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Okay - this is a question and not a complaint.

How is "Multi-quote" supposed to work.

Thanks for being so patient with all the questions.

Multi-quote has been around for a bit. Basically, it allows you to select up to 5 posts to quote all at once in a reply. You click the multi-quote button on each post you want quoted, then hit the reply button. All posts should be quoted for you.

There may be a current bug with multi-quotes. Not sure. Think I remember reading about it though...

Well, it makes sense now.....after looking at my own buttons on my posts....

No need to PM yourself.

And hopefully you're friends with yourself already. :)

But for everyone else, they're there for them to use.

I did both of those and still have not got the icons to appear.

Is it possible that they show up on OTHER PEOPLE's pages but not my own. A post or 2 up, George says he sees them!

I will live until it gets figured out. There are probably more important things to fiddle with, so I can wait until it gets figured out.

Buttons are there:

Not seeing them?

I think I found the problem with the missing buttons.

For those that were experiencing it, have they shown up now? If not, could you try force reloading a page (CTRL + R) and see if they appear. If that doesn't work, try clearing your history.

Hopefully they work for all.

Krys -- could be the same issue with the buttons you're not seeing. Try the same steps.

New BBCode that seems useful to this thread: media tags.

If you have a YouTube URL, just put media tags around it. No need to deal with raw HTML.

For example, this:

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TahFP6wqA1c[/media]

Produces this:

I really like The Airborne Toxic Event. :)

Here is what the buttons are supposed to look like, using Safari 4.

OK, I finally booted my laptop into Windows to look at the site using IE7. If feel dirty now. :wacko:

The Add Reply and Start a new topic buttons are not there, both at the top and bottom. Also the Watch this topic button. Technically they are there, but the font is white expecting blue background, not the white IE is giving it.

I'm sure it will be fixed by the company who writes the forum software, but it may be a few weeks.

May I suggest a few "Standards Compliant" browsers in the mean time?

Firefox (What I've used the last 5 years)

Safari (What I use more and more lately -- very fast)

Opera

Google Chrome

One other "feature" is a bit annoying: when I post a response, the page refreshes to the very bottom, below any of the posts.

George

There are a few quirks I've noticed with where one ends up after clicking a link. The blogs are the worse. May be fixed soon, but not anything I can do about it now.

i can't find my controls and nothing happens when i click the dropdown box next to my name and clicking my shadow picture just takes me to my profile and i am logged in.

oh oops. i clicked on a little picture that had nothing by it and nothing came up to tell me what it was but guess what? it was "edit my profile" or something. but i can't see most of the buttons now just the pictures but not the words or the outlines.

Can you shoot me a screen shot? Either posted here or PM.

If you're on Windows, pressing ALT+PrintScreen will capture the current windows. Open up MS Paint, paste it in. Save it as a JPG. You're all set to up load it.

I do plan to put together a summary of the changes and new features eventually -- once I get everything running correctly.

But briefly:

Each post has, at the bottom right, a green plus (+) and a red minus (-) and a green or red number next to those. As you're reading along, if you like or dislike what someone wrote, you can give it a rating point (or take one away). Or you can do nothing.

Posts that receive a rating of +30 or more (I think -- it's adjustable) get highlighted. Posts with a low negative rating can be auto hidden (a user settable preference).

Over time, as people rate what you write, that becomes a part of your reputation.

It looks like they may have changed the meaning of the size numbers. Not sure, never really used them much myself.

Size = 1

Size = 2

Size = 3

Size = 4

Size = 5

Size = 6

Size = 7

Don't think it's a bug -- more of a new way of handling font sizes.

The place looks GREAT!

I see the status bar on the right, but can't see how to post on it.

Is it right in front of me?

:)

You can set your status at the top of your profile page. Clicking on your name in the upper right and selecting Profile should get you there.

Chat is installed but not working yet.

Shoutbox is installed but not working yet. Check that. Working now.

Oh, gosh, I've messed up my signature and don't know how to fix it :(

I ran a routine to rebuild everyone's signature. I then manually fixed yours. Is it me or is it still not showing up right?

Didn't realize we lost some of the stock avatars. I'll see if I can hunt them down too. Probably in the back room drinking spiked coffee....

They were --- the lazy bums.

I believe the pre-upgrade quoted text will be corrected by the morning.

Hopefully the emoticons are working again. Little buggers thought it was time for a coffee break....

emoticons are an issue. I'll look into it.

All the posts are being rebuilt. It's about 25% done, quite a ways to go. I'll wait until tomorrow to address any formating issues in posts.

Thanks for the feedback.

I think the blogs are fixed now.

Anyone with a forum ID can create a blog here. Just click on your ID in the upper right and go to settings, then blog.

Apparently another issue is that the forum has forgotten which threads/posts you've already read. Not sure I can do anything about it.

Chat room is offline also for a bit. It's on the todo list.

The upgrade isn't really done yet. Just done enough to allow people in again.

This was a major upgrade with software that is really not ready for prime time. There will be issues. If you find any, post them here and I'll look into it.

Known issues:

• GS Logo: Looks like crap. It's what happens when you start an upgrade and forget that you still need a logo. I threw it together in about 5 minutes and I have no photoshop skills. Paw is working on a better one.
  
• Creating new blog entries apparently isn't working. Getting permission denied errors. If you notice diferent, let me know.
  
• Shoutbox needs to be recreated.
  

But....

There are a ton of new features, some most will like, some will drive others nuts. Should be interesting.

One new feature of note is the ability to rate a post as good or bad --- which builds a user's overall rating. This should be really interesting. :)

I guess we'll do it tonight.....as long as I don't drink too much in the process..... :)

Was at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island last summer. Great time. Picked up the movie while I was there. Decent flick.

Short answer: You couldn't before, but now you can.

How? Not sure. I think it's different for admins than it is for editing your own shouts. Try poking around again.

If you see an icon next to the shout, looks like a piece of paper with a pen writing on it, try clicking on it.

GLOSSOLALIA

(rather lengthy but worth the read)

Well worth the read.

Thanks

Typical top notch reporting by Faux News:

Misunderstanding Over THA Religious Policy

For those you may be concerned about continuing to post on this thread and having OldiesMan spew more of what he has, do not be concerned.

Oldiesman is taking a vacation from GreaseSpot. Both in posting and PM's. For at least the next 30 days. Probably longer.

Could be shorter, but apologizing doesn't seem to be in the cards for him....

Oldies has complained that I deleted his posts, but not all the complaints about it.

He first posted it here, addressed directly at me and then PM'd me.

For those who may not know, Oldies has been here for many years, helped write the current set of rules, and even more. He is without excuse.

Here's my answer:

I'm not going to wipe your foot for you.