Craig Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Evening, Following on from a failed attempt made earlier today, Windows Forum has now successfully moved to a new Virtual Private Server. The forum now has a dedicated set of resources, and the backend server is fully managed by myself. Along with the move, I have reintroduced SSL and dropped the "forum" sub domain. These two items are both a sign of times, enabling security and bringing clarity to the domain you are visiting. I have an outstanding task to resolve search results which are landing at broken links under the new domain, this should be resolved shortly. Next up, the forum software upgrade. Craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 Everything seems to work well, so a pat on the back is in order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted October 30, 2015 Report Share Posted October 30, 2015 The forum looks good - but it still does not function with the new EDGE browser properly - especially with entering more than one smilie on a line Whether this is the fault of the browser or the forum software I am not competent to say - but with it not functioning with Win10 IE11 either - my choice of browser is limited to those I don't like using. Is it possible that an upgrade so that it is compatible with the new browsers is on the cards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted October 31, 2015 Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I still cannot see how to add smilies from an I pad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted October 31, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2015 I still cannot see how to add smilies from an I pad.Checked this with Invision, the software "doesn't support" these features on iPad. Technically the features are supported, however Invision disabled it in code due to user experience issues. Apparently the GUI would become laggy and unresponsive, text selection would be troublesome etc.However the new version does fully support iPad. We shall see this soon on Windows Forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 Why am I getting this warning when I try to open the forum using Firefox?. It has happened since the recent changes to the forum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Craig Unless I have missed something, I have found a problem on the top toolbar above the reply editor:-The four icons for 'Copy', 'Paste', 'Paste as plain text' and 'Paste from Word', are greyed-out and inaccessible. Could you check it out please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Irene - it works as intended (using Pale Moon) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 .Just giving it another try - using Firefox in Windows 10. They are greyed out in both 'quick' and 'full editor' reply. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I have the same - Firefox and Win 10. It's even worse with IE11 and Edge - the whole header is greyed out using those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 Now I am trying Firefox and Windows 10 on my HP laptop. ...they are still greyed out. :( Hmmm interesting... When I changed from quick reply to full editor, the three 'paste' links came alive! Also, a banner appeared below the ribbon stating: "Firefox has prevented the outdated plugin 'Adobe Flash' from running on www.windowsforum.org." "Continue Blocking" "Allow" Flash has not been updated recently because I don't use the laptop very much. This suggests to me that it's likely that the problem lies with Adobe Flash plugin. I have currently have version 16,0,0,226 installed, whereas the latest is 16,0,0,305. So, the question is: Do I update it or not? Ooops, just noticed that the "Attach Files" link is also blanked out!! Grrrrr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boris Posted November 7, 2015 Report Share Posted November 7, 2015 I've just tried it again on the ancient rig called "WYTH" in my sig - that one is using Vista 32bit + Pale Moon 25.7.3 (which is a Firefox derivative) and it all works OK.I can't try any of my other rigs - as I'm down at my daughters for a few days and it is the only working machine here (whilst I fix their own PC). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Fiefox has started to play up now. I cannot paste using a right click - I have to use Ctrl -V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 12, 2015 Report Share Posted November 12, 2015 Come on Craig get a move on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 Come on Craig get a move on. I second that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 13, 2015 Report Share Posted November 13, 2015 May I add a turd vote... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted November 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 The forums has been upgraded! A number of background tasks are running now, mostly cache related, so this will fix a number of broken images you see at the moment. The only casualty I have identified so far are the Emoticons, they have gone entirely! I will need to go source some new ones... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 The first problem which may be off-putting to members is that they are required to use their 'Display Name' rather than their old 'login name'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted November 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 7 minutes ago, Irene said: The first problem which may be off-putting to members is that they are required to use their 'Display Name' rather than their old 'login name'. :( No obvious way to change this. I'll keep searching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 2 hours ago, Craig said: No obvious way to change this. I'll keep searching. Could 'bulk' email members? Also, no panel to show who is on-line etc., etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Posted November 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 18 minutes ago, Irene said: Could 'bulk' email members? Also, no panel to show who is in-line etc., eetc. I've altered it so users can login with either their display name, or email address. No longer appears to be an option for username. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 The list of unread posts is inadequate and when I hit the "show more" button I get a message that says there are no more unread topics. But in reality there are many topics not listed that I have not read. I used to log on, then click onto unread posts, and get a list on the page of about 25 posts I had not read - especially useful if you do the dozen puzzles each day. Now I cannot - they don't show in the list. I have found that I have to go through the following palaver each time I log on :- In the Unread Content window click on "Edit this stream" A window opens Change or ensure that the following settings are selected \;- Read status - Everything Follow status - Everything Time period - Anytime Click on "Update results" Click on "Unread contents" again You then get a list of recent posts similar to the previous system However - these settings are not retained and I have to go through the same procedure every time I log on. In the settings window there is the provision to save this stream - I have enterd a stream name and saved it but cannot find a way of selecting it the next time I log on. There must be another way - but it seems to be well hidden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 Alan, try clicking on the grey 'tick' next to 'Unread Content' for an option to retain the choices... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 15 hours ago, Craig said: I've altered it so users can login with either their display name, or email address. No longer appears to be an option for username. Thanks Craig. Also: There doesn't appear to be any preview available when posting? And: The formatting bar of the posting box has size and colour availble for fonts, but no alternative fonts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irene Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 18 hours ago, Craig said: The only casualty I have identified so far are the Emoticons, they have gone entirely! I will need to go source some new ones... I am now accessing WF on my iPad - look what I can now do... . . . . They are all available on here!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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