that would be common enough to get some results, but I got the same message. What is wrong with the Search?

[Sharkû]

Guided Mode and Enhanced Mode
Guided Mode pops up a box when you click a button asking what you want to be input in that style. Enhanced Mode simply inserts an opening tag, you do your typing, then click the button again and a closing tag is inserted.
Highlighting the text to modify and then clicking on the button is available in both modes.

Groups
User groups are mainly one way to handle permissions and privileges. They are not implemented as we have been handling this otherwise, but there could well be a group 'Canon Forum' of users who have access to the private canon forum.

Can a normal user input the mouse-over popup which describes the link in question
The hover-message is actually a preview of the beginning of the first post.

Private Message Coloured Status Bar
From what I can tell, the bar represents PMs in your inbox (red), sent items (yellow), and free space (green), giving a graphical representation of the space occupied and available.

[The Barrow-Wight]

I am re-indexing the search database now, and that usually takes several hours. This may slow the forum down a little now and then, but when it is finsihed, the search function should work correctly again.

[piosenniel]

When I try to add an event to my Private Calendar, I get this message:

piosenniel, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?

If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Please advise as I do like to use the Calendar function.

~*~ Pio

[Sharkû]

Calendars and Reminders
By clicking on CALENDAR at the top task bar you access the forums public calendar. This contains the birthdays of users who entered their date in their profile, and anything administration might consider important.

You can access your private calendar by selecting Private instead of Public on the Calendar Jump dropdown on the bottom right and hitting GO.
There you can add private events which only you can access, because the private calendars depend on the user name. After you've added an event, you can select 'Add reminder for this event' on the following screen.

[piosenniel]

I can view my Private Calendar with the events I've already added, but when I click on (still under my Private Calendar and logged in as piosenniel):

Add an Event

and try to add any of the following:

Single, All Day Event
Ranged Event
Recurring Event

I get this message:

piosenniel, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:

Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?

If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.

Also - once an Event is placed on the Private Calendar - is it possible to Delete it so that it can be moved to another date?

[Eruanna]

I like it!
Very clear and easy to read. I also like the log in at the top of the page, definitely an improvement :cool:
It will be interesting to see if there are more changes the next time that I visit.

[Sharkû]

Editing Calendar Events
After you've entered a date into your private calendar (see above), you can bring up the event's overview by clicking on it. You can see the description you entered, request a reminder for the event, and edit or delete the event under Event options.

Adding events to your private calendar is allowed for all users. This is how it is set, and I have verified it by creating a test account and editing its calendar.

[Vuelve]

Vuelve - technically you are a Wight now.

Yay!!!!I'm a Wight!!!Thats the first thing I'm gonna tell my friends at school tomorrow. :cool:
Ahem Is there anyway you can make the bold,Itallic,underline,alignment etc.... graphics easier to see??They get rather lost on the black background.

Peace,
Vuelve

[The Saucepan Man]

Some great new functions. Particularly welcome is the fact that Quotes, Italicised words etc now get placed where the cursor is in a reply message, rather than at the end as they did previously. That's going to save a lot of cutting and pasting ...

One slight problem I've noticed. Deleted posts now appear on a thread as .. well ... deleted posts, whereas before they were simply deleted never to be seen again. Is there any way to change this, as they are cluttering up a few threads in the Quiz Room?

Also, is there still an issue with posting messages under 10 words, as this could cause problems in the Quiz and Quotes Rooms where messages are often only a few words (Yes that's correct etc)?

Otherwise, the changes all seem to me to be for the better. :)

[Liriodendron]

Wild and crazy! I'm fine. (since I figured out how to find the new posts) I don't know what half the stuff is, just like my computer. :D Still....It looks good and will be fun to play around with for awhile! :)

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

The forum looks way better. Especially the quotes. :)

Well...I have some rants.

~ The message icons are at the bottom of the text area. Hard to reach.

~ Those tool-thingies, italics and stuff. Hard to determine. Hard to see, even.

Well, that's it, then. But, even if these weren't addressed, I'd get used, then forget I ever ranted about them.

Now, let's look at the source code...could learn a lot more about HTML here...

->Elenrod the Golden...I think...

[Mariska Greenleaf]

Again, I was lost the first couple of minutes, just like I was the last time it changed...
But it seems quite allright now.
It looks a bit messy if you ask me, but I don't see anymore of these strange chinese marks, so that's an improvement...

[HerenIstarion]

Is it the final version I'm looking at right now? For it will be a shame to confess if it the said hateful temporal thing, but I do like the look of it, with all those neat frames around posts and what-not :)

[Mister Underhill]

Saucepan: One slight problem I've noticed. Deleted posts now appear on a thread as .. well ... deleted posts, whereas before they were simply deleted never to be seen again. Is there any way to change this, as they are cluttering up a few threads in the Quiz Room? If I’m not mistaken, the deleted post/thread notices are available only to mods. There is “delete post” and there is “physically remove post”. Only the latter actually 86-es the post from the database, while the former may be restored.

[piosenniel]

Saucy

I sent you a PM about 'Managing' a post or topic thread after you've 'Deleted' the original.

Hope it helps!

~*~ Pio

[LePetitChoux]

Aah, but (going back to my wee avatar problem) I did click on the "Edit Avatar" link and it gave me this lovely message:

Your Current Avatar

No Avatar Specified

Avatars are small graphics that are displayed under your username whenever you post.

Do not use an avatar

Note: if you have a custom avatar selecting this option will delete it.

And that, as they say, is it. No box to put in my URL, no option of uploading, nothing.
:confused:

[The Saucepan Man]

Aha! All is revealed (or not ;) ). Thanks pio and Underhillo. :)

What about the lower limit to the number of words in a message, though? Is that still an issue? And, if so, is it possible to remove it (at least for the Quiz and Quotes Rooms)?

Also, what's with the green box after each member's post count telling me (when my cursor hovers over it) that they have started the path to adventure? :confused:

[Firefoot]

Saucepan Man - I think the green box is like User Ratings on UBB because under "member list" everyone has a green box under the column "reputation." And also there is a little icon that looks like a scale underneath everyone's name that if you hover the mouse over it says "Add to _____'s reputation." If you click on it you get a little thing that says (I clicked on yours):

Reputation
Add to Reputation: The Saucepan Man
What do you think of The Saucepan Man's post?
I approve
I disapprove
Your comments on this post:

So my guess is it is like user rating. But "_____ has started the road to adventure" is a really weird caption.

[Gorwingel]

But about the Reputation... Where can you actually read the messages about your "reputation"? Or are they destined to stay a mystery forever?

[Liriodendron]

Actually, I think this version is VERY cool! I wish I had a lot of free time to explore. :cool: Everybody's avatars look very beautiful.

[Lindolirian]

Hmmm it's nice, but being the typical human that I am, I don't like change, but I'll get over it. One thing though... It's not really important, but it might mess things up a little. I noticed that the calendar is off a day somehow. Mine and two other's birthdays are on April 6 which is a Tuesday this year. However this calendar has it on the 5th but still on a Tuesday. Strange things are afoot at the BD Calendar. But anyhoo, I don't care that much how it looks, just so long as it's got all the normal content. Heck this place could be laid out like word document, I'd still come. (It just wouldn't be as cool) ;)

[Sharkû]

That's just the way the calendar looks. The day is at the top left of the (imagined) box for the day, the number on the top right, colliding with the next weekday.

