Feedback - Problems?

[Pauli]

Please use this area if you have any problems or concerns with the forums. If they are posted elsewhere we may miss them and we want to resolve any issues as quickly as possible.

[Hope]

No images for signature lines?


http://dl7.glitter-graphics.net/pub/744/744317cf19dtwwzi.gif

[Precisely]

Hi all you excellent moderators. We are blessed to have you. Question: Is there a way to tell what threads I've been on? I'm getting confused with the "N"s that I believe mean that there was a New post since I was last signed on; but is there a symbol that shows that its a thread I've visited like they had the small circle inside the open envelope on CTV boards? TIA.

[Pauli]

Hi all you excellent moderators. We are blessed to have you. Question: Is there a way to tell what threads I've been on? I'm getting confused with the "N"s that I believe mean that there was a New post since I was last signed on; but is there a symbol that shows that its a thread I've visited like they had the small circle inside the open envelope on CTV boards? TIA.



http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread_new.gifNew posts
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread_hot_new.gifHot thread with new posts
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread.gifNo new posts
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread_hot.gifHot thread with no new posts
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread_lock.gifThread is closed
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread_dot.gifYou have posted in this thread

[Precisely]

http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread_new.gifNew posts
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread_hot_new.gifHot thread with new posts
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread.gifNo new posts
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread_hot.gifHot thread with no new posts
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread_lock.gifThread is closed
http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/statusicon/thread_dot.gifYou have posted in this thread


Thank you & Good Morning. Is the Hot Thread envelope icon a different color 'cause I don't see the difference.

[Pauli]

at the moment it's not, when I get a chance I will change it to a different color.

[Precisely]

at the moment it's not, when I get a chance I will change it to a different color.

Thanks, Harlett. You rock!!! :zm10:

[7pcSuit]

Re: Books~R~Us forum

There's only ONE thread called "What Are You Reading." In this ONE thread, everyone posts their favorite book(s). This ONE thread has now reached 21 pages. In order to find a good book to read, a person must scroll through and peruse that ONE long thread, and who really knows if book recommendations have been repeated...

On the CTV Books~R~Us forum, a thread was started for each book, allowing discussion/comments about that particular book. That certainly made more sense to me...

IMO

[Roamer]

My suggestion would be to start a new thread in that forum if you have a new book to discuss, and hopefully others will take the hint.

That's why I made soap threads for all three networks.

[7pcSuit]

My suggestion would be to start a new thread in that forum if you have a new book to discuss, and hopefully others will take the hint.

That's why I made soap threads for all three networks.Hopefully those who post on the Books~R~Us forum will find this, and take your suggestion.

Thanks Romer! :happy0207:

[wheezer]

Yesterday we were allowed to open a Chit Chat Thread over at the Open Discussion Board. When you get a chance could you please remove it or combine it with the already existing one on the Re-opened ANS Board. Thankyou for re-opening the board.

[Pauli]

Yesterday we were allowed to open a Chit Chat Thread over at the Open Discussion Board. When you get a chance could you please remove it or combine it with the already existing one on the Re-opened ANS Board. Thankyou for re-opening the board.

It's been done.

[wheezer]

It's been done.

Thankyou.

[hisgirl_2455]

I was wondering if there is a way to see who is viewing a particular board? Right now I see that it says how many, but not the nics.

[Pauli]

I was wondering if there is a way to see who is viewing a particular board? Right now I see that it says how many, but not the nics.


next to all who's on link click on this http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/misc/whos_online.gif (http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/online.php)

[hisgirl_2455]

next to all who's on link click on this http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/misc/whos_online.gif (http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/online.php)

Thank you

[PatC]

next to all who's on link click on this http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/static/images/misc/whos_online.gif (http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/online.php)

Boy, I hate sounding "stooopid", but....

I've never seen, nor can I find, that icon anywhere but here. Is there someplace that lists how many viewers are on a specific forum?

[Grande]

Boy, I hate sounding "stooopid", but....

I've never seen, nor can I find, that icon anywhere but here. Is there someplace that lists how many viewers are on a specific forum?

It's at the bottom of the parent forums page here: http://helpfindthemissing.org/forum/index.php in the 'What's going on' section. You can click the icon and it will take you to a sortable list of active users. Same goes for the other icons in that section.

Hope your doing well tonight Pat.

[Sara]

Since last night, the pages here are taking a looong time to load, and I haven't had any problems with other sites. I logged out, then back in, and it's still slow.

Just wondering if anyone else is having the same problem.

Thanks.

[Grande]

Since last night, the pages here are taking a looong time to load, and I haven't had any problems with other sites. I logged out, then back in, and it's still slow.

