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Created by laurie > 9 months ago, 15 Jan 2017
SP
10980 posts
17 Jan 2017 2:10PM
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thePup said..
Hey Loz - how the bloody hell does one get his threads in last post order maaaaate chronological sort of thing



Yeah... when I post a reply it automatically subscribes me to the topic. Anyway to avoid this??

petermac33
WA, 6415 posts
17 Jan 2017 2:41PM
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where is the private message link?

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
17 Jan 2017 4:50PM
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thePup said..
Hey Loz - how the bloody hell does one get his threads in last post order maaaaate chronological sort of thing


Me no understandy .. are you posts not in chronological order?

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
17 Jan 2017 4:51PM
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SP said..

thePup said..
Hey Loz - how the bloody hell does one get his threads in last post order maaaaate chronological sort of thing




Yeah... when I post a reply it automatically subscribes me to the topic. Anyway to avoid this??


It was requested by others .. anybody else dislike?

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
17 Jan 2017 4:52PM
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petermac33 said..
where is the private message link?


Another person mentioned this - I never used the link, so it kind of got overlooked, but it's on it's way back .. for now, visit the Member menu (top right), and choose "Messages". ..only one extra tap/click.

thePup
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17 Jan 2017 5:12PM
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laurie said..

thePup said..
Hey Loz - how the bloody hell does one get his threads in last post order maaaaate chronological sort of thing



Me no understandy .. are you posts not in chronological order?


No they haven't been - I am trying the unsubscribe button to see if this fixes it up mate , just getting used to things

SP
10980 posts
17 Jan 2017 5:49PM
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laurie said..

thePup said..
Hey Loz - how the bloody hell does one get his threads in last post order maaaaate chronological sort of thing



Me no understandy .. are you posts not in chronological order?


When you post it automatically subscribes you to that topic and those one appear on the top and the others appear under it in chronological order.

So if I post something in a topic yesterday it appears above a post or new topic that someone may have posted moment ago.

Unsubscribing fixes the problem but be good if you could turn it off..
Or still sort the forum in chronological order.

VRBones
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17 Jan 2017 6:02PM
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SP said..



When you post it automatically subscribes you to that topic and those one appear on the top and the others appear under it in chronological order.

So if I post something in a topic yesterday it appears above a post or new topic that someone may have posted moment ago.

Unsubscribing fixes the problem but be good if you could turn it off..
Or still sort the forum in chronological order.


Starred topics are also in chronological order, think of it as a priority list
If you click on the star it unsubs you. Quick workaround.

Personally I like the feature. Came in here to figure out how to monitor threads not posted to by attempting some sort of click / swipe on the thread heading, but realised it's at the bottom of the thread when opened.

SP
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17 Jan 2017 6:44PM
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Yeah but isn't that what the subs button at the top is for.

It kinda does the same thing twice.

The threads you subscribe to appear under the subs button and at the top of the forum.

The forum when you enter it imo should be in chrological order and the subscribed threads should be accessed by the subs button. Otherwise new topics appear under old subscribed threads.

Just my Opinon...

Greenroom
WA, 7608 posts
18 Jan 2017 1:16AM
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Name of person who started thread please.

Ted the Kiwi
NSW, 14256 posts
18 Jan 2017 7:08AM
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Using iPhone 6 plus with safari - can not edit a post one minute after posting it. I get this message - incidently i can edit this post in the General but not in Longboarding.




Ted the Kiwi
NSW, 14256 posts
18 Jan 2017 7:09AM
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laurie said..


SP said..



thePup said..
Hey Loz - how the bloody hell does one get his threads in last post order maaaaate chronological sort of thing






Yeah... when I post a reply it automatically subscribes me to the topic. Anyway to avoid this??




It was requested by others .. anybody else dislike?



I dislike it as well - maybe make subscribing an opt in not opt out process

Vince68
WA, 675 posts
18 Jan 2017 7:15AM
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Lazzz said..
"View Last Post" does not work with FireFox. :(


Use 'Chrome" . Everything works with chrome

elmo
WA, 8764 posts
18 Jan 2017 7:43AM
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laurie said..