[Silmiel of Imladris]

This question may have already been asked but how do I change my avatar? I looked everywhere on the CP and I don't see where to put the URL in for a new one. Other than that I love the new graphics and everything. This forum is almost like using a word processor now instead of a message board.

[Finwe]

Just a question...

Next to all our post counts, there's a little green box that shows the phrase "X has started on the path to adventure" (X being the person's nickname). What's that all about?

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

I think the green box is like User Ratings on UBB because under "member list" everyone has a green box under the column "reputation." And also there is a little icon that looks like a scale underneath everyone's name that if you hover the mouse over it says "Add to _____'s reputation." If you click on it you get a little thing that says (I clicked on yours):

Or methinks it means that if you -the guest - don't join, you're missing out on a lot.

[HerenIstarion]

In some cases it says "X is unknown" (Firefoot, I've seen such a thing on yours). How do you mean, unknown? We see the name, we see the post... ;)

[Lindolirian]

That's just the way the calendar looks. The day is at the top left of the (imagined) box for the day, the number on the top right, colliding with the next weekday. Ahh... I see now. Well that's a strange way of doing it, but it makes sense to me now. Thanks!

[The Barrow-Wight]

I've made borders around the monthly calendar, so it should be easier to tell which day is which.

[Elennar Starfire]

Yes, I find the 'reputation' thing very confusing as well. How do you know how you've been rated? And what's the logic of being able to give comments on a post if there's no way for the person being commented on to see them?

In some cases it says "X is unknown" (Firefoot, I've seen such a thing on yours). How do you mean, unknown? We see the name, we see the post...

I noticed that too, on Firefoot's. Then I 'added to Firefoot's reputation' and next time I saw it, it said 'Firefoot has started on the path to adventure' so maybe that means you've been rated?

Very confuzzling, this. But I like the unconfuzzling parts of the new forum, and I think it looks very nice.

[Child of the 7th Age]

I have several questions about features on the 3.0 upgrade.

First, when you click on a poster's profile, there is a designation to the right of the screen labelled "user options". When I tried to bring this up, it said the following:

Child of the 7th Age, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons........

At first, I assumed this was because I was looking at someone else's profile, but the same thing happened when I clicked on my own profile.

What are "user options" and should they be accessible to a poster?

Second, when I looked at the list of people online that appears at the bottom of the main forum page, I noticed that some of the posters had small green cross marks immediately after their names. What does this symbol mean?

Thank you....Child of the 7th Age

[Imladris]

I know this question has been asked before, but it keeps on getting buried under other stuff.

How do you change an avatar? When I click on the link "edit avatar" it has the option to not have an avatar, but it doesn't have an URL box or anything like that. To experiment, I clicked on the do not have an avatar option, hoping that an URL box would appear after the change had been processed, but that did not happen, and now I have no avatar.

Alas, the sacrifieces of experimenting. ;)

Cheers!
Istawen

[piosenniel]

I wondered about those 'User Options' Child mentioned also.

Child - I think the little green 'plus-signs' show the people on your 'buddy list'.

If you log in and choose the 'invisible' mode, your name will show in that bottom list with a little asterisk following it.

[Child of the 7th Age]

Pio,

I think you are right.... Now, that I think of it, all the people who had "pluses" were on my buddy list. I will try the "invisible" trick....


OK, one more question for anyone out there.... Why do phrases like "1 viewing" or "2 viewing" appear after the name of the forum in the general menu? At first, I assumed that it was the number of people viewing that particular forum. But the numbers don't always seem to coordinate with the names actually appearing in the forum itself. Perhaps it is the number of members but excludes any guests?

Child

[Mister Underhill]

What are "user options" and should they be accessible to a poster?These are for admins, where we can do fun stuff like ban trolls.Why do phrases like "1 viewing" or "2 viewing" appear after the name of the forum in the general menu? These do correspond to users viewing the forum, but I'm not sure if it includes guests or not.

[Sharkû]

Who's Online and people currently viewing forums aren't updated in exact real time, which can result in minor discrepancies, too.

The avatar thing _should_ work, but I know there's a bug hiding somewhere. We'll have to look into it, I think.

As for reputations, you can view your current standing by clicking on the scale next to any of your posts. In the window which pops up, you can also see what ratings, if any, you got for that specific post, and read any comments.

[HerenIstarion]

reputation re: can we get the list of entries, please? I mean., adventure in what direction - towards fame and fortune or other way round? Hang of what?

(par example, let us suppose there is such a clause as "X is awesome", does it mean X is awesomely respected or disreputed? ;))

[The Barrow-Wight]

Reputations are based on what people think of the posts you make. People can either agree with your post or disagree with it. The captions will change to reflect your overall reputation as related to the quality of your posts . I'm not going to give out the list of reputation captions, though. People will just have to earn enough reputation points to find out what they are.

[HerenIstarion]

thx :)

the list is certainly of interest

[Bêthberry]

I am sure Mr. Underhill and BW will appreciate the fact that I can now set sticky threads in my own forum. Thank-you, vBulletin.

So far, I like the new format very much even though I am still learning it.

One new feature which I think is particularly valuable is that we can now post opinions on the quality of individual posts. The rating feature on the old software really amounted to little more than popularity about posters but this feature now allows us to comment on the posts--and even more importantly, give reasons for our opinions. Now, reputations really can be more about the quality of writing and ideas than personalities. We don't want this to be a barrow of --um, can I get away with this--ill-repute.

[Mister Underhill]

Another interesting factoid about reputation is that the higher your reputation is, the more weight your opinion carries when you rate other members' posts. It's a pretty complex little system of calculations.

[Goldberry]

I like this new version, but I've hardly explored it at all. What I have seen seems interesting. The "reputation" system surely is a step up from the rating system. And it looks like there are some neat little features which I'm looking forward to check out. (plus, we've still got this groovy smilie... :smokin: )

But I'm also having the minor avatar problem. When I click "edit avatar," I get the same message that LePetitChoux posted.

[Firefoot]

Why are some people's reputation boxes blue but most people's are green? Does the box change to blue if your reputation is not good?

[The Barrow-Wight]

Reputations start out at a default value of 10 points. All members with a reputation greater than 0 have a green icon. If your reputation falls below 0, it will turn blue. That means it's time to check your User CP to see why people are rating your posts downward.

[Rilwen Gamgee]

Wow, the new boards are quite impressive! :) I'm getting a little more aquainted with the graphics and such, but I noticed that when you enter, say, Middle-earth-Mirth, if you hold your mouse still for a moment (in a space by, or on, a topic link), a white text box comes up.

Edit: I've now found out this box reveals the first post of the topic that you hold your mouse next to.

[Everdawn]

Can i just say that I hope the rep system stays. Ive had encounters with it in the past and have been very satisfied. One question, is it anonymous?

[Sharkû]

No, you can see a detailed breakdown of your reputations along with comments and usernames in your CP. Refer to the Reputations thread (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=10503) for more info.

[Mister Underhill]

My esteemed colleague is (understandably) mistaken. The reputation system is anonymous -- except for Admins, who, as always, hear and see all.

[Ainaserkewen]

Sorry if this was asked already...

Did a lot of old posts and threads get deleted? I remember my post count over a four hundred but now I'm at 399. It doesn't matter, I'm just curious.

