Author Topic: Member help thread (Read 25237 times)

69FenderStrat · « **Reply #175 on:** August 28, 2009, 12:01:49 am »

everything works fine for me....but then again I'm simple......

DCPatriot · « **Reply #176 on:** August 29, 2009, 05:29:19 pm »

DC...just bumping to the top!

OnCommonGround · « **Reply #177 on:** February 24, 2010, 04:53:47 pm »

Hi all, I have a quick question I was hoping someone could answer for me.
Is anyone familiar with the web site called 'backtype', where they log posters comments? Hoping someone can tell me a little about it. Thanks

Stormy777 · « **Reply #178 on:** March 26, 2010, 01:17:49 pm »

Hello I just found this site, looks like what I been looking for,

hi

:)

MACVSOG68 · « **Reply #179 on:** March 26, 2010, 01:19:30 pm »

Quote from: Stormy777 on March 26, 2010, 01:17:49 pm

Hello I just found this site, looks like what I been looking for,

hi

:)

Welcome Stormy. Jump right in.

mystery-ak · « **Reply #180 on:** March 26, 2010, 02:10:08 pm »

Quote from: Stormy777 on March 26, 2010, 01:17:49 pm

Hello I just found this site, looks like what I been looking for,

hi

:)

How did you find us Stormy?

speekinout · « **Reply #181 on:** October 08, 2010, 07:22:00 pm »

Is there a way to reformat posts you want to read? Specifically, the ones with long lines. I find it too hard to read through a long post where I have to scroll left and right every line. I'd sure like to find a line wrap command.

Oceander · « **Reply #182 on:** October 08, 2010, 11:15:24 pm »

Quote from: speekinout on October 08, 2010, 07:22:00 pm

Is there a way to reformat posts you want to read? Specifically, the ones with long lines. I find it too hard to read through a long post where I have to scroll left and right every line. I'd sure like to find a line wrap command.

What's the resolution of the screen you're using?

speekinout · « **Reply #183 on:** October 10, 2010, 04:33:13 pm »

Quote from: Oceander on October 08, 2010, 11:15:24 pm

What's the resolution of the screen you're using?

Thanks, but it's not a problem with screen resolution. I know how to change that. My question is only about the occasional post that has longer line length than the usual -

aligncare · « **Reply #184 on:** October 10, 2010, 05:03:09 pm »

Infrequently, a page on GBR will resize improperly and I'll have to lateral scroll to see the line, but that's pretty rare, and happens only when I resize to less than half the screen width.

Oceander · « **Reply #185 on:** October 10, 2010, 06:08:17 pm »

Quote from: speekinout on October 10, 2010, 04:33:13 pm

Thanks, but it's not a problem with screen resolution. I know how to change that. My question is only about the occasional post that has longer line length than the usual -

Can you link me to one of the posts that doesn't size correctly for you? That way I could check out the post itself to see what's going on.

speekinout · « **Reply #186 on:** October 10, 2010, 07:00:26 pm »

Quote from: Oceander on October 10, 2010, 06:08:17 pm

Can you link me to one of the posts that doesn't size correctly for you? That way I could check out the post itself to see what's going on.

Great. This is the most recent one:

http://gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=37289.0

Oceander · « **Reply #187 on:** October 10, 2010, 07:36:02 pm »

Quote from: speekinout on October 10, 2010, 07:00:26 pm

Great. This is the most recent one:

http://gopbriefingroom.com/index.php?topic=37289.0

Ok. There were two images on that thread. I temporarily commented them out, so the links only show up as text now (they were my posts/images anyway, so no-one's nose should be bent out of shape ;) ).

Try opening the thread again and see if it's still stretching past the width of your browser and let me know if it's better or not.

Also, do you use your browser with the window set to its maximum width, or do you keep it fairly narrow?

speekinout · « **Reply #188 on:** October 10, 2010, 07:48:41 pm »

Quote from: Oceander on October 10, 2010, 07:36:02 pm

Ok. There were two images on that thread. I temporarily commented them out, so the links only show up as text now (they were my posts/images anyway, so no-one's nose should be bent out of shape ;) ).

Try opening the thread again and see if it's still stretching past the width of your browser and let me know if it's better or not.

Also, do you use your browser with the window set to its maximum width, or do you keep it fairly narrow?

It still looks the same.

My browser is set to full screen.

Do you see the longer lines also? I think it happened after the first post - I seem to remember looking at it before there were any replies, and I would have noticed if there was a problem then. This happens only rarely (but still annoyingly)

Oceander · « **Reply #189 on:** October 10, 2010, 10:44:44 pm »

Quote from: speekinout on October 10, 2010, 07:48:41 pm

It still looks the same.

My browser is set to full screen.