Just wondering if anyone else is having the same problem.

Thanks.

We are working on this as we speak, it should be resolved fairly quickly.

Thank you for the feedback.

[Pauli]

I am thinking it's the Amber Alert that was slowing things down... if they were having a problem with their site opening it took longer for ours to open because of the loading of the ticker.. I removed it to see if that was the problem.

[Sara]

We are working on this as we speak, it should be resolved fairly quickly.

Thank you for the feedback.
Thank you, Grande!

[Pauli]

From the techs... it's not just us that is slow.. there are many sites that are experiencing this.. This is in the email I received, hopefully they will find the problem soon.
Please send us a traceroute. There are currently no server issues
affecting page load times, but we have been receiving reports of
slowness to all servers. We're investigating network performance issues at
this time and the traceroute will help us troubleshoot this further.

ETA for those who don't know what a traceroute is... a traceroute is a run command where you do from your own computer and you put in the url of where you are having problems. This allows the techs to see if the problem is with your ISP or if it is on the server or somehwere in between.

[Sara]

Thanks for following through, you guys. :yes2:

[Rockdog]

I was having the same problem here for quite a few days but now the pages are loading lickity-split for me!

Thanks! :0012:

[Grande]

Good to hear!

[wheezer]

This question is going to show just how tech dumb I am. LOL
We had been asked not to quote long posts. To just snip them. How do you snip a post? I know it is a dumb question, but I have no clue. LOL
The fact that I have learned to copy and paste is amazing.


quote a post.. leave in the [quote whoever name] leave in part of the message.. then highlight the rest that you are going to snip out... and hit delete... make sure you leave in the [/quote whoever] at the end.. and then just put your message.

What we are seeing is a lot of long posts quoted where the person quoting it only puts Great post or something short like that.

[wheezer]

Thanks for answering that(about the snipping). LOL
I feel pretty dumb for having to even ask.


I was wondering that if anything happens in the Megan Meier case, could we start a thread on it. Someone just posted that MySpace has been served with subpoena's. So just maybe there will finally be charges brought against these people.

[Pauli]

Sure, start one in the crimes in the news section and if it goes to trial I will set up a forum for it.

[wheezer]

Sure, start one in the crimes in the news section and if it goes to trial I will set up a forum for it.

I just realized I forgot to say Thanks. Sorry.

Thanks for letting me start that.

[animallady]

Hi to the best Mods on the Net!

Is it possible that a "page" (don't know the correct term) is missing from a thread?

Re "Dominism" found at American Issues/Politics. I think that some posts from yesterday are missing. Is that possible?

[Pauli]

It's possible some posts are missing, especially if they were rude/insulting to other posters.

[Rockdog]

I couldn't get here for a few hours today through Internet Explorer. I tried everything! It scared me for a minute......:71526:

Anyone else have this problem?

All seems well now, though. :happy0158:

[rockford2]

I couldn't get here for a few hours today through Internet Explorer. I tried everything! It scared me for a minute......:71526:

Anyone else have this problem?

All seems well now, though. :happy0158:


it's happened to me in the past. I talked with Harlett on the day it happened to me, and it seems to be on my end.

Now I am getting this message,

Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting. You will now be taken back to the forum. If you opted to post a poll, you will now be allowed to do so.

[Pauli]

I couldn't get here for a few hours today through Internet Explorer. I tried everything! It scared me for a minute......:71526:

Anyone else have this problem?

All seems well now, though. :happy0158:

More than likely it was on your end since no one else mentioned having that problem.

it's happened to me in the past. I talked with Harlett on the day it happened to me, and it seems to be on my end.

Now I am getting this message,

Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting. You will now be taken back to the forum. If you opted to post a poll, you will now be allowed to do so.

Your problem is taken care.. that was a mess up of mine :grin:

[rockford2]

More than likely it was on your end since no one else mentioned having that problem.



Your problem is taken care.. that was a mess up of mine :grin:

I like Coldwater very much, but never saw her type that! :D

[Cat]

Hi Harlett or whoever sees this first. Orchid Corsage has registered, but she cannot get in to post, even though it says "Welcome." Could you please put her in manually? She said she never got an email in regular or spam mail. Thanks so much.

[Pauli]

It's done, she should be all set now

[Swabby]

Originally Posted by Swabby


((snip-snip))

I have a question about avatars.

I resized in Photobucket, anyone using that? The message here keeps saying that that the page can't be found. I know, I know, I know, I am a Pain in the A$$. But, I want my pup's pic up too. Sniff, sniff.

Anyway...