[symestreem]

Is this new version inhabited by something hungry? At first I thought I was imagining it, but now I'm pretty sure that it's eating some of my posts. (If this doesn't appear, I'll KNOW... ;) ). I suppose the moderators could be deleting them, but I haven't been posting anything offensive. Is this happening to anyone else, or am I alone and deserted in the lonely, cruel, and desolate world?
:( :confused:

When I tried to submit this with four "smilies", I got this message:
You have included too many images in your signature or in your previous post. Please go back and correct the problem and then continue again.

Images include use of smilies, the vB code [img] tag and HTML <img> tags. The use of these is all subject to them being enabled by the administrator.
Have we been given a smiley allowance??????

[Sharkû]

The 'post shrinkage' already happened in the move from UBB to VBulletin, as you can see in the older VB Questions thread, and is due to the fact that VBulleting excluded some old posts (in closed threads and for IIRC) from counting towards your total. I lost exactly 400 posts, for example.

I can't see how new posts get lost; certainly not if they did actually appear and it wasn't a software/connection error. Please verify that and report back.

The max number of images in a thread makes sense IMO. Perhaps smilies could be excluded from it, but why should they.

[symestreem]

Submitting something to a forum is like sending an email; the people who read your message can't read your body language, and they can't hear your tone of voice. Most of us are not skilled enough as writers to always express sarcasm/kidding/whatever else in our posts; smileys help us do that and save a whole lot of confusion, and possibly offense. If you have a large post, or are trying to express a "compound emotion" (like: :D ;) ) it stands to reason that you will have more than three smileys in a post.

[The Barrow-Wight]

The smiley limit gives everyone the excuse to improve the emotional writing ;)

[symestreem]

GAAAAH!!!! No... emotions... can't... breathe... *GASP*
*withers up and shrivels into dust over her keyboard*

Is melodrama better than emotions? ;)

[Sharkû]

It's a discussion forum... sarcasm/kidding shouldn't have a big place in it anyway, and RPGs should have no smilies at all.

[The Barrow-Wight]

I notice many people are still having problems adding an avatar. Here's what you do.

(1) Click 'User CP'
(2) 'Edit Avatar'
(3) Either enter the URL of your avatar (it must reside on space you 'own') or Browse your hard drive for a good picture file.
(4) Click 'Save Changes'

All registered users are able to upload an avatar. Please post a comment here if you are unable. No need to comment when you are successful. We will see your avatar.

[Ainaserkewen]

Okay, lost some posts...whatever, I didn't need them anyway.

All of this is so...New! After coming back from a month of absence to this brand new design. Even as I'm typing this post I look around my screen and am bewildered. Luckily I haven't run into any real problems. Something back when the forum was first updated bugged the Proxy blocks on my computer and for ever after until yesterday, I haven't been able to view threads. It works now that I have gotten it unstuck, but what on earth could have been read wrong?

[Novnarwen]

I kind of like this new look. I hated it at first, but it was better than the other VBulletin version. Thanks!

Anyway, I was wondering.. Last time, I heard rumours of a spell checker. Is this the version where there is a spell checker? *giggles and hopes for a spell checker* :)

Cheers,
Nova :D

[Sharkû]

The problem with the spell check was and it is that it is only possible as a server- and bandwidth-heavy application offered by a third party. VBulletin had one years ago, but the spell check offer wasn't continued, and since thebn VBB no longer comes with the option. I'm not sure there are easy and comfortable, and not to forget free ways to integrate a spell check plugin to our board. For the meantime, you're best off using a word processor or a free online spell checker I'm afraid.

[The Saucepan Man]

Oh, but there is a spell-checker.

It's called hitting the Preview Button and reading through your message before posting. :p ;)

[Novnarwen]

Oh, but there is a spell-checker. It's called hitting the Preview Button and reading through your message before posting.
Of course. You must be very intelligent. :):p

Thanks for letting me know. The Preview Button will be my best friend from now on. :p

Cheers,
Nova

[symestreem]

I have verified that my posts are not being eaten. It seems to be operator error- apparently you have to let the thread reload part way before you close it out for the post to appear.
I apologize, noble board, for impugning your honor.

[Sharkû]

Yeah, I'd definitely wait for the redirect to be done. You can always use more windows if you're impatient.

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Curiously, some green spiders are showing up in the "Who's on-line" screen.
To be more specific they seem as though they might be guests, as they are green, but instead of listing "Guest" my snap shot shows two that read Googlebot (Google) Spider and one that reads Zyborg (Looksmart) Spider. Are these spiders poisonous? If not what does this designation mean? That they have found the site via a search engine?

[Sharkû]

That they have found the site via a search engine?
Yup, you're perfectly right. In some cases you can easily tell with which search engine, too. I have to admit I do not know the exact way in which spiders are registered on Who's online, but I suppose you become a normal guest once you move from the originally linked destination to somewhere else on the site.

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Ah, so an invasion by spiders can be a good thing for the Barrow Downs! Thank you.

[Mister Underhill]

Actually I think the "spiders" are bot programs that scan the web, caching links, pages, and content for use by search engines. So when you see one, it means that an automated program is "visiting" the Downs.

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

I think "spider watching" is becoming my new pastime! Currently there is an Ask Jeeves Spider in Haudh-en-Ndengin and a Looksmart one in the achives of Rohan.
Fascinating! ;)

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

I've looked at my Group Memberships and found this group there. What's it for?

I think it's for the mods and admins.

Yeah, I think so. But I can't assume.

[Sharkû]

It's just part of a test of the new VBulleting features, ignore it.

[Maédhros]

I have been trying to post a fairly big post in the Private Forum, yet when I try to do it, I get the following message: That I followed an invalid link.
Does this have anything to do with a character restriction in a post?

[piosenniel]

I was having the same problem in the Shire with one of our very long informational posts. Many of the sections on it were in "bold".

I had to go back and remove all of the previous "bold"s and change them to CAPS to get the edit to go through.

Is there any way to resolve this restriction problem for the TftE forum and the RPG fora?

~*~ Pio

[Child of the 7th Age]

I am having a different problem with editing, also in the Shire. I do not know if this is a problem with the site, or AOL who is my ISP.

My new posts go through just fine. However, yesterday and today, the posts I edit give me a note that the website has "timed out". It took me about eight tries to get an edit through. I did keep checking on another window so I knew when it finally "clicked".

Again, this may be solely a coincidence, but these posts did have some text in bold.

Child

[Maédhros]

piosenniel
As I looked at my post, I have found out that it had only one title in bold and that was it. I have several little parts underlined but that is mostly it. What I'm trying to post is an 11 page long post about an almost finish part of our work. I wonder if the reason that it can't be posted is that it exceeds the forum limit size of a post or if it is something else entirely.
Just to note that they are far more longer posts in that section of the forum that existed before the migration to VBulletin.

The message that i get from the forum is: Invalid Thread specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the webmaster

[HerenIstarion]

I have encountered similar problem. Solution was found as to split the post into parts

[Sharkû]

I think it has to do with posts being especially long, and causing errors during connection/'upload' of the message. There is no limit on post length per se, but errors are more likely to occur on long posts I guess. Always save long posts somewhere (word processor, cache), retry if failed; split into two parts as mentioned by Heren if it still fails.

