tiling story

[jonnyc]

i want to post a story,a tiling story, a story that is true but a story that is accountable.
i have tried to post my best story a number of times but it never appeared because i got timed out.]
i think i have taken so long it gets lost.
would appreciate a hand .

 

[Gazzer]

Do it in Word and then copy and paste

 

[Ian]

Write a word document, then copy and paste it.

 

[Ian]

Lol!!!

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Jonny

start by writing it in a word document or similar and then cut and paste to the forum when ready. Or, try posting it in sections rather than in one long post. This should stop you from getting timed out.

GRR

 

[Deleted member 9966]

blimey, moderators are like buses. don't see a single one for ages and then 3 come along at once.

 

[Ian]

I'm laffin my head off here!

 

[Dan]

You shouldn't time out. That's a cookie issue. Log into the forum, and then click log out (which erases your forum cookie from your internet browser) then log back in and make sure you check the "remember me" button.

Also, if you navigate from a thread you are replying to, or a new thread you are creating, you should be able to navigate back to it and reload the autosave by clicking a link that appears in the bottom left hand corner of the text area. This is a feature of the forum that rarely gets used by anybody but me it seems!

You'll see as you're typing a reply that every 15 seconds or so, in the bottom right hand corner of the text area, a little yellow notice appears with the words "auto saved" and then it disappears again.

This feature might not apply to old internet browsers though mind.

 

[John Benton]

I've noticed that mine autosaves and I didn't do anything to set it up. But I'm on a Mac and they are more intelligent than Windows PCs/laptops

 

[jonnyc]

not sure how to do that.
i remember your great post about oz . i had been there myself .
i think the members will like this story but every time i compose letter and then send , it has expired

 

[Ian]

What aren't you sure of Jonny? Copy and paste or the forum auto save?

 

[jonnyc]

seems like im building myself up for a big fall.
im going to tell my little story anyway.

 

[Olz]

Do it in word and co....... oh forget it. lol

 

[jonnyc]

ok . what should i do now. just replied to thread like this but if i waffle on too long i get timed out

 

[jonnyc]

ok sorry . been away for the last hour .
im going to write in word , save and then work out how to get this on to forum.
cor blimey , im giving myself a task and a half now.
in actual fact my story may not be very interesering in tiling terms, more the adventure and i have done dozens of these .

 

[jonnyc]

Think ive got a good one bri.
Just dont know how to get it over to you all.

 

[Gazzer]

Have you wrote it down in word ? If so highlight it all and click on copy then come over here and in your reply window click paste . Eh presto its done

 

[Ian]

Is there a computer forum we can sign Jonny up to :lol:

 

[Mike Mike]

You shouldn't time out. That's a cookie issue. Log into the forum, and then click log out (which erases your forum cookie from your internet browser) then log back in and make sure you check the "remember me" button.

Also, if you navigate from a thread you are replying to, or a new thread you are creating, you should be able to navigate back to it and reload the autosave by clicking a link that appears in the bottom left hand corner of the text area. This is a feature of the forum that rarely gets used by anybody but me it seems!

You'll see as you're typing a reply that every 15 seconds or so, in the bottom right hand corner of the text area, a little yellow notice appears with the words "auto saved" and then it disappears again.

This feature might not apply to old internet browsers though mind.

I'm no Luddite, but am new to all this forum lark. I find navigating around this forum to be outrageously complicated. As a result, I tend to just surf the "search new posts" bit, and no doubt miss out on all sorts.

I've seen this exact same forum software on other stuff that Her Indoors uses. So unless you're billionaire it's fair to assume you didn't code this yourself, and hopefully won't be offended by me saying that it's STUPIDLY OVER-COMPLICATED TO NAVIGATE AROUND THIS, AND ALL OTHER, FORUMS, LOL...
:8:

 

[Dan]

It is the most popular forum software used and you're right I didn't make it. Though the makers aren't even billionaires. There is no point me spending even a day trying to make similar software (it actually takes thousands of developers years to create) as it just wouldn't evolve as quick as this does. Every month there is a major update adding new features and fixing bugs.

The face it's complicated to browse though might be down to how old the forum is. Our much new Amarok Forum | VW Amarok | International and Australian Amarok | Aus Amarok Forum | 4x4 Amarok | Volkswagen Amarok Startline, Trendline, Highline or Extreme Sports Forum websites are much easier to navigate just due to the categories being clear to understand. tilersforums.com however has had umpteen categories add, moved and removed over the years and short of reorganising the whole forum and it's threads (which has recently been talked about to be honest) there's not much we can do.

Basically though if you're on the forum homepage, you'll find the most used forums at the top of the list. Click into any of those, and you find the list of threads related to that forum category. In most cases you could ignore the bottom half of the forum homepage as they're forums not used so much so have been shifted to there.

 

[Colour Republic]

jonny just to throw a spanner in the works i think you'll find each post has a 3,000 word limit, so you may have to cut it up in to smaller chunks and post. Don't ask me how i know this :whistle:

 

[jonnyc]

Thanks for that. Feel like im digging a hole in the ground.sort of big and sort or round.
When along came a man with a bowler which he lifted and said!!

 

[Mike Mike]

It is the most popular forum software used and you're right I didn't make it. Though the makers aren't even billionaires. There is no point me spending even a day trying to make similar software (it actually takes thousands of developers years to create) as it just wouldn't evolve as quick as this does. Every month there is a major update adding new features and fixing bugs.

The face it's complicated to browse though might be down to how old the forum is. Our much new Amarok Forum | VW Amarok | International and Australian Amarok | Aus Amarok Forum | 4x4 Amarok | Volkswagen Amarok Startline, Trendline, Highline or Extreme Sports Forum websites are much easier to navigate just due to the categories being clear to understand. tilersforums.com however has had umpteen categories add, moved and removed over the years and short of reorganising the whole forum and it's threads (which has recently been talked about to be honest) there's not much we can do.

Basically though if you're on the forum homepage, you'll find the most used forums at the top of the list. Click into any of those, and you find the list of threads related to that forum category. In most cases you could ignore the bottom half of the forum homepage as they're forums not used so much so have been shifted to there.

Thanks for your reply Dan. To be honest, I think the concept of the software never envisaged such high volumes of posts and almost real-time responses. It just can't cope. Every time I log into my email it says "126 new messages". And each one is a notification that something has happened to a thread I have once responded to. And each one opens a new window, and requires me to log in.

At a minimum I'd prefer that to take place on my Forum Inbox, not my real email, which is just totally cluttered every day with Tilers Forum stuff.

But at some point maybe they will need to create some sort of real-time exchange platform, like a Chat, linked to Threads...

 

[Olz]

You can unsubscribe to threads mate. In your profile settings.


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[Olz]

You won't get loads of emails then.


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