I then have the option of:

1) share URL...email & IM

2) Direct Link...Layout Pages

3) HTML...Websites & Blogs

4) IGM code..Forums & Bulletin Boards

Which one is correct for the avatar, maybe I can tweak it.

I have tried them all. What am I doing wrong?

Swabby

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`

Post your message in the Feedback forum right at the top of the index. Someone will help you.
__________________


OK, well here it is...

I also tried the "browse" selection that you have for pics on my computer. I wasn't too crazy about that one, as it gives my real name on it (no offense). But, it couldn't be resized anyway.

Gotta be something simple OR maybe things aren't quite running right today, I know that a few people have been having trouble with "refreshing".

Thanks!

Swabby

[Pauli]

To load from photobucket use the direct link... if you are having trouble you can pm me the link and I will load it for you.

[Swabby]

To load from photobucket use the direct link... if you are having trouble you can pm me the link and I will load it for you.

Thanks,

I tried to beat you back over here to delete my question.

You are FAST!

Swabby

[Cat]

It's done, she should be all set now

Thank you so much, Harlett. You are a SUPER ADMIN. http://bestsmileys.com/flowers/9.gif

[Cat]

Sorry to be such a pest, Harlett, but some posters are saying they are having an awful time getting in. About an hour ago, I couldn't either. FYI

[Pauli]

LOL... I just answered in the thread.... it appears to be a network issue and not the server. This is the latest email I received from the technicians

Hi,

We have received several complaints about slow loading on our servers.
In every case, we have not been able to find any issues on the server
itself. This appears to be a network issue somewhere. Thank you for
your patience while we investigate the cause of this.

Regards,

Nick

Ticket Details

[NavyMom58]

sciencegirl
Member




Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Happily @ Home with my dog Molly
Posts: 324

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

This is not going to be a good day. I can't believe it. It has taken me 45 minutes to get back on the site. I tried on both of my computers and this site just won't loda. As I am typing this, it is still tring to load and bring up the smileys.

If someone could take my post and put it on the Admin.&Issues thread, I would appreciate it.

Here goes. Still not loaded; but going to try and press submit
__________________

[kellabeck]

I was going to post SG's problem but I see NavyMom beat me to it.

Yesterday I was having a heck of a time with the loading, but today --knock wood-- I am doing fine.

Harlett--- thanks so much for your quick attn to difficulties. Much appreciated. I will take the msg about snipping long posts back to the Jensen board.

[totallyBARD]

I tried to edit 2 of my posts from this morning and was unable to. Is there a time limit on how long one gets to edit a post?

(I misspelled the word "heard" in 2 political threads. Instead of the correct spelling, I spelled the word as "head." Is there anyway I can make the correction after the fact, and after an hour or two has passed?)

Thank you, Novice Poster

[Roamer]

Bard, I think I found and corrected both threads. Let me know if I missed anything.

[Pauli]

There was a network problem, I think they have them all cleared up now.

[totallyBARD]

Bard, I think I found and corrected both threads. Let me know if I missed anything.

Many thanks for those speedy corrections!

[StickyBeak]

I need to tell you all who are responsible for this forum, my deepest gratitude.
You never know and hope one of your own family, friends or some unknown in your home town may be in a situation that is so stuck in the back pages of a newspaper, that this forum could indeed make a difference.

I try to check daily, amidst the general conversation, who are these small town people nobody would give a care about unless they were top newsmakers. I am more and more daily sickened by the lack of caring for human life.

One day it could be one of your/our own. Who cares, Thank You so much for making this happen with those who do care to make a difference for human life. Just too many......

[Pauli]

Thank you StickyBeak your words are greatly appreciated. Hopefully we can make a bit of a difference here and possibly bring some of these people home.

[KittyMom]

I just had something strange happen. I've gotten white pages before, but just now I was doing a search and a database error came up. That is a new one for me.

[Pauli]

I just had something strange happen. I've gotten white pages before, but just now I was doing a search and a database error came up. That is a new one for me.

That may happen off and on today... they are upgrading the Apache Server... so it will run smoother..

[StoneFox]

Every time I have the Jensen trial thread open on my computer, my anti-virus software keeps blocking intrusion attempts. Today, I have had 8 attempts. It doesn't happen on any of the other threads. Does it have something to do with the imported smilies and photos?

Thank you!

[Pauli]

It could be happening if someone put a bad link on there... I've not had anyone else say anything about it happening to them tho.. so far you are the only one.