[Bêthberry]

When both BW and I were unable to edit The Golden Hall thread in Rohan a couple of weeks ago (a very simple edit of adding one name on one line), I simply copied the entire thread into a new thread and deleted the old one. There were no problems starting a new thread. Maybe this idea will be of use on other forums.

[Miriel Undomiel]

Just one question: what are these 'groups'? I've got a box in my user cp asking me to jain the Angmar Clan. What is this??? :confused:

[The Barrow-Wight]

It's nothing. Ignore it. If it becomes something, we'll let everyone know.

[Sharkû]

Time must be cyclical after all, I could have sworn that question was asked and answered not even some 10 posts above. Weird.

[HerenIstarion]

I don't seem to locate 'reply' button in private messaging, so have to 'forward' my replies instead. Is it just me? For I get messages starting with re: original title, so, presumably, some people must have reply button after all

[piosenniel]

HerenIstarion - check your PM's and give it a try!

Scroll to the bottom of a PM you've been sent. At the bottom right corner is a 'forward' button and a 'quote' button. Choose the 'quote' button - it sends back a reply to the one who sent you the PM you want to reply to that includes the PM text sent you.

I think it's strange they didn't just call it 'reply' - but they didn't! :rolleyes:

~*~ Pio

[HerenIstarion]

Seemingly, it works. Thanks :)

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Forgive me my ignorance and also if this has been brought up before but...

I am having a devil of a time figuring out how to print out a portion of my printable version without the last sentence on most pages getting decapitated. The curious thing is that the bottom of the bounding box prints out just fine.

The method I have been using is to select the portion of the text I want to print and paste it into a Word document, printing from there. I have tried to change margins and fonts, but to no avail. Has anyone else been experiencing this? Have you found a good way to print with out printing the whole thread's page?

[piosenniel]

Someone walk me through this version:

On the last version I had the opportunity to look at my Buddy List and send a PM from it. Now when I look at the buddy list it simply lists the names as black text on a white background with no way of clicking on one or a number of them to send a PM.

Am I missing a way to send PM's directly from the Buddy List?

~*~ Pio

_______________________________________

EDIT: Thank you kindly, BW! :D (answer below)

~*~ Pio, blind as a bat at times . . .

[The Barrow-Wight]

Go to QUICK LINKS and choose OPEN BUDDY List.
Click the box by the buddy you want to PM.
Click the PM USERS button.

[Sleeping Beauty]

Just a quick question: You know little preview box that comes up when you hover or just click once on threads, why does it only show up on posts I haven't read yet and not on posts that I have? Is it just a board thing for new posts or is my computer just being random? :rolleyes:

[Gorwingel]

Ok, I just have a quick, little question...

Now I know that the little green box (the one that says "Gorwingel has started on the path to adventure... blah..blah" when you put your cursor over it) has been asked about before, and that we kind of know what it is for. But I was just wondering... today I was just doing my regular reading of various threads, and I noticed that Saucepan Man had two little green boxes instead of just one! *gasp*

Now is the extra box because of Saucepan Man having many messages in his reputations, or is it because of something else?

An answer would be greatly appreciated :cool:

[mark12_30]

It's because he's "As faithful as Samwise." So's Esty, now, I think.

Barrow Wight-- the way that PM'ing is set up right now, the system automatically saves a copy of each PM I send, unless I remember to tell it not to. It also defaults to "Ask For Read Receipt", or whatever it's called.

I've looked for a way to default these to OFF and I haven't found one yet. Any suggestions?

[Orcrist]

Is there a way to change my name without having to re-register? There probably isn't, but I just thought I'd ask.

[The Barrow-Wight]

Nope. We decided long ago that if we allowed people to change their nicks it would only lead to mass confusion.

[Imladris]

I changed my email address and now I'm getting emailed responses to all of my subscribed threads. I went into my profile and checked the option not to have an email response, but I'm still getting them. Do you know why, and how I can fix it?

Cheers,
Imladris

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Has anyone else experienced occasional trouble getting the 'add post' and ‘edit’ boxes to show up. It usually seems to happen when I am in a bit of a hurry. :)

[Mister Underhill]

I changed my email address and now I'm getting emailed responses to all of my subscribed threads. I went into my profile and checked the option not to have an email response, but I'm still getting them. Do you know why, and how I can fix it? You can manage your subscribed threads in the "List Subscriptions" area of the User Control Panel. You can delete subscriptions or change the e-mail update type (none, every post, weekly update, etc.) using controls similar to the ones used to manage your PMs.

[Imladris]

Thank you, Mr. Underhill.

Alas, I have yet another question. Do links in your signature affect your character count? The reason I ask is because I see people with sigs longer than mine, yet I cannot add another short sentence in mine. In fact, I was changing one of the links (replacing it rather), and that's all I changed but the sig said that I had gone over my 250 character count...

Cheers,
Imladris

[Orominuialwen]

I've been trying to change my location so that I can update my miles to Rivendell, which I haven't done since before we switched from UBB, but I can't find where to change it. I've looked all over my User CP, to no avail. Am I just overlooking it?

Also, is there a way to change the option that subscribes me to a thread so that the default is to not subscribe? I don't always remember to change the little box before I post, and the swarms of e-mail can get quite bothersome, particularly to people with limited mailbox space. Do I just have to try and remember every time, or is there something else I can do?


Thanks,
Oromin

[Sharkû]

I'm too lazy to verify it, but hyperlinks and unless I'm mistaken tags used to count towards the character limit in signatures, and likely still do, yes. In a way it makes sense, too, since code is code.

Thread subscription per default / do not subscribe can be edited in your Control Panel - edit options.
Location is under edit profile...

[Orominuialwen]

Thank you! It's hard to believe I didn't notice that before. :o

[Mad Baggins]

Whenever I try to post with just a quote or URL, it tells me to lengthen my message to one character. Why?

[Mad Baggins]

Can I get my question answered, if possible, please?

[Mirkgirl]

Well I believe I can answer this one (:

The quotes (apparently the URLs too) aren't counted to the minimum characters check, which apparently is set to 1

[Mad Baggins]

Ah, thank you, Mirkgirl. :)

[Thorongil]

I tried to change my custom user status, but the option to change it isn't there. How can I change it?

[Thorongil]

Ho hooooooooo, anybody home?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Thorongil, please explain what you mean by 'custom user status' - I'll try to help.

[Sharkû]

If an option's not there, it's not implemented, either because it's impossible, or because we elected not to (such as the changing of member names and titles by the members themselves).

[Thorongil]

The text under your name like for example "ghost prince of Cardolan". Isn't theat what the vBulletin FAQ refers to as "Custom user status"?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

As Sharkû said, you cannot change your own status. Up to 500 posts, it changes automatically when you reach a certain number of posts; after that, the administration may choose to allow a personal title. (Those chosen are notified by the admins/moderators.) For more details, please check the Barrow-Downs FAQ (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=6010) thread at the top of the Novices and Newcomers forum.

[Thorongil]

Ok, thanks for helping. I must have misread the FAQ, because I thought it came automatically after 500 posts.

[HerenIstarion]

I've noticed that some threads, (in the 'thread tools' area) have an option of 'add a poll to this thread'. Some lack such an option. What is the algorithm? That is, I was not able to work out the principle - at first I thought that such an option was valid for current forum, but than, some threads here lack it too.

[The Perky Ent]

I just noticed (thanks to Bethberry) than when you click on the post cound to the right of a thread, in the Forum list, it gives you a breakdown of who posted how many times! I find that very cool! Was that always there, or am I as much of a spaz as I lead on?

[The Barrow-Wight]

Yes :D

[Son of Númenor]

My signature won't show up. I type it, preview it and save it, and it shows up on my member profile, but not under individual posts. Have I been black-listed?

[Imladris]

SoN do you have your "Show Signatures" box checked in your User CP under Edit Options?

[Son of Númenor]

Yes. :confused:

[Imladris]

Hmm. I wonder why your sig showed up this time, but not that time. Curious.

[HerenIstarion]

I see it in the latter of your two posts on the page, Son. (Previous but one, that is)

[The Barrow-Wight]

btw, I set your sig to what it is now, Son ("Son of Númenor") because I found your signature block empty in your user panel. Please try resetting it to what you want it to be.

[Nimrodel_9]

Once again, the subject of avatars has risen (thanks to me).

I can`t get my avatar to work! I followed all of your steps but I keep get a message that says the URL does not exist. I have tried it with several different avatars, and I`m sure I`m getting the right URL, but it still does not work. Can you help me?

Also I are there any sites I can get an avatar from that you know work?

Thag you very buch! :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Some sites do not allow their images to be linked, Nimrodel - that could be your problem. To find avatar sites, try searching for "avatar" with Google - you should come up with plenty of possibilities.

[Imladris]

Are there any sites I can get an avatar from that you know work?

You can also upload pics from your computer to be your avatar. They have to be 64 by 64 pixels or less. If you find an image you really like but it's too big and you don't have a program to cut them down to size, PM me with your email address and I'll cut them for you. :)

[Nimrodel_9]

Ok, help me out on this. How do I upload pictures from my computer for my avatar? Sorry, I`m not very skilled in the ways of a computer. :confused:

[Imladris]

Click on your User CP.

Click on Edit Avatar.

Scroll down. Here you will see two options. The top one will have "Enter avatar URL" over a blank space. You do not want this option if you are uploading.

You want the second space which says, " Upload an Avatar From Your Computer". Beside the white space it will have a small grey button that says "Browse." Click that button.

When you push that, it will open a window with all of the documents, files, and pictures in it. From here on out, it's just like selecting and navigating in My Pictures. So, go to my Pictures, click a picture that is within the 64 by 64 pixels limitations, and double click. THe window will disappear and the file name will appear in the white box.

Push save changes.

Voile. Avatar.

:D

[Nimrodel_9]

Nevermind, I figured it out. (How do you like it? I love Dominic!) Our computer is very complicated. (For a not-so-smart person like me.) I spent an hour on it yesterday. Now I did it in like, 5 minutes. Thankyou so much for your help though! It`s great to have people who pay attention to you. And I must say Barrow-Wight, that the Barrow-Downs has the best forums I have ever been to. :D

Nimrodel

[Lhunardawen]

I can't give reps to BDers I deem deserving! :eek:

I click on the scale, then after a few moments a message appears saying that "A popup window has been blocked." Is that the fault of the computer I'm using, or are there external forces trying to stop me from being a generous BDer?

[Imladris]

I think your computer is blocking popups. Go under Tools and Web Options or whatever your browser calls it and see if your computer is checked to block popups.

[Assasin]

How do you put pics on? I tried, but it won't work.

[ohtatyaro]

It may sound silly thing to say, I mean, I even haven't been around before this current version came into play, but I'd like to sya I like it :)

But I will back up Assasin's question. it says to use and [/img ] codes, but it does not work

I mean, do you see any pictures:

[img]http://www.scholastic.com/harrypotter/images/nav_top.jpg

Funny now that I previewed this, I see the picture. But I swear the pic did not show up last time I tried to put one in. Funny :confused:

[the guy who be short]

I checked Esgallhugwen's public profile (I hope she doesn't mind being named) to see her last post, so I could judge if she was still coming fairly recently or not.

Her PP didn't show a "last post." All it said in that area was "offline" as usual, but no last post above this.

I went to the member list and checked "last activity" there. Again, by her name, the space was blank. Why can I not see her last activity?

[Firefoot]

I finally figured this one out (all thanks to Werewolf ;) ). As far as I can tell, it's because the last time that person was online, they were on invisible mode. So if you sort the Member's List according to last visit and go to about page 45, you see a whole bunch of people who don't have their last visit date - basically anyone who has played werewolf recently - because they've been invisible.

[the guy who be short]

Ah, thanks Firefoot. :) I'll go check that out. I'm afraid Esgallhugwen's computer has broken or something, as we haven't seen her since her unfortunate demise in WWIV. I hope she gets back soon.

[the guy who be short]

1) How do I do this (http://www.barrowdowns.com) with the WYSIWYG editor? (That is, link something with a different name).

2) What is an Active Topic?

[Mister Underhill]

1. Type in the "other name", highlight it, then hit the link button and enter the link in the popup box.

2. Active Topics are just topics that have recently been posted on.

[the guy who be short]

Thank you very much. :D

[Gurthang]

Ok, I know I've heard this before, but could someone please refresh my memory. I am currently 'Shade of Carn Dûm' and I know I still have to be 'Ghost Prince of Cardolan' (at least) before I'll get to have my own title. But how and when do you get to have your own unique title?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

"Don't call us, we'll call you." ;)

A personal title is not a right, it's a privilege that is offered by the Barrow-Wight. There's nothing automatic about the offer; when he feels that it's time to honour those who have posted not only quantity (i.e. numerous posts), but also quality (worthwhile contributions), he will contact those who are entitled to choose a personal title.

[Meneltarmacil]

Not sure exactly where to post this, but...

Just now, I tried to go to the main page/forum index/whatever and found myself staring at a blank screen with these words on it:
Red Devils Crew Here by Saudi-x ... hey admin [ You Are Currently Needed To Die .. !!! ]
I don't know what this means or what is going on here. All other pages seem to be working alright, though.

EDIT: When I try to get there by clicking on a link, it just gives me a "page not found" thing.

[Gurthang]

Yeah, Meneltarmacil, that happened to me, too! I had to get in by clicking on a PM that was in my e-mail. It's working normally now, but that was kinda scary. I was like, uh-oh, no Barrowdowns. :eek: *faint*

[Sharkû]

Bear in mind that in the rare case of a hack such as this, it's always only temporary. That's what backups are for, no cause for panic.

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

I have noticed that some days the ‘Active Topics’ list can be a few pages long, and at other times it is quite brief. Putting it down to a slow day, I haven’t thought much about it. Now I am not so sure. This morning only one thread was listed when I checked, but I know that more than that had been posted on as I received email notices. Does anyone know what criteria the program is looking at? It is beginning to take on a magical, or at least arbitrary, aspect in my mind.

[HerenIstarion]

24 hours prior to time of checking, as far as I know

As for seeing only one, probably your browser had the cookies stored of the previous checking, when indeed there was only one new topic. Next time try to refresh if it looks funny

This, or something else I can't think of :)

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Ahhh...the magic cookies! That would make perfect sense. I only wish I could remember if I had checked it previously, then I would know for certain. But alas, it was too early in the morning for my mind that to accept that particular cookie!

Many thanks Mr. HerenIstarion!

[the guy who be short]

A minor point and not of much importance.

When I quote thuslythe quoted text becomes italicised. Any way to stop this?

EDIT: Well, that's just odd. Usually it decides to become italic. Any explanations?

[piosenniel]

Hmmmm . . . let's see . . .


A minor point and not of much importance.

When I quote the quoted text becomes italicised. Any way to stop this?

EDIT: Well, that's just odd. Usually it decides to become italic. Any explanations?

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A minor point and not of much importance.

When I quote the quoted text becomes italicised. Any way to stop this?

EDIT: Well, that's just odd. Usually it decides to become italic. Any explanations?

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It's a different set of instructions/tags for the 2 types of quoting.

The first example has the quotes between these two: [Q UOTE] [/QUOTE]

(with the 'Q' of course, not followed by a space.)


And in the second the quote is being referenced: [Q UOTE=the guy who be short] [/QUOTE]


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If you don't want your quote italicised, copy and paste it between the first set of tags above.

You can use the 'quote' icon above the 'Reply to Thread' box . . . or just type out the tags yourself.

~*~ Pio

[The Perky Ent]

Well, this isn't really a question, but more of a feeble request: Is there any way with 3.0 to have more than 20 PM's per inbox? I'm getting around ten a day, and I'm spending around 15 minutes cleaning my PM box every day. It's starting to get on my nerves, but that's what I get for sending them out so much, I guess. I can make due with 20 as I fear I must, but is there any chance of upping the number?

[The Barrow-Wight]

Is there any way... to have more than 20 PM's per inbox?

No, at least not anytime soon. The cap of 20 was set intentionally to encourage public discussion rather than private talks. At one time we had almost as much traffic in PMs as we did in regular posts, so we were forced to put a limit on it. Though we understand that people want to occasionally communicate on a more personal basis, bandwidth isn't free, and there's always e-mail.

[Gurthang]

I've been wondering... Is the ability to create polls an exclusive option? I've looked for it, but cannot see it. So does this mean that I cannot make a poll, or that I am just blind?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Yes, the creation of polls is limited - if you can see the option, you can start one.

[Thinlómien]

Yes, the creation of polls is limited - if you can see the option, you can start one.
I'm just curious, but how is that limited? F.g. there can only be x many active poll threads at time/only certain members can post polls/ something else?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Only a limited number of members can start polls. It's rather obvious that Fordim Hedgethistle and HerenIstarion belong to those, isn't it?! ;)

[Thinlómien]

It is :D
But who are they classified?
I'm not sure but I think that I was able to, at one point.
Is it who the mods think worthy of creating polls?

[Bêthberry]

It isn't the mods who control that kind of thing. It is the Administrators, or likely just the mighty Barrow Wighty himself.

I wonder if Fordim offerred Wight his newborns for the option? Would HI have promised him his? ;) :p

[Gurthang]

It isn't the mods who control that kind of thing. It is the Administrators, or likely just the mighty Barrow Wighty himself.

Okay, now I've got a question. I know that they are grouped differently on the View Fourum Leaders (http://www.forum.barrowdowns.com/showgroups.php?) page, but what exactly is the difference between mods and admins? I mean, other than administrators have their names in italics. :rolleyes:

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Moderators are responsible for a particular area of the forum; they may have just one sub-forum or forum in which they keep an eye on things, or several. Administrators are responsible for the general policy of the whole forum and have powers that moderators do not, as well as being able to step in anywhere as a moderator if needed.

[Thinlómien]

Moderators are responsible for a particular area of the forum; they may have just one sub-forum or forum in which they keep an eye on things, or several. Administrators are responsible for the general policy of the whole forum and have powers that moderators do not, as well as being able to step in anywhere as a moderator if needed.
Sorry if I've caused mess with this, I always mix up admins and mods...

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

I wonder if Fordim offerred Wight his newborns for the option [of creating polls]? (Bb)Surely, Fordim wouldn't have a problem of offering one of his newborns (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=438909&postcount=239). :p :D ;)

But seriously, what if you had to create a poll? Could you submit a poll proposal to Mighty Wighty to let him give you the power to create a poll, even just once? Or do I have to sacrifice my newborn (if I have one, which I don't)?

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

To be honest, I don't know how I got the right to post polls. I was surprised to find out that this right is not universal. My theory is that at one point everyone was allowed to post polls, and then one loudmouthed pollster (*sheepish grin, toe digging into the sand*) started posting poll after poll and the Great and Mighty Barrow Wighty decided that enough was enough and restricted the pollsteristas and -os to make sure that the forum did not become overwhelmed.

Honestly, that's just a theory -- I've never heard anything about this from a mod or admin.

As to non-pollsteristos and -as who wish to start a poll, you could always PM someone with the polling power and make a suggestion. Several Downers have contacted me with such ideas and these have resulted in some interesting polls. To be frank, though, there have been a couple of polls suggested to me that I've not put up because I wasn't sure how they would work or go over so perhaps that's the point of restricting access...?

And oh yeah, there ain't no-one I'd give my kiddies up to! Grrrrrr..... :mad:

[HerenIstarion]

Ditto

(I know, bad manners, to express mere agreement, but see, it would be hard to find so many synonyms to deliver the same contents)

[Thinlómien]

In the members list it says that some members have last been online 01-01-1970. Why that date? The 'downs didn't even exist then, did they? I assume that that means that they haven't been online since the vBulletin update, but why is it 1970???

[HerenIstarion]

1969 (http://69.51.5.41/showthread.php?t=11011)

To quote mark12_30 from the thread linked to:

Zero time in UNIX is 1 January 1970. One second less than that, or an un-entered/ nonexistent time, comes up in UNIX as 23:59 Dec 31, 1969.

Now you know why people worried about Y2K, and why they still worry about UNIX time rollover. Imagine if you had to pay tax going back to the last time you logged on to the barrow downs. Thirty-four years back taxes, plus interest. Cash, please.

Fortunately the Barrow Wight doesn't collect taxes.

[Thinlómien]

And what is UNIX??

[dancing spawn of ungoliant]

UNIX:

Suomeksi. (http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix)

In English. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix)

[Thinlómien]

Thank you both, Heren and Spawn. :)

[Eonwe]

What's up with the ' Inktomi Slurp Spiders' that come up in the 'Currently Active Users' section?

[Celuien]

What's up with the ' Inktomi Slurp Spiders' that come up in the 'Currently Active Users' section?

Ah! The Spiders!

This (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=10968) rather funny thread explains the arachnid invasion.

[Alcarillo]

Is it just me, or is the icon next to the Shire RPG forum always a ghost or a padlock? Never a green ball? Is it supposed to be like that? This has been bothering me for a while.

[piosenniel]

The Shire is a locked forum in that only the moderators there can open threads. That's why it has the ghost/padlock icon.

[AragornII]

When I put my mouse over someone's reputation boxes, the usual line for someone with 11 boxes is "X has mounted Taniquetil again". However, twice I have seen weird ones. The first time, it said "X wonders what happened to the reputation system." The second time, on a different person, it said "X steals taters from confused gaffers" :) Is that supposed to happen?

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Yes, that's normal - there are several brief, witty interludes in the reputations, between mounting Taniquetil the first and the second time. Those should be mentioned somewhere on the now closed Reputations (http://www.forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=10503) thread - though you'll have to search a bit between chatty nonsense...

