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BB. · October 2015

The support person got back to me... He does not know of any login/cookie issues (other than those of us that use various tools to limit cookies in our browsers).

If anyone has more information, let us know.

I would suggest going in browser and delete all cookies related to forum.solar-electric.com and re-log in. In years pasts, I have seen old cookies sometimes confuse a website.

-Bill

westbranch · October 2015

ditto

westbranch · October 2015

I have noticed over the last couple of days that the FORUM forgets that I logged on on a different cpu at a different location earlier in the day...???

Aguarancher · October 2015

did the site just go down or was it just me?

CDN_VT · October 2015

Yes Its a JOKE
I need MARK ALL READ .
Start again

CDN_VT · October 2015

Get a backup from your V bulletin forum server !!!!! of when this stuff started & a few months before & do what we did .
I needed to fix this . We have the smartest folks testing the others and asking the other side who thinks different .
Wife -Me , both think , but see the end different .

I can't even edit my post .

I got MY (MINE) back on track . Mine is not for sales & cost Squat ,,BUT the Gentlemen who belong have the backings of the forum In ideas ..

BB. · October 2015

At the top of the page, there is a "Mark all Viewed" link to push.

You can edit posts up to one week old... If you need to edit something older, just drop me a PM.

-Bill

Aguarancher · October 2015

It's nice there is now a 'store link' but it would be nice if it redirected to a new page like it used to.

BB. · October 2015

OK, a suggestion for a new window for store link.

The next major change is to update the forum theme. This is the basic "Vanilla" out of the box (for the most part). In the relatively near future (last I heard).

-Bill

Aguarancher · October 2015

BB. said:

The next major change is to update the forum theme.

-Bill

UT OH.. LOL

Aguarancher · November 2015

Bill, there isn't a message link in your profile (at least for me there isn't). How are we supposed to contact the moderator? I sent you a pm, but had to piggy-back it on a previous message i had sent to you.

BB. · November 2015

Thank you Aguarancher--Yes, it appears the MESSAGE button is missing from my account profile at this time. I have asked the service folks to take a look at this for me.

For the present time, you (or anyone else) can go to your own inbox and send a message to me by addressing it to "BB." directly.

Thank you,
-Bill

BB. · November 2015

To search for your latest posts, go to your profile page and click on Comments button to the right. Here is mine:

http://forum.solar-electric.com/profile/comments/512/BB.

-Bill

Aguarancher · November 2015

Would anyone else like to see “recent discussions” and “new discussion” changed to Recent Posts and New Post? I think it is confusing to new ‘posters’ and any current members that haven’t signed in to this new Vanilla Format. Plus 99% of other forums use posts instead of this new verbage (discussions).

vtmaps · November 2015

Aguarancher said:

Would anyone else like to see “recent discussions” and “new discussion” changed to Recent Posts and New Post?

I don't even see a "recent discussion" button or menu.

In order for me to make a New Post, I must Leave a Comment. And if you want to see it, there is no "new comments" or "new posts" button... you must click "discussions" and the newest comments/posts will be at the top of page.

Fortunately, when I leave a comment, the button says "Post Comment", which suggests that I might be making a new post, even though it's really just a comment in a discussion that is about to be posted.

Whatever happened to threads? And is there any progress on numbering the comments/posts in a thread/discussion?

--vtMaps

Aguarancher · November 2015

"I don't even see a "recent discussion" button or menu." They are both on the homepage at the upper right hand side.

BB. · November 2015

The Discussions button on the top an the "Recent Discussions" on the left are the same function.

And you click on (right side) Categories to see the various forums and click down into those for "threads".

"Discussions"="Threads".
"Comments"="posts" (at least in terms of discussions--You can also make comments in user profiles too--Just to make things more confusing).

And there is the Recent Activities button--That lists things people (and system) does... In fact, just figured out that is a new method to inject spam... Time to send off another email to support folks. Sigh....

-Bill

Vic · November 2015

Aguarancher said:

Would anyone else like to see “recent discussions” and “new discussion” changed to Recent Posts and New Post? I think it is confusing to new ‘posters’ and any current members that haven’t signed in to this new Vanilla Format. Plus 99% of other forums use posts instead of this new verbage (discussions).

The major issues that I have had with the last version of vbulletin software, and the Vanilla, as well, is ALL of the divergence from the behavior and methods required to do almost anything. There are cryptic little icons, like the gear of knob that one needs to finally guess may be some much-needed, useful function, like, " Edit "

I do not navigate any Forum, by looking at the Recent Posts (or whatever one chooses to call them here and now), but rather, by looking at a category (or whatever they are now called) ... Having some accurate indication of what is New is quite helpful on every other Forum, but the " New " function here, seems unpredictable and quite broken.

Have harped on this before ... Similarities to the function between different Forums (to me this site is a Forum) is a real plus. Having one Forum behave grossly differently in many aspects is a detriment.

To me, this Forum is essentially a Technical space. Having aspects of Social Media here is not useful, and could well dilute the amount of technical information present, and perhaps allow drift into baby pics, and pet-trick pics.

