Mount Olympus *Olly* posted:

Moonie posted:

El Loro posted:

Olly, I had posted my comment about the first unread reply from what happened to me when I logged out and logged back in. I don't know of a cause for what you've experienced in that case. The social strata link in my post which you quoted whould take you to Brian's comment rather than the topic page so that's very odd A random thought, have you tried clearing your browser cache in case the revised forum has confused it?

It took me to the comments page too El...

 

it did for me this time too. .I swear it didn't before....

I saw Brian's pic, he's a kid. .the majority of typers are of generations that learnt with the normal standards so he'll have to change not us as his is the minority generation..  it's like there's a generation of people coming up that can't be assed to do stuff themselves and get a program to do it for them.. oh well 

 

Olly, my apologies, I meant to say it took me to the Topics page not the comments page. Sorry again

Moonie posted:

Mount Olympus *Olly* posted:

Moonie posted:

El Loro posted:

Olly, I had posted my comment about the first unread reply from what happened to me when I logged out and logged back in. I don't know of a cause for what you've experienced in that case. The social strata link in my post which you quoted whould take you to Brian's comment rather than the topic page so that's very odd A random thought, have you tried clearing your browser cache in case the revised forum has confused it?

It took me to the comments page too El...

 

it did for me this time too. .I swear it didn't before....

I saw Brian's pic, he's a kid. .the majority of typers are of generations that learnt with the normal standards so he'll have to change not us as his is the minority generation..  it's like there's a generation of people coming up that can't be assed to do stuff themselves and get a program to do it for them.. oh well 

 

Olly, my apologies, I meant to say it took me to the Topics page not the comments page. Sorry again

No worries... I think it has changed cos it takes me to the comment now..

Mount Olympus *Olly* posted:

Moonie posted:

Mount Olympus *Olly* posted:

Moonie posted:

El Loro posted:

Olly, I had posted my comment about the first unread reply from what happened to me when I logged out and logged back in. I don't know of a cause for what you've experienced in that case. The social strata link in my post which you quoted whould take you to Brian's comment rather than the topic page so that's very odd A random thought, have you tried clearing your browser cache in case the revised forum has confused it?

It took me to the comments page too El...

 

it did for me this time too. .I swear it didn't before....

I saw Brian's pic, he's a kid. .the majority of typers are of generations that learnt with the normal standards so he'll have to change not us as his is the minority generation..  it's like there's a generation of people coming up that can't be assed to do stuff themselves and get a program to do it for them.. oh well 

 

Olly, my apologies, I meant to say it took me to the Topics page not the comments page. Sorry again

No worries... I think it has changed cos it takes me to the comment now..

Okies 

Sorry, I have to say I hate it, it's not PC friendly in any shape or form  

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

OMG!!!!! Microsoft word 2010 Have adopted that format. That's presumably why Brian thinks it's the standard these days.

 

Sorry Brian, but just because Microsoft have decided to do it that way DOESN'T make it the norm.

Enter x1 = New line.
Enter x2 = New paragraph

I can't tell you how much I agree..!  It's really beyond poor and goes against all the basics that I was taught as a typist.   I know things move on but sheesh! 

I've no idea who Brian is btw; (he's not on my list of favourites that's for sure)

Cosmopolitan posted:

Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:

OMG!!!!! Microsoft word 2010 Have adopted that format. That's presumably why Brian thinks it's the standard these days.

 

Sorry Brian, but just because Microsoft have decided to do it that way DOESN'T make it the norm.

Enter x1 = New line.
Enter x2 = New paragraph

I can't tell you how much I agree..!  It's really beyond poor and goes against all the basics that I was taught as a typist.   I know things move on but sheesh! 

I've no idea who Brian is btw; (he's not on my list of favourites that's for sure)

Olly, I have found that there are some random posts on a thread which are gone to when clicking on New/First Unread Post and I've broight this to Lori's attention with examples. I did find problems with this very soon after the implementation but at that stage it seemed to be a temporary glitch when one logged out and logged back in. What you and I have found is different and has nothing to do with logging out. It seems that if you close the forum and/or close your browser then the new/unread post does not remember your recent activity on the forum. It seems to remember the correct information on a thread from where you were 20 or so minutes from when you came out, However, if you came out of the forum in a shorter time (haven't established the exact length of time) it gets confused and when you go back in, there's the New sign even if there's no posts on the thread since you left and the New takes you to a random reply.

Though sometimes closng the browser and coming back in still shows the correct information so it does seem random.

Thanks El Loro. .as you say it is random... luck of the draw if you get to last unread or not. . been behaving for a bit.. maybe it fixed itself

El Loro posted:

Sprout posted:

Has anyone got any idea why I can't post images any more please? I've just tried to post two different Google images in a birthday thread and got this message

 You're not allowed to upload photo files   

I never had any problems on the old forum 

You should only get that not allowed message if you are trying to post an image from your computer, images on the web should be fine.

There are 3 ways to post pictures as described in my second post on the first page of this thread:
To insert an image either drag a picture from the site where the picture is and drop it in the Add Reply box, or copy the picture and paste it, or use the Insert/Edit Image icon and paste the link to the picture.
Just copying the link and pasting it direct into the add reply editor screen won't work.

Thanks EL, but I've tried all these  Before, I could simply copy my image from Google (say a happy birthday image) and post it straight in to the reply box.