[AragornII]

I can't figure out how to quote other posts. How do I get it to say "Oringinally posted by X:"?

[Valier]

I can answer that for you! You highlight the part you want then right click and copy it. Then you highlight it again once you have placed it where you want then wrap it in quote tags (the 1 on the top righthand side) Then you put a = sign and the persons name (in the quote box part) I hope that makes sense.:D

[Estelyn Telcontar]

There's an easier and faster way to quote someone's post - see the little yellow "quote" box in the lower right corner of the post you want to quote? Click on that, and it automatically opens a new post window with that post included as a quote. If you don't want to quote the whole thing, delete the rest of it, and post your comments and additions below. Voila!

[Thinlómien]

When viewing who's online, wgy does it sometimes say "Replying to Thread" and show the thread's name with orange (a link) and sometimes only "Replying to Thread"?

This has been troubling me for a while now...

[piosenniel]

There are a couple of restricted subforums: one open only to mods/admins; one to mods/admins and a few other posters.

EDIT: make that 'restricted'

[Thinlómien]

There are a couple of hidden subforums: one open only to mods/admins; one to mods/admins and a few other posters.Oh, thanks. That cleared it. :)

Hidden sunforums sounds... sneaky. ;)

[Hilde Bracegirdle]

Ok, there has been a mysterious disappearance of the 'spiders' that normally can be found crawling around the site when checking who's online. And it has caused a thread regarding it to pop up in the Novice and Newcomers section. I was wondering if anyone here knows if a switch has been flipped or box checked somewhere to hide the critters.

It had been a rather nice way of coming across older threads.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I'm just wondering if there is any way of stopping all these advertisements and spammers that have mysteriously started popping up frequently.
It’s a tad annoying to be browsing the Downs, only to see these spams everywhere.

[Aiwendil]

I'm just wondering if there is any way of stopping all these advertisements and spammers that have mysteriously started popping up frequently.
It’s a tad annoying to be browsing the Downs, only to see these spams everywhere.

There are Great and Mysterious Powers* at work on this very issue as we speak.


*Also known as Administrators.

[Meneltarmacil]

I've kind of been having a problem here. The site was not working (when it did work, it took forever to load and would periodically fail for most of last night, and is working at a really slow pace now. I was wondering what was going on, as it seems that there were other users on here last night.

[The Barrow-Wight]

The forum and site were down off and on through the night. Because it was working occasionally, I never contacted tech support, so I don't know what the problem was. Once in a while things like this happen, and all we can do is wait for performance to improve. Besides being a little slow, everything looks OK now.

[Thinlómien]

The forum clock is quite weird for me.

For example, the time stamp of this post shows 12:16 PM while the computer clock and my telephone clock tell me it's around 01:08 PM. So the clock is about 50 minutes late.

What's the problem? And, am I the only one?

[Alkanoonion]

did you have your personal forum clock settings changed? most forums have a option that lets you pick your timezone.
have a look in your cp area under edit options
Date & Time Options

Time ZoneAll timestamps displayed on the forums can be automatically corrected to show the correct time for your location in the world. Simply select the appropriate time zone from the list below.


(GMT -12:00) Eniwetok, Kwajalein (GMT -11:00) Midway Island, Samoa (GMT -10:00) Hawaii (GMT -9:00) Alaska (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (GMT -7:00) Mountain Time (US & Canada) (GMT -6:00) Central Time (US & Canada), Mexico City (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada), Bogota, Lima (GMT -4:00) Atlantic Time (Canada), Caracas, La Paz (GMT -3:30) Newfoundland (GMT -3:00) Brazil, Buenos Aires, Georgetown (GMT -2:00) Mid-Atlantic (GMT -1:00 hour) Azores, Cape Verde Islands (GMT) Western Europe Time, London, Lisbon, Casablanca (GMT +1:00 hour) Brussels, Copenhagen, Madrid, Paris (GMT +2:00) Kaliningrad, South Africa (GMT +3:00) Baghdad, Riyadh, Moscow, St. Petersburg (GMT +3:30) Tehran (GMT +4:00) Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Baku, Tbilisi (GMT +4:30) Kabul (GMT +5:00) Ekaterinburg, Islamabad, Karachi, Tashkent (GMT +5:30) Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, New Delhi (GMT +6:00) Almaty, Dhaka, Colombo (GMT +7:00) Bangkok, Hanoi, Jakarta (GMT +8:00) Beijing, Perth, Singapore, Hong Kong (GMT +9:00) Tokyo, Seoul, Osaka, Sapporo, Yakutsk (GMT +9:30) Adelaide, Darwin (GMT +10:00) Eastern Australia, Guam, Vladivostok (GMT +11:00) Magadan, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia (GMT +12:00) Auckland, Wellington, Fiji, Kamchatka Time Zone:

In addition, you may set the appropriate option to allow for daylight savings time in your part of the world.

Automatically detect DST settings DST corrections always on DST corrections always off DST Correction Option:

[Nogrod]

For example, the time stamp of this post shows 12:16 PM while the computer clock and my telephone clock tell me it's around 01:08 PM. So the clock is about 50 minutes late.

What's the problem? And, am I the only one?That sounds weird. If the problem would be one hour, two hours or anything like that it might be like Alkanoonion suggested. But 52 minutes is odd. Although I checked mine and it was two minutes off... So maybe 8 minutes off and the daylight savings not clicked?

But how to mend that?

[Celuien]

Until about 5 minutes ago, my clock was off by 32 minutes. Now it's off by 3 minutes. I'd never had that problem until today and haven't changed any settings. Very strange.

[Mänwe]

Thinlómien you are not the only one. I too am having "time trouble", it was like that lst night with me, and the early morning of today. Though I must say I was quite enjoying being 52 minutes younger!

[Nogrod]

Now it seems to be 19 minutes off the track.

So there is something wrong there, moving forwards and backwards, definitively...

Can something be done to it?

[Boromir88]

The clock here is off by roughly 20 minutes....I thought it was my computer clock that was wrong and there was no rush to get ready for work. Then I checked my cell phone and I realized there was a rush! :p

[Brinniel]

Ah, I thought there was something strange going on last night when I checked Who's Online and noticed no member had been active for the last half hour. :rolleyes: The BD clock reads 4:49pm, when in fact it is 5:12.

[Celuien]

Mine is now off by 22 minutes. There's something wrong in the fabric of the space-time continuum, I tell you! :p :D

*clicks refresh to see how far off the clock is now*

[Thinlómien]

Okay, now it's 46 minutes.

What's happening?!?

[Farael]

Now that you mention it... the clock here seems to be 52 minutes off the mark. I wouldn't mention it, but someone else had had the same difference, so it's quite interesting. Perhaps the "main" clock, from where the BD calculates the time for the time-stamps is having some problems? I'm guessing that'd have nothing to do with the 'downs itself but rather some Internet glitch.

Edit: As I posted this, the difference between the actual time and the BD clock was reduced to 10 minutes. Odd, huh?

[The Barrow-Wight]

Probably the server where the forum resides has a problem with its clock. I'll send tech support a note if the problem persists.

*EDIT* Shows as 15 minutes early for me. Weird.

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

Just want to see if it's happening with me...

EDIT Yep, 16 minutes slow. That really is weird. Why would the clock be out of calibration by a different amount for different people?? If there's something screwy with the server then it would apply uniformly, would it not?

