Trouble at Scot's?

securitybreach · December 01, 2021, 03:16:23 AM

Good deal. I have switched emails quite a few times but I still have access to about 99% of them and check them. I did stop using my gmail accounts though because I was tired of google cancelling popular projects (dropping my almost 90k member G+ community was the last straw).

Hedon James · December 02, 2021, 01:12:43 PM

I also noted the error message over at BATL, but it was resolved in a day or two. Got a message from Raymac and here I am, reporting for duty! :-P

Hedon James · December 02, 2021, 01:29:02 PM

P.S. I note the irony of SBs signature regarding "newbies", yet see that I am classified as such on this forum. Hehehe! And as I went to edit my prior post and add this commentary, there doesn't seem to be ability to edit that post? Or am I overlooking this feature, perhaps in a less obvious place? ::)

raymac46 · December 02, 2021, 02:01:14 PM

@HJ you won't be a newbie long if you continue posting. As far as editing goes you do get a little time to modify your posts when you first make them but that capability rapidly disappears. :)

V.T. Eric Layton · December 02, 2021, 03:44:54 PM

Yeah... you won't be a "newbie" for long here, HJ. About 5 or so posts and you'll bump to the next level, I think.

About the time-limited editing capabilities... I didn't realize it was set like that here. As a Mod, I have no limits on Modifying posts. I'm not sure how long you have to Edit/Modify. Maybe one of you can experiment with a test posting to see.

Corrine · December 02, 2021, 04:02:02 PM

I've increased the "Maximum time after posting to allow edit" from 5 minutes to 10 minutes. We've had the edit time so short due to the number of malware removal topics we had been getting. With such topics having decreased, we'll see how the 10-minute limit works.

Hedon James · December 02, 2021, 04:46:43 PM

Quote from: Corrine on December 02, 2021, 04:02:02 PM
I've increased the "Maximum time after posting to allow edit" from 5 minutes to 10 minutes. We've had the edit time so short due to the number of malware removal topics we had been getting. With such topics having decreased, we'll see how the 10-minute limit works.

Thanks Corrine! We're off to a really good start here! Perhaps I'm a little spoiled by the attentiveness at the BATL forum, but it's nice to know that a moderator is present and available to consider issues. On that note, I've noticed that after posting, the forum kicks me from the thread back to the "mother folder" of thread topics. Is there a way to stay within the thread after posting, and view the additional posts made after the post I'm replying to?

For instance, a thread with 10 responses....I reply to post #3, then get kicked to the main folder. Then I have to click the thread again in order to see responses #4-#11 (with #11 being my new post). Is there a setting in my preferences to reply to post #3, but stay within the thread to see the remaining posts? I'm not seeing any way to change that. Perhaps I'm just not looking in the right place?

V.T. Eric Layton · December 02, 2021, 05:01:37 PM

> Is there a way to stay within the thread after posting, and view the additional posts made after the post I'm replying to?

Yes, it's in your Profile Settings...

Profile -> Modify Profile -> Look and Layout -> check the box for: "Return to topics after posting by default"

V.T. Eric Layton · December 02, 2021, 05:08:29 PM

Oh, and FAQ's and How-Tos for Simple Machines Forum can be found HERE.

Corrine · December 02, 2021, 06:18:05 PM

Thanks, Eric!

One item I didn't see in that Wiki page is setting the time zone so your post time matches

Go to your Profile and under "Modifiy Profile", select "Look and Layout" from the drop-down options. Time zone is under "Time Offset".

There are two ways to do it but I used the following instead of "auto detect" (which I don't even recall if it works): "Using Number of hours to +/- to make displayed time equal to your local time", look at the "Current forum time: December 02, 2021, 04:17:23 PM" and make the appropriate change. I have the setting as -3 since it is 1:17 PM here.

Hedon James · December 03, 2021, 01:32:08 PM

Quote from: V.T. Eric Layton on December 02, 2021, 05:01:37 PM
> Is there a way to stay within the thread after posting, and view the additional posts made after the post I'm replying to?

Yes, it's in your Profile Settings...

Profile -> Modify Profile -> Look and Layout -> check the box for: "Return to topics after posting by default"

Found it! Fixed it! Thanks VT!

V.T. Eric Layton · December 03, 2021, 05:23:18 PM

You're welcome. :)