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Posted in the wrong area - look in the right area https://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/forum/52-forum-rules-notices-faults-help/

On 01/02/2019 at 15:28, Dunsignalling said:

One: what happened to the facility to ignore a topic? Has it gone, or have I just not worked out how to do it in the new format? 

The Ignore Topic function has now been reinstated.

39 minutes ago, muddys-blues said:

Has our friends list disappeared ? as I can't seem to find them ? @AY Mod 

Under investigation.

2 minutes ago, Tricky Dicky said:

Apologies if someone has mentioned this already in the 26 pages of posts but can it be possible to restore the one button press to get you back to the home page.

 

Richard

Just click on the logo.

2 minutes ago, luckymucklebackit said:

Would it be possible to split the Layouts section up into defined sections (by gauge/era or geographical location), at the moment there are a huge number of projects competing for space and with only 25 entries per page and a large volume of traffic you can miss good layouts as they are away down off page 1 in a matter of hours.

 

A mammoth retrospective task - especially when so few topic title include a gauge. However there's a forthcoming feature which may help in some ways.

I'm trying to find the dimensioned drawings I had from Braithwaites when I did a tower but they're filed somewhere!

A download on their site gives it as either 1000mm or 1200mm square. I'd say that's 4' ish so go for the 1200mm.

http://www.braithwaite.co.uk/pdf/Steel_tank_brochure.pdf

50 minutes ago, AY Mod said:

 

You've found something which I hadn't realised and which could be causing be causing some of the login problems people are experiencing - I just need to find where the flam'n software has stored that phrase so I can edit it.

Now found and adjusted - which explains why I was getting so many people who couldn't login as the system had old email addresses and they were trying to login with newer ones.

I can't see any reason why but it did allow me to edit it down to only show one copy of the images and didn't repeat after re-submission.

No answer at present but I will keep an eye on it elsewhere.

3 minutes ago, swampy said:

 

a) click the blank grey button after the "Next" button ( 1,2,3,4,5,6 Next, Blank ) and it takes you to the last post. It should really have some text added to say "Last". Equivalent to the ">>" on the old format, I think.

 

I had been adjusting the grey button colour earlier and that seems to have had an impact on what you see. I see this:

Not sure why your arrows are hidden/invisible.

21 minutes ago, Roy Langridge said:

Sorry, I didn't realise that as the box says Display Name or email address. I guess a typo that needs to be fixed at some point.

You've found something which I hadn't realised and which could be causing be causing some of the login problems people are experiencing - I just need to find where the flam'n software has stored that phrase so I can edit it.

10 minutes ago, PhilJ W said:

The header shows as white but the content is still dark grey on my laptop.

One thing often impacts another; bear with me as I work through tweaks.

11 minutes ago, benachie said:

Yes, I realise the browser was doing it 

Please don't blame the software then. This topic is a 'wishlist' for features - not grumbles.

4 hours ago, JohnR said:

Not sure if this is possible using this forum software - but its used elsewhere. I'd like the ability when clicking on an unread topic, to go to the last post in that thread I had read, rather than the last page (or the first page). 

Click on the dot or star to the left of the Topic Title - that will take you to the first unread post.

Click on the time of the last post and it will take you to the last post of the final page.

(Previously explained several times in other topics).

2 minutes ago, RedgateModels said:

 

Sorry Andy, no, just the Edit Profile button

 

Apologies; a permission setting - you should now be able to upload a 1MB cover photo.

4 minutes ago, benachie said:

Yes, I know, but I said "simple".   I used to be able to click "chrome", type "R" (for RMweb/new content) and I was there.   This is so laborious.

Alan

That's just something your browser was populating - not a site function. Bookmark one of the options such as Unread Content and put that on your Bookmarks bar.

5 minutes ago, RedgateModels said:

and on the subject of feature images it would be nice if we could replace the Profile background image with something more personal too

You should be able to; can you see a Cover Photo button over the top right of your Profile header?

3 minutes ago, martin_wynne said:

On the plus side, he has changed the text to a much darker grey, although still not quite solid black. But it is a lot clearer to read, for me at least. Thanks Andy.

I did try absolute black and it was a bit harsh so I've gone for a halfway house between where we were and where we are. I'm glad it's a bit better for you.

There's a lot more style tweaks to be done with button colours and text, box backgrounds etc.

12 minutes ago, eastwestdivide said:

Date format in quoted posts is appearing in the US order, month before day, which is quite confusing around the first few days of Feb!

I can't see any "locale" setting in my account settings, and my computer settings are UK.

It looks like the usual US English thing, it wasn't apparent with the relative time form and it's especially confusing at this time of the year.

I have just installed English UK as a Language and deleted English US which seems to have given it a retrospective kick to change previous posts (and quoting). I'll let that bed in and take effect and then install English US as a user selectable option a bit later.

15 hours ago, Miss Prism said:

I'm sure Andy will be able to confirm the steep rise in RMweb mobile use over the last few years. Social media software has been relentlessly driven downmarket by the small mobile screen, but the conundrum nowadays is that the old definition of mobile is itself becoming outdated as tablet use increases and tablet screens become higher definition.  That said, having a mouse or other pointy thing is definitely regarded as mediaeval !

I've waited until I've got data from yesterday on a device usage report I can see which indicates it's 75% desktop and 25% mobile/tablet - it's supposed to distinguish between mobile and tablet but doesn't seem to do so. I'm certainly not looking to push anyone toward mobile usage but it's fair to say that the tools in the new software are better for users and admin in that form, especially the capacity to take pictures with mobiles and upload directly to posts. I see more pictures taken with mobiles at shows than I do with cameras these days so it's right to match that trend and cater for the market. Are the pictures any better though? As with cameras it depends on the user.

1 hour ago, The Fatadder said:

is there an issue with notifications?  Mine seem to be showing up in the top corner of the screen as per usual (and are showing in my followed topics) but I am receiving a vast amount of emails when people post in topics I’ve followed or posted in.  

 

In my notifications settings I have clicked the do not send me notifications button.

I haven't got the software setup yet to see what notifications you have or haven't set but it may be worth clearing site cookies from browsers and logging in again in case that's retain outdated info.

1 hour ago, rodent279 said:

I notice some posts have a big heart banner attached to them at the top. What does this mean?

It's just a marker to say it's a popular post based on the ratings. It probably needs some adjustment.

16 hours ago, Whitcan said:

I do find it frustrating that subscribers miss out on all of these offers. Perhaps I will have to cancel my subscription and pick the magazine up from a local newsagents if it is worthwile. 

How much did you pay for your subscriber offer? Did you receive any gift/offer when you took it out?

27 minutes ago, martin_wynne said:

FIXED IT -- I can read RMweb again -- see:

 

Martin.

Hate to break the news but those Themes will be disappearing otherwise I'll have to replicate work several times over but I will try some tweaks tomorrow.

4 minutes ago, Indomitable026 said:

Happened across this earlier, what a brilliant way of combining two great interests...

 

I can see BCBar becoming a popular exhibit.

1 minute ago, Worsdell forever said:

 

It's following me up and down the page!

Don't forget to feed it.