Love the one "Enter" keystroke generate a double-space ... have never seen this in any text editor function or typewriter, ever ... always gets me! Why must this be the way that it is? ... Completely unique among any Forum that I visit. (have just now stopped trying to compensate for this anomaly).

Appreciate that David and the Wind-Sun crew, and BB Bill have chosen to make the investment in time and $$ to exit vbulletin and find something better, And, thanks again to all who are working to make this site still be on of the better sites for content, if perhaps not quite yet there in functionality.

FWIW, Thanks! Vic

Mountain Don · November 2015

I like the Vanilla software. I like that it has evolved or been modified when certain issues have been found. Nothing is perfect because we all have opinions on how things could be done.

The little "gear thing" is commonplace these days. It always has something to do with settings, so when I was looking to edit something, I saw it, clicked it and there it was! No big deal. If nothing ever changed, nothing different ever tried out we'd still be using candles instead of solar power, carburetors instead of fuel injection and we'd still have DOS and green screens instead of Windows or whatever Apple calls their system. Etc. Etc. Change happens. Sometimes for the worse; Windows Vista. Sometimes for the better; Windows 7.

Just the way I see it

BB. · November 2015

Vic,

I am not sure why you have double line feeds.

The above are me pressing enter twice. The next line is a single enter. (Single enter here)
And no extra line feeds.

(Double enter above). Your lines seem to have two or even three line feeds.
-Bill

Mountain Don · November 2015

I don't understand the line feed issue you have Vic. I will press Enter once
there one press. Now 2 presses on Enter

that was 2 presses and 2 line feeds.

inetdog · November 2015

There may be a problem with your OS or keyboard driver converting the single return/enter keystroke into a <carriage return><line feed> pair. There have historically been problems with operating systems and word processing (including text editing) software revolving around whether breaking to a new line should be a single "newline" (=<line feed>) character (Unix derivatives) or two characters (<cr><lf>) or the other single character, <lf> (various incarnations of Windows).
Some software is smart enough (or obstinate enough) to realize that <cr><lf> should only space down one line. Other software is not.
To some extent the behavior of the web server will be influenced by the OS on which it is running or is most commonly run.
Anyway, an actual network trace of the web traffic or a browser trace using a web developer plugin will tell you what you are actually sending to the server. At this point you appear to be in the minority.

Mountain Don · November 2015

Do you have access to a second, different brand computer, a tablet, a phone....?

Which reminds me of another thing I like about Vanilla. It is smart enough to recognize the device and optimize the screen layout for small screens like phones and tablets. I don't even have to turn the screen sideways to read this forum like some need. Some other forums work well on a small screen but require both the forum server and the user device to run Tapatalk software/app. I prefer to not do that.

Vic · November 2015

inetdog said:

There may be a problem with your OS or keyboard driver converting the single return/enter keystroke into a <carriage return><line feed> pair. There have historically been problems with operating systems and word processing (including text editing) software revolving around whether breaking to a new line should be a single "newline" (=<line feed>) character (Unix derivatives) or two characters (<cr><lf>) or the other single character, <lf> (various incarnations of Windows).
Some software is smart enough (or obstinate enough) to realize that <cr><lf> should only space down one line. Other software is not.
To some extent the behavior of the web server will be influenced by the OS on which it is running or is most commonly run.
Anyway, an actual network trace of the web traffic or a browser trace using a web developer plugin will tell you what you are actually sending to the server. At this point you appear to be in the minority.

OK thanks inetdog, and M D. All that I know, is what I see. If it is my Toshiba Laptop, with IE 11, running Win 7 HPE that is causing it, I cannot know. HOWEVER, this is the ONLY site where this behavior is evident, AND have NEVER, EVER seen this behavior anywhere, EVER before. That is all. NBD .... space, space ..... space

I have stopped changing my typing style, or editing my posts to remove the added spaces, it was just one more little, niggling thing that makes this site a mystery. I do not use a SmartyPants Phone at all, as moderately reliable Cell coverage is 20-or-more miles away.

Sorry to be redundant. Thanks,

Spacy Vic

Mountain Don · November 2015

One of lifes mysteries I guess.

vtmaps · November 2015

How do I find a saved draft? --vtMaps

Mountain Don · November 2015

What I see is if I type something and save the draft and close the browser then, when I go back to that page later what I saved is still in the "leave a comment" field. Even if I switch to a different browser. You do have to be logged in of course. Then you can post it or edit or delete it by backspacing it out. You just need to remember the topic where you saved a draft .

vtmaps · November 2015

OK, thanks. I have noted that behavior... but that won't bring back the long post that vaporized as soon as I clicked the "Post Comment" button

--vtMaps

Mountain Don · November 2015

No, but then nothing I ever found could bring those back. It's odd that it didn't autosave the draft though as I have seen that notification pop up several times as I type or sit and think. Appears at the lower left once a minute as long as there have been changes made in the compose field. Or so it seems.

BB. · November 2015

On the right is a "My Drafts" button... It takes you to a page with all of your posts that have been typed but not yet posted... I have one that I have abandoned for weeks, and it is still there.

-Bill