[Macalaure]

Why would the clock be out of calibration by a different amount for different people??I'm not sure it is. It seems like the difference is just changing all the time. For me the clock is 45 minutes too early right now and the last time I looked yesterday it was 23.

The world is steering into chaos! :eek:

[Brinniel]

Perhaps the problem has been fixed. The clock is only off one minute for me now... :rolleyes:

EDIT: Wait a minute...now it's just right on. (Pun not intended) :cool:

[Thinlómien]

It's still 40 minutes late for me.

[Brinniel]

Well, I suppose my post from last night should be cancelled out...while it was working before, it is now 42 minutes slow again. *sigh* I should really stop worrying about this...it's not like I use computer clocks anyways... :rolleyes:

[Naria]

Well it looks like the time flux has finally hit my neck of the woods. It's 45mins out!! Yikes :eek:

[Brinniel]

I am very confused right now. The BD clock is exactly an hour behind the actual time. I thought perhaps my settings were off, but I checked and I'm set to the correct time zone.

I suppose this is just a continuence of the messed up clock? But strange that it is precisely an hour off... :confused:

[Thinlómien]

The clock is showing the correct time for me! :eek: :D

edit: or two minutes too early, but the fault might be with this school computer's clock

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I think the calendar is broken. It seems to show December 2006, but not January 2007. Just thought I'd bring it to your attention because, well, we all need to know when Birthdays are coming up.
:smokin:

[Mister Underhill]

Don't know what's going on with the clock, but you should be able to view January 2007 now.

[Thinlómien]

The clock seems to be back to normal. Yay!

[Elmo]

The rep buttons never seem to be working:(

[Oddwen]

I right-click on the rep icon and open it in a new tab/window and that seems to work, Elmo.

[The Saucepan Man]

The rep buttons never seem to be working

I right-click on the rep icon and open it in a new tab/window and that seems to work, Elmo.... or you could try right clicking and selecting Open Link, which works for me.

[Elmo]

SInce I'm using a mac at the moment, I have to hold control to that but both ways work. Cheers guys!

[Thinlómien]

I don't think this is the right place to post this, but I don't know what is, so I'll just ask this here.

Where have Esty and Child's personal titles gone? Why are they Ghost Princes of Cardolan? Is this some kind of error, or deliberate?

-A Curious 'Downer

[AragornII]

What's up with everyone having only one green box under their number of posts? Is that for a reason?

[Thinlómien]

AragornII, see this (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=14022) thread. :)

[Thinlómien]

While Today's Birthdays seems to be working fine, the calendar is stuck on year 2007. Just if you mods weren't aware of this problem. :)

[Mister Underhill]

Thanks, Thinlómien. The calendar has been fixed.

[Thinlómien]

Great. :)

[Oddwen]

Has anyone else had trouble arranging their signature? I haven't been able get to three lines, although I know that I haven't gone over the character limit or line length. I wonder if the empty spaces left over from copying and pasting are collecting and clogging? Though I do try to clean those out every time.

[Thinlómien]

Has anyone else had trouble arranging their signature? I haven't been able get to three lines, although I know that I haven't gone over the character limit or line length. I wonder if the empty spaces left over from copying and pasting are collecting and clogging? Though I do try to clean those out every time.I think it counts links into the character limit, so it fills up quite quickly, if you have lots of them.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Yes, I had similar problem. Don't you use the tags like "right" or "center" often? They count as a new line always. But yes, definitely there are certain moments when the program counts the lines as more than they actually are. To be precise: it happened to me while posting this:

text A[TAG RIGHT]text B
text C[END TAG RIGHT]

Now the tag "right" in itself creates a new line and the program rightly counts it. All the texts (A, B, C) are shorter than one line, I checked it and 100% there is no problem in it. It should look like this:

text A
text B (in the right corner)
text C (in the right corner)

However, it says that it is more than three lines. But when I do for example this:

text A
text B
[TAG RIGHT]text C[END TAG RIGHT]

therefore, a thing that looks like

text A
text B
text C (in the right corner)

it does not write any alert message to me. It seems illogical.

[Brinniel]

I'm having the same problems with my siggy. I'm trying to create a new one; it's only three lines (no tags or anything), but I still get a notice that it's more. I think it's because in the text box where you type the signature it is four lines, but that's just silly because the text box is much smaller and it would only be three lines on the forum...

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

I think it's because in the text box where you type the signature it is four lines, but that's just silly because the text box is much smaller and it would only be three lines on the forum...

Oh, you think it really is that silly? I thought it counts characters (it indeed does) and it knows how many characters make a line, and it does not depend on how big the textbox is. After all, the size of the window may be different... ???

[Brinniel]

Well, I didn't really think I had that many characters in my signature...showing up on the forum, each line is fairly short in length.

But I did manage to figure it out. I had to merge the last two lines into one line, then align left the last line so that it would appear as three separate lines. Very odd...but at least it worked.

[satansaloser2005]

I have a rather silly question. I noticed my little reputation thing and thought to myself "you should give some kudos to some of the other WW players, as they did a spectacular job, etc., etc." So I tried. But it won't let me go to it. I wondered if it was my IE acting up, so I tried Firefox, but still to no avail. Somehow I managed to get to Noggie's (don't ask me how I did that) but I keep getting some error. I know it's really not that big of a deal, but it irks me that it won't work. Any suggestions?

[mormegil]

Right-click on it and tell it to open in a new browser or new tab.

[satansaloser2005]

Right-click on it and tell it to open in a new browser or new tab.

Aha! Success! Thanks Morm! :)

[Volo]

This was already asked in the "Best Avatar" thread, but I think there was no answer.

Is it possible to upload an animated avatar? I'm told "You may not upload animated images." even when both size criterias are taken into account.

[Estelyn Telcontar]

Volo, animated avatars tend to be quite distracting (we've had some in the past!), and since we are here to read what others have posted, not to see a site full of avatars (there are other sites for that!), we'd rather have members choose non-animated pictures as their avatars. It's really only supposed to be a visible identification of the person who's writing so that you can recognize others' posts easily.

[Volo]

Yes, sure. It's ok with me, but I was just asking if it is intentional that one can't upload them anymore.

[Thinlómien]

There have been problems with the clock once again. Any chance of fixing it? :)

[Estelyn Telcontar]

I have brought the problem to the administrators' notice. I hope they will be able to fix it to show the correct time soon; we may need to be patient, if it's a time-consuming task.

[Hookbill the Goomba]

I have brought the problem to the administrators' notice. I hope they will be able to fix it to show the correct time soon; we may need to be patient, if it's a time-consuming task.

Ho-ho-ho! :D

Sorry, couldn't resist.

I gave up with the clock some time ago. I used to wait until the BD clock said 12:00 before posting the news. Now I don't bother. :(

[Thinlómien]

Just pointing out that we don't have the calendar for this year. :)

[Elmo]

Sorry I've been on this forum for over two years now and I still don't know how to do polls. :( the FAQs are no use. ah disregard I just searched, I don't think I'm important enough to do polls.

[Inziladun]

I hope this is the right place to bring this up!
I recently changed my e-mail address here and set my options for "No e-mail notification" on subscribed threads. Problem is, I'm still getting the e-mails, some twenty or so each day.
It's a minor matter really, just thought I would bring it to someone's attention.