[Audie]

I want to thank the Moderators who helped me yesterday, esp Pauli. My computer was running a little slower than usual, so I cleaned out cookies, history and temp internet files. Warm booted and cold booted. A number of times. Finally it got to where I couldn't access HFTM at all .. BUT I could access any other website I wanted and my computer was running normal again. Actually a little faster, lol. Luckily I had the email of a fellow poster who past on my problem to the Mods. Not sure who all helped, but I know Pauli worked on it quite a bit. I wasn't going to, but then did anyway, a Restore. I restored to the day before (it said that if the restore didn't resolve the problem I could undo it). Well it didn't work and it wouldn't let me undo. Then my virus protection popped up and said some of my settings were messed up and I could click on "fix". Fix didn't fix em so I downloaded the free "virtual technician" to help. I ran the program and it said there wasn't anything wrong. I went back to the virus protection window and it showed everything was fine. I rebooted again .. looked good, so I tried HFTM again to no avail. So I turned evrthing off and went to bed. This morning it was working. Not sure what happened .. never has before. Thanks youse guys! I owe ya.

[Grande]

Just glad you made it back Audie, I was in the process of emailing you to see if I could help as well. We were all brainstorming behind the scenes last night trying to resolve your issue.

Have a great day Audie!!

[Pauli]

lol... I'm sorry you had so many problems Audie... but I'm also glad you are finally back in :love0085:

[Faith]

Audie, sorry you had all the problems. Glad you are back with us. From your discription of what happened, I have no clue. lol

[packy]

Glad to see you back, Audie. I wonder if your provider had put a security block on that may have blocked this site. Very strange but glad it's fixed now.

[nanabillie]

I have had a problem a couple of times and would almost panic thinking I could not get to anyone here to help me. It is like I don't know anyone else in the world!
I was so glad that Grammybear and I had exchanged emails for a few months. I knew I could count on her. Both time I think mine was a Trojan or whatever popping up. I used to be so naive,:girl_haha:, like I'm not now, I would click anything that popped up saying they were there to help me.
:lex_10: This week something popped up saying my firewall was turned off to click on something. I did my , the little block of red,black, yellow and green, and everything was fine. You see how computer savvy I am.
All this just to say, it is good to have at least one person's email addy.

[Trailblazer]

I have had a problem a couple of times and would almost panic thinking I could not get to anyone here to help me. It is like I don't know anyone else in the world!
I was so glad that Grammybear and I had exchanged emails for a few months. I knew I could count on her. Both time I think mine was a Trojan or whatever popping up. I used to be so naive,:girl_haha:, like I'm not now, I would click anything that popped up saying they were there to help me.
:lex_10: This week something popped up saying my firewall was turned off to click on something. I did my , the little block of red,black, yellow and green, and everything was fine. You see how computer savvy I am.
All this just to say, it is good to have at least one person's email addy.

I agree...I think more of us, should have someone to keep in contact with outside of here...just in case...

[Claudia]

I have had a problem a couple of times and would almost panic thinking I could not get to anyone here to help me. It is like I don't know anyone else in the world!
I was so glad that Grammybear and I had exchanged emails for a few months. I knew I could count on her. Both time I think mine was a Trojan or whatever popping up. I used to be so naive,:girl_haha:, like I'm not now, I would click anything that popped up saying they were there to help me.
:lex_10: This week something popped up saying my firewall was turned off to click on something. I did my , the little block of red,black, yellow and green, and everything was fine. You see how computer savvy I am.
All this just to say, it is good to have at least one person's email addy.

You have mine, right Billie? I'm pretty sure we exchanged them a while back...:waitasec:

[Pauli]

mine is easy to remember admin@helpfindthemissing.org so if someone has a problem getting in they can always email me....

[nanabillie]

:confused:Oops, got lost again..I don't think so Claudia. I really thought I did, but can't seem to find it. I was going to call myself bubble brained or something, but I am going to stop putting myself down.(so much) Danged if everyone had to live here they would make mistakes and get lost, too. Seems like a Funny Farm without the Fun. Remember the old song: They are coming to take me away! Anyday now. It doesn't sound so bad now that I think about it. :happy0207:

[Roamer]

LOL, nana. I remember that song. The Men in the Little White Coats.

[nanabillie]

:girl_haha:Yep, that's it! Today it would feel like a vacation. They would not even have to use their net to catch me. I'll be standing on the side of the road waitng for them.:0t31:

[Cat]

:girl_haha:Yep, that's it! Today it would feel like a vacation. They would not even have to use their net to catch me. I'll be standing on the side of the road waitng for them.:0t31:

Nana, remember "Arsenic and Old Lace?" "There is a Happydale far, far away...." I have been ready for Happydale more than once recently.
:friends3: