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dear LPF members


does anyone need help with forum stuff or is it working well?

answers to common problems are available in post announcement and stickies on very top of each forum, but please ask here if u read thru those and still have a problem
 





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Is there a way to edit the thread title?
I went to "go advanced" but there was no option to change the thread title.

I was able to do that with the old version.
 
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dont think its possible as it is, but i can check if there is a setting i can change for this
 
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The only thing that still seems a bit flaky is what I PMed you about..

Another thing I just noticed while making this post.. when I hit the
[Post Quick Reply] button under the Quick Reply text box... I was
taken to a page that said I require at least 5 characters to post..

I then hit "Back" button in my Browser... then "Refresh" and clicked
the [Post Quick Reply] button again... then the post was accepted.


Jerry
 
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that is odd regarding the 5 character post thing. was the message really too short or was it much longer?

i contacted vb about the thread/read issue. will let u know when they respond
 
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i wanted to do a search about 9mm diode but i can't :
when i type "9mm or 9 mm" it's telling that it's can't do the search coz "The following words are either very common, too long, or too short and were not included in your search : 9mm
"
mhhhhh so i can't access to thread which talk about 9 mm diode... what should i do ?


i suppose that's it's impossible to add an option to choose the old site or the new one when we loggin?
 
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Avery, to maintain an article on a DIY laser power meter project and others, I need to be able to edit the picture attachments in posts that were imported from the old LPF.

You can see one of the posts I am talking about here:
http://www.laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/showthread.php?p=512759

When I click the attachments paperclip icon in the advanced editor, I get the message: "Errors on page."

It DOES work to add an attachment to an old post that never had one. The new attachment works just as it does on a new post. There is only a problem with the old posts that already have an attachment.

BTW, If this editing problem could be fixed, it would allow the old pictures to display correctly and remove the need for this:

How to Fix Attached Pictures in Old Posts!
http://www.laserpointerforums.com/laser_pointer_forums_3/forum/showthread.php?p=521974

which is recommending that we link back to pictures in the OLD LPF. Not only does this not fix the problem of editing, but it is likely to cause you problems down the road. (I have years of experience as a Software Engineer developing server software for web applications, so I'm not clueless in this area.)
 
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@TheMonk, i don't see an option for editing thread titles but im going to ask vbulletin right now though

@Warske, i am going to ask vbulletin about this now. that is awesome you do software Eng. i am a programmer to and have some stuff on http://deeptide.com

last time i talked to vbulletin they didn't know why attachments dont show inline.. but regarding the program with adding attachments to posts that alreedy had one, im going to ask about that... and also double check on displaying attachments inline

the good news is downloading the old files does work, and u can always get them from the old lpf for now

talk soon ill update u tomorrow

peace
-ave
 
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plz try editing thread titles now
 
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i contacted vbulletin again about the two issues with attachments that were imported

will let u know what they say. my guess is this can possibly be fixed but it might take some advanced sql queries / etc

will update usoon
 
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c0ldshadow said:
i contacted vbulletin again about the two issues with attachments that were imported
Click to expand...

It really boils down to just one issue: can those attachments be deleted?

If they can, it fixes both problems. You just edit the post to add the attachement back in. Then the attachment will display properly.

BTW, it has been incorrectly said that the new attachments don't display properly and can't be viewed unless you are logged in. This is not true and is easily tested by anyone who doesn't believe this.

Thanks again for all the work you are doing on this, Avery. It is getting down to very few issues, and with many obvious benifits from the new software.
 
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Just noticed that the font and size options are not working via the drop down lists during thread creation.

don't know if you turned them off or not but thought I would mention it just incase you didn't.
 
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