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General Category => Off Topics and General Interest => Topic started by: DaleTX on December 10, 2013, 08:20:24 PM

Title: Kudos
Post by: DaleTX on December 10, 2013, 08:20:24 PM: It looks like everything is working OK. I have received notifications of new threads, where requested, and will know when I post this message if the avatar shows up. I really prefer this format over the YAYHOO NEO.
Now I can go back to building.

Dale
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: rockiedog2 on December 11, 2013, 08:12:43 AM: I'm a computer dumba** and with a few minor exceptions have been able to figure out whatever I wanted to know no problem. I developed a routine that works for me early on...
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: KJM Ford on December 11, 2013, 04:40:09 PM: I agree with the Kudos. This looks to be a vast improvement over the yahoo offerings.
Your hard work is much appreciated!
-Kerry
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: aeroplain2003 on December 11, 2013, 06:47:43 PM: Really happy with this style of forum. Actual threads to follow in one place! Well done Gents.:)

Kent
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: Jerry Carter on December 12, 2013, 06:02:49 AM: Yes, this is great! The best thing is you don't have to filter through stuff that is of lesser interest to you. The yahoo emails were so hard to search for what you wanted to find. I think you will see more participation from people who have been lurking in the background.
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: DaleTX on December 12, 2013, 06:32:32 AM: KEWL. I think that is the neo spelling of COOL. Much better than yayhooo.
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: aeroplain2003 on December 13, 2013, 06:36:03 PM: It's not hanging on to some of the uploaded Avatars. Don't know the reason?
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: aeroplain2003 on December 14, 2013, 08:10:18 AM: I've done this many times. When I return the next day it's gone.
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: Dan_ on December 14, 2013, 09:11:13 AM: There is a possibility that it is being rejected due to a setting we have to do extensive security checks on avatars. If the software finds it curious, it tries to re-encode it. I am told this may result in animated gifs becoming static...

Send the file to me at dan four two one oh one at yawn who dot com and I will install it on the back end. Also see the post about uploading it. I left out one mouse click to the "change profile" button necessary to complete the upload.

I just logged out as admin, logged back in as a regular member and uploaded a normal (static) .gif to see if that file type was being accepted. It is a pic of a 255 pilot inside the xl up on a sawhorse to check the CG...
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: aeroplain2003 on December 14, 2013, 04:37:12 PM: Logged out, then back in and it stayed. I had the "extra" change figured out myself, just figured it to be software bugs as to why it wouldn't stay. If you can see my avatar you might see why the software would see it as "Marginal aviation" :D
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: aeroplain2003 on December 16, 2013, 05:48:01 PM: Well done Dan, Avatars are staying!!
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: s johnson on December 16, 2013, 06:59:26 PM: I agree, This is a much better site than the yahoo site. I'm still looking around but gaining ground.

Scott J.
The Slug Musher
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: docmatt on December 16, 2013, 07:26:22 PM: I hope with the new forum, the usual suspects will continue seeing most of the posts. I worry that if I post a question in the DE section, it may not be seen by one of the smart single seat builders. Other than that I like the new forum much better.
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: Dan_ on December 16, 2013, 08:33:35 PM: (https://www.eaglersnest.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Feaglersnest.com%2Fforum%2Fpic_stor%2Funread.jpg&hash=1e8d374f47e06e0b1464c5b665b61f7d6a966786)
If members would get in the habit of hitting the "show unread posts" link, I think you will be in good shape.

(https://www.eaglersnest.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Feaglersnest.com%2Fhtml%2Fpic_stor%2Funread.jpg&hash=faeb4a909c0d049991ac2c585f20083b46ed062e)(https://www.eaglersnest.com/html/pic_stor/unread.JPG)(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YigYJv2sV4k/Uq_TBa6W9dI/AAAAAAAABCo/GMUmv6fU6eg/s1402/unread.JPG)
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: okdonn on December 16, 2013, 09:04:47 PM: Yup, been using that since someone pointed it out, and it does help a lot, however it takes you to the top of the thread, you still have to figure out where you left off to read the new stuff. The contributions are worth the effort, but it's still more hassle than having all the posts arrive in my filtered email box. OK, I'll stop complaining now and go back to lurking and learning.
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: Steve on December 16, 2013, 09:22:47 PM: Try this Link found near the bottom of the Forum page on the left...
http://www.eaglersnest.com/forum/index.php?action=recent
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: Dan_ on December 16, 2013, 09:50:46 PM: Don,

I have a Wittman Tailwind as well. It is currently not airworthy, perhaps flying by Oshkosh time. ( Got to make Leonard's 90th)

I was used to doing it that way too... Yahoo has screwed with their email, and if you ask me --screwed with and ruined their groups.

I still belong to several groups and have the email filters set to sort them to their own folder. Most have gone pretty much flat.

I found out that setting yahoo mail to https fixes it from being rejected by email servers all over the world. (with the normal http: it is behaving like spam... too many hops)

So we are not looking back. We are forging ahead.

It is going to be an adjustment, but we have some semblance of control over our own destiny now.

Everyone should speak up when they see something wrong, or something that maybe could be better... We will get there together.

Onward and upward.
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: okdonn on December 17, 2013, 10:59:16 AM: Yup, onward and upwards. I think Yahoo mail might have been the problem for folks - I have a gmail account that is dedicated to airplane groups only, never had a problem with the old yahoo site, except for searching archives - never have been successful with that anywhere.
My tailwind is a 90% done, 90% to go project that I bought - since the 182A is almost sorted, the Tailwind is getting close to being started again. Then the DE or CE :-)
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: okdonn on December 17, 2013, 11:02:24 AM: Did someone change a setting to put the newest posts on top and the oldest at the bottum, or did I accidentally manage that myself? If an admin did it, THANKS!!!!
Title: Re: Kudos
Post by: Sam Buchanan on December 17, 2013, 02:22:38 PM: Quote from: okdonn on December 17, 2013, 11:02:24 AM
Did someone change a setting to put the newest posts on top and the oldest at the bottum, or did I accidentally manage that myself? If an admin did it, THANKS!!!!
Must have been an admin change, I noticed it this morning. Fortunately it can be changed back to sort with newest at the bottom like every other forum I use. Having newest at top makes it difficult to tell where the "new" posts from the last visit begin. Uncheck a box in the account settings to return threads to newest at bottom.

Maybe someone can fix the error making my unread posts disappear after replying to a thread......