Do you see the longer lines also? I think it happened after the first post - I seem to remember looking at it before there were any replies, and I would have noticed if there was a problem then. This happens only rarely (but still annoyingly)

No, I'm not seeing a thing, which is a little bothersome (I've seen threads on which what you're describing happens, but it's almost always due to there being an image that's too large to fit on the screen without requiring horizontal scrolling.

If you could, can you tell me exactly which post on that thread is the first one that has a line that goes too far past the end of the browser? That is almost certainly the one that's causing you problems, so I'd like to see if I can find anything funky in it.

Also, what browser do you use, IE6, IE7, IE8, FF, Opera, Safari, or something I haven't mentioned?

speekinout · « **Reply #190 on:** October 10, 2010, 11:33:21 pm »

Quote from: Oceander on October 10, 2010, 10:44:44 pm

No, I'm not seeing a thing, which is a little bothersome (I've seen threads on which what you're describing happens, but it's almost always due to there being an image that's too large to fit on the screen without requiring horizontal scrolling.

If you could, can you tell me exactly which post on that thread is the first one that has a line that goes too far past the end of the browser? That is almost certainly the one that's causing you problems, so I'd like to see if I can find anything funky in it.

Also, what browser do you use, IE6, IE7, IE8, FF, Opera, Safari, or something I haven't mentioned?

The first post is now too long. I've seen this before. A post might fit nicely, but when something goes awry, even the first post reverts to long lines. I don't see the posts as they come in, so I can't tell which is the first one to go long.

I use Safari.

Oceander · « **Reply #191 on:** October 11, 2010, 02:10:08 am »

Quote from: speekinout on October 10, 2010, 11:33:21 pm

The first post is now too long. I've seen this before. A post might fit nicely, but when something goes awry, even the first post reverts to long lines. I don't see the posts as they come in, so I can't tell which is the first one to go long.

I use Safari.

Ok. One other question: What theme are you using for the forum - the standard default that the forum comes with, or did you choose a different theme to display the forum in?

speekinout · « **Reply #192 on:** October 11, 2010, 02:52:07 pm »

Quote from: Oceander on October 11, 2010, 02:10:08 am

Ok. One other question: What theme are you using for the forum - the standard default that the forum comes with, or did you choose a different theme to display the forum in?

I use the default.

Oceander · « **Reply #193 on:** October 11, 2010, 07:50:32 pm »

Quote from: speekinout on October 11, 2010, 02:52:07 pm

I use the default.

Ok. That just makes it easier to limit the number of things that need to be checked. Two more questions (sorry for the interminable questions, I'm just trying to get a handle on all the different variables): (1) what OS version are you running (e.g., WinXP, WinVista, Ubuntu linux, Mac OSX, etc), and (2) have you tried using a browser other than Safari, such as FF, to see if you still get the same problems?

speekinout · « **Reply #194 on:** October 11, 2010, 11:52:35 pm »

Quote from: Oceander on October 11, 2010, 07:50:32 pm

Ok. That just makes it easier to limit the number of things that need to be checked. Two more questions (sorry for the interminable questions, I'm just trying to get a handle on all the different variables): (1) what OS version are you running (e.g., WinXP, WinVista, Ubuntu linux, Mac OSX, etc), and (2) have you tried using a browser other than Safari, such as FF, to see if you still get the same problems?

OSX 10.4. Only Safari. This is an unusual occurrence, so I'm curious about how to fix it. I wouldn't be willing to change browsers or update my OS just because of this.

speekinout · « **Reply #195 on:** January 30, 2011, 11:29:33 pm »

I'm still bothered by the long posts. All of the ones I've seen lately have been posted by DCPatriot.
Does anyone know the trick to reading those? (Like what browsers would work)

Oceander · « **Reply #196 on:** January 30, 2011, 11:41:08 pm »

Can you take a screenshot and post it up (maybe put it up at photobucket or tinypic and then link to it here) so that we can see what your browser actually looks like?

There's a step-by-step for taking a screenshot on a mac here: http://www.wikihow.com/Take-a-Screenshot-in-Mac-OS-X

aligncare · « **Reply #197 on:** February 14, 2011, 02:41:57 pm »

OK, before the glitch happened this weekend, I used a theme (blue ice, I believe) that displayed both the recent posts AND 'view replies to your posts' on the same home page. NOW I can't find a theme that will allow both to be viewed on the same page - they all display either one or the other. Wazup with that? Oceander?

Oceander · « **Reply #198 on:** February 14, 2011, 02:54:30 pm »

Quote from: aligncare on February 14, 2011, 02:41:57 pm

OK, before the glitch happened this weekend, I used a theme (blue ice, I believe) that displayed both the recent posts AND 'view replies to your posts' on the same home page. NOW I can't find a theme that will allow both to be viewed on the same page - they all display either one or the other. Wazup with that? Oceander?

Blue Ice should still be there, so it's probably just a matter of getting the correct options set. I'll take a look.

Oceander · « **Reply #199 on:** February 14, 2011, 02:59:49 pm »

Is that any better?