Shifu said..
Links to external pages are going wrong in Firefox: - "Unexpected Error"
The link in the first post in the Lancelin results page is an example:
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/Western-Australia/Lancelin-Results?page=1#11
Click the link and get an error.

Works ok in Chrome.



This is an odd one. I've seen it happen once, but it was only a once off - reloaded the page and all good. Is it happening everytime for you, or is it transient?


Yes I have not had any link work in Firefox either by direct clicking on the link or right hand mouse clicking "open in new tab"
Only way which works is to directly copy the link and paste it into a new tab

I get the same error in Chrome and MS Edge

Address bar comes up
Chrome
www.seabreeze.com.au/Members/Error.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/forums/Windsurfing/Gps/https:/docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1os33KvhaZ9nnXztKjEatRNd7fXLpkHEmX7k8T9Zy7gU/edit?usp=sharing
Firefox
www.seabreeze.com.au/Members/Error.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/forums/Windsurfing/Gps/https:/docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1os33KvhaZ9nnXztKjEatRNd7fXLpkHEmX7k8T9Zy7gU/edit?usp=sharing
Edge
www.seabreeze.com.au/Members/Error.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/forums/Windsurfing/Gps/https:/docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1os33KvhaZ9nnXztKjEatRNd7fXLpkHEmX7k8T9Zy7gU/edit?usp=sharing

Gorgo
VIC, 5033 posts
18 Jan 2017 11:13AM
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I like the link to go to the last post in the thread. But that means I need to go back to previous pages to see what I haven't read.

It would be better if it went to the last post that I had read. You could infer that from the last session time, or just use the time option in effect for determining the active topics.

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
18 Jan 2017 8:36AM
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Greenroom said..
Name of person who started thread please.


Simply click/tap the "Compact" / "Detailed" button on the forum topics page.

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
18 Jan 2017 8:40AM
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elmo said..


laurie said..



Shifu said..
Links to external pages are going wrong in Firefox: - "Unexpected Error"
The link in the first post in the Lancelin results page is an example:
www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/Windsurfing/Western-Australia/Lancelin-Results?page=1#11
Click the link and get an error.

Works ok in Chrome.





This is an odd one. I've seen it happen once, but it was only a once off - reloaded the page and all good. Is it happening everytime for you, or is it transient?




Yes I have not had any link work in Firefox either by direct clicking on the link or right hand mouse clicking "open in new tab"
Only way which works is to directly copy the link and paste it into a new tab

I get the same error in Chrome and MS Edge

Address bar comes up
Chrome
www.seabreeze.com.au/Members/Error.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/forums/Windsurfing/Gps/https:/docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1os33KvhaZ9nnXztKjEatRNd7fXLpkHEmX7k8T9Zy7gU/edit?usp=sharing
Firefox
www.seabreeze.com.au/Members/Error.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/forums/Windsurfing/Gps/https:/docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1os33KvhaZ9nnXztKjEatRNd7fXLpkHEmX7k8T9Zy7gU/edit?usp=sharing
Edge
www.seabreeze.com.au/Members/Error.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/forums/Windsurfing/Gps/https:/docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1os33KvhaZ9nnXztKjEatRNd7fXLpkHEmX7k8T9Zy7gU/edit?usp=sharing



Just fixed this .. a really subtle error that was really difficult to locate, but your details pinpointed the problem - it all depended on whether you shift-clicked, right clicked, or used the context menu.

A patch will be installed later today - thanks for the details.

And yes, totally agree with Chrome - it's fast, reliable & consistent. Firefox was awesome, but it starting to be a bit slower these days.

Firefox struggles a bit rendering the new HD graphs on desktops, which is a pity. All other browsers are quick at it. Seems it doen't cache the graphs, and redraws them when you scroll, so the slower your computer, the more jittery.

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
18 Jan 2017 8:51AM
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Ted the Kiwi said..
Using iPhone 6 plus with safari - can not edit a post one minute after posting it. I get this message - incidently i can edit this post in the General but not in Longboarding.





Shall investigate this (and the other things mentioned) today/tomorrow...

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
18 Jan 2017 8:54AM
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Gorgo said..
I like the link to go to the last post in the thread. But that means I need to go back to previous pages to see what I haven't read.