Now I can copy my image sure enough and I can paste it in the box and actually see it but before I can press post, it pops up with a message.....you are not allowed to upload photo files  and then I have to press the ok button and the whole thing disappears I'm just wondering if anyone else is getting this. I'm on Chrome on Windows 8.1 

I've just been on IE and it's worked on there

Sprout, looking at some of your recent posts about images it does seem odd that you can copy and paste Google images on IE but not on Chrome. The message about not being allowed to upload images should only appear where someone who is not VIP tries to upload pictures from their computer.

But a thought has crossed my mind. You used to be a VIP but cancelled the subscription a few months ago. It may be that if you haven't cleared the Chrome browser cache since you stopped being a VIP, your browser gets confused. So if that's the case then clearing the cache might just sort out the problem.

I often do it EL but I'll do it again.  

Sprout posted:

I often do it EL but I'll do it again.  

It could be because of a combination of suing Chrome, having been a VIP but no longer, and the change in forum which has caused this, particularly if you haven't cleared the cache since the change.

Right, I've cleared both Chrome and IE's caches, logged off and back on again after a short time    *Goes to try and post an image*

No, same thing happened. I tried to post straight in the reply box and got the same thing, then copied the link and tried to post it in the insert ink box and it came up with the small blue broken picture that some people get when they post 

When I come here I keep hoping to see something similar to what we had before which for me was much easier to use and visually more pleasing.

El Loro posted:

Sprout posted:

I often do it EL but I'll do it again.  

It could be because of a combination of suing Chrome, having been a VIP but no longer, and the change in forum which has caused this, particularly if you haven't cleared the cache since the change.

Can this be fixed then do you think? 

Sprout, can you paste a link here to the image you were trying in case there's any clue.

I tried with a couple of images but I'll see if I can find them again 

On my lappy I run chrome on Linux OS. When I did Dameee's stuff in her fred, I copied it and pasted it in reply box and a box below the post  box, the attachments box, came up with a thumbnail in it. Then clicked the post reply green box and it worked.

So in effect there was nothing in the post box, it was in the Attachments box underneath.

Sprouty I don't run Windows anywhere now.

I have never even been able to master the art of post pictures from my iPad. Every piccie or video I have posted has been from my lappy.

i don't know if you are able to follow that Sprouty it's the best way I can describe it. Sorry.

No EL, I get the same message even on a different image. It just doesn't seem to want to put them through for me 

Moonie posted:

On my lappy I run chrome on Linux OS. When I did Dameee's stuff in her fred, I copied it and pasted it in reply box and a box below the post  box, the attachments box, came up with a thumbnail in it. Then clicked the post reply green box and it worked.

So in effect there was nothing in the post box, it was in the Attachments box underneath.

Sprouty I don't run Windows anywhere now.

I have never even been able to master the art of post pictures from my iPad. Every piccie or video I have posted has been from my lappy.

i don't know if you are able to follow that Sprouty it's the best way I can describe it. Sorry.

Yes, I can follow it,  

https://www.google.com/search?...rc=9Kp8UY_9pP-i-M%3A

This isn't one of the ones I tried to post. See what this does

That takes me to the site, then jumps to the picture I picked 

Sprout posted:

Moonie posted:

On my lappy I run chrome on Linux OS. When I did Dameee's stuff in her fred, I copied it and pasted it in reply box and a box below the post  box, the attachments box, came up with a thumbnail in it. Then clicked the post reply green box and it worked.

So in effect there was nothing in the post box, it was in the Attachments box underneath.

Sprouty I don't run Windows anywhere now.

I have never even been able to master the art of post pictures from my iPad. Every piccie or video I have posted has been from my lappy.

i don't know if you are able to follow that Sprouty it's the best way I can describe it. Sorry.

Yes, I can follow it,  

That's good. Now will you explain it to me  

Sprout, in that case it looks as if there's an issue with Chrome and posting pictures. I'll alert Lori as she may be able to test this and try to work out what the problem is.

Thank you 

I don't know if this has any bearing EL but I also had a problem posting videos in the music thread. I used to copy the link from a video on You Tube and post it in the insert video box, now I find I can just copy and paste the link straight away in the reply box 

Sprout posted:

I don't know if this has any bearing EL but I also had a problem posting videos in the music thread. I used to copy the link from a video on You Tube and post it in the insert video box, now I find I can just copy and paste the link straight away in the reply box 

I don't think it would have any bearing as the way videos are posted has changed from the previous method. And you have found that you can post videos.

El Loro posted:

Sprout posted:

I don't know if this has any bearing EL but I also had a problem posting videos in the music thread. I used to copy the link from a video on You Tube and post it in the insert video box, now I find I can just copy and paste the link straight away in the reply box 

I don't think it would have any bearing as the way videos are posted has changed from the previous method. And you have found that you can post videos.

Hi I cannot post happy birthday images in the birthday threads - says I am not allowed -is there a reason for this please?

Nor can I ....although mine just comes out as the codes and not the pics 

testing:

testing again:

Sprout, it LOOKS like the issue is with Chrome. It seems to work with Windows 8.1 and Firefox. Can you try that?

Rosgirl posted:

Hi I cannot post happy birthday images in the birthday threads - says I am not allowed -is there a reason for this please?

Ros: what are you using (OS and browser)? I've confirmed the issue with Windows and Chrome, but I can see it works with Windows and Firefox.

And also works with Windows and IE.

Doesn't work with Mac/Safari...that's what you're using, right Baz?