tiling story

[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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[Time's Ran Out]

I'am not going to read it now anyway!:lol:

 

[charlie1]

Jonny, write story in word or notepad then press ctrl+a then press ctrl+c, then in the message box on the forum press ctrl+p ...job done. (just incase you didn't know how to copy and paste)

 

[AliGage]

My anticipation for this story is immense!!

On the subject of the forum, i think it works pretty well. It's impossible to get a forum to run 100% in real time, because you have users, all of which are located all over the word, you have latency to take into consideration, pings, hops, etc.
I've worked on forums for years, this one works very well.

Mike, there are options in your account settings that will stop your email getting clogged up.

 

[Dan]

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...

Go through these options here mate: http://www.tilersforums.com/profile.php?do=editoptions

 

[steve187]

swedish mike

when you click on the link in your e-mail, it should open the thread, with you already logged in, if not then something is wrong with your cookies, or you are telling your web browser not to save your password. when you go to tilerforums you should log in automatically.