It would be better if it went to the last post that I had read. You could infer that from the last session time, or just use the time option in effect for determining the active topics.


The way it should work on the forum topics list is like this:

1) Click on the topic title, and if you've been in it before, it will take you to the last post you had read up to.

2) Click on the area to the right ('last post'), and regardless of where you were up to, takes you to the last post on the last page.

..except ...

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
18 Jan 2017 8:57AM
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Lazzz said..
"View Last Post" does not work with FireFox. :(



Different browsers are behaving differently for #lastpost type links.

i.e.
Firefox & IE don't go to the last post.
Chrome, Safari & Edge do go to the last post.

From what I can tell, a programatic fix might be needed for Firefox/IE .. shall investigate.

Greenroom
WA, 7608 posts
18 Jan 2017 11:54AM
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laurie said..


Greenroom said..
Name of person who started thread please.




Simply click/tap the "Compact" / "Detailed" button on the forum topics page.



And that's why you do what you do
Thanks

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
18 Jan 2017 12:14PM
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Being able to edit posts has just been fixed, as well.

dusta
WA, 2940 posts
18 Jan 2017 2:27PM
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when clicking on forum it only goes back one subforum , not back to the frontpage with all forums and subs listed . Is this how it's supposed to be laurie


DARTH
WA, 3028 posts
18 Jan 2017 2:51PM
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The author of the thread should come up rather than having to find it.

MartinF2
QLD, 484 posts
18 Jan 2017 6:10PM
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The "search" function in buy and sell doesn't seem to be working at the moment. Wasn't a problem yesterday? If you can check this out please Laurie.

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
18 Jan 2017 5:59PM
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dusta said..
when clicking on forum it only goes back one subforum , not back to the frontpage with all forums and subs listed . Is this how it's supposed to be laurie





Goes all the way back for me, to www.seabreeze.com.au/forums .. what's it doing for you?



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MartinF2 said..
The "search" function in buy and sell doesn't seem to be working at the moment. Wasn't a problem yesterday? If you can check this out please Laurie.



Indeed, and fixed.

Also,
1) you can now choose whether you subscribe to a topic, via the "Subscribe to this topic [x]" checkbox when you post.

and

2) the "Last Post" arrow should now take you to the last post for FireFox.

dusta
WA, 2940 posts
18 Jan 2017 7:40PM
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laurie said..

dusta said..
when clicking on forum it only goes back one subforum , not back to the frontpage with all forums and subs listed . Is this how it's supposed to be laurie






Goes all the way back for me, to www.seabreeze.com.au/forums .. what's it doing for you?




goes back one sub forum so from general kitesurfing to the parent kitesurfing folder

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
19 Jan 2017 10:19AM
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dusta said..

laurie said..


dusta said..
when clicking on forum it only goes back one subforum , not back to the frontpage with all forums and subs listed . Is this how it's supposed to be laurie







Goes all the way back for me, to www.seabreeze.com.au/forums .. what's it doing for you?





goes back one sub forum so from general kitesurfing to the parent kitesurfing folder


The master forum list is a bit smarter these days .. when you return to the "top level", it puts the most recent forum you viewed at the top, and if your scroll down you find all the other forums. (Which is perhaps why you think it's not at the "top")

Kamikuza
QLD, 6493 posts
20 Jan 2017 1:10PM
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The active topics is a bit broken...

"Posts since your last visit"... sometimes it's stuck on Monday last week, sometimes it's "seconds ago" even though it's first visit of the day.

laurie
WA, 3850 posts
20 Jan 2017 1:02PM
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Upgrade just put through.

1) Nobody mentioned that the "Compact/Detailed" setting was lost everytime you returned to the site?! Must have been annoying if you had to press "Detailed" every time...

2) Layout for desktop/mobile upgrade to a what (hopefully) is a better design?

3) Posting .. the "Add Photo" links to under the "Post" button, as they are used much less - makes it better for mobiles - less scrolling to hit the "post" button

4) Shrunk the New Post entry box on mobile, again, to save on scrolling

5) Added the "New" indicator to show posts that are new since your last visit.

6) .. and some other nifty stuff.

Thanks to all for the feedback so far, I do believe we're getting there...



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