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Cool. Will we lose links hidden in posts, d'you know?
Not pushing, just curious.

(08-11-2013, 01:32 PM)Sweder Wrote: [ -> ]Cool. Will we lose links hidden in posts, d'you know?
Not pushing, just curious.

Er, not sure I understand..... "links hidden in posts"?

Last update I lost all my links to other pieces ... such as 'retrospective' collection
Urls within posts

Oh, I didn't realise. Or if you told me, I must have forgotten. Sorry.

If you can be bothered, give me an example and I'll have a poke around.

EG, the "Reply" button doesn't seem to be automatically quoting the text of the previous post. I'm sure it used to...

Please don't bust a gut on this.
Here's the page I referred to. The urls return 'this page does not exist'.
It's occurred in a few other cross-reference links, too (can't remember where).
Some image files have dropped off, too. Again, no biggie, but might simply be a switch needs flicking.
(I have no idea what any of this entails!)

Yes, the "Reply" option no longer automatically quotes the forum post you're replying too... most annoying.

Also your front page blog has doubled up for some reason.

Quote:Yes, the "Reply" option no longer automatically quotes the forum post you're replying too... most annoying.

I don't mind losing the quoted text in replies, especially when it's not edited and you get a complete duplicate of the previous post.
Easy enough to copy and paste an excerpt from the previous post, I guess.

Perhaps I just don't like change.

Well my guess is that functionality isn't meant to have disappeared. Otherwise there would be no need for both the "reply" and "new reply" buttons.

Agreed. Definitely logical. Well put, Dan.

OK. well it appears that there is now a separate quote button. Not very prominent, but it's that little one with the green plus sign, third from the right in the row of buttons. You click that and then "reply".

(09-11-2013, 11:31 PM)Sweder Wrote: [ -> ]Please don't bust a gut on this.
Here's the page I referred to. The urls return 'this page does not exist'.
It's occurred in a few other cross-reference links, too (can't remember where).
Some image files have dropped off, too. Again, no biggie, but might simply be a switch needs flicking.
(I have no idea what any of this entails!)

Right, well that post was written in 2007, which I suppose was before we moved from vBulletin to myBB. So in other words the links you included in that post are, or were, the links on the old forum which no longer exist. Links you create now, or in recent years in fact, should work.

But it raises a good point. I've occasionally considered changing again as I'm not a big myBB fan. But if we changed, we would lose more links.

(11-11-2013, 08:04 PM)El Gordo Wrote: [ -> ]But it raises a good point. I've occasionally considered changing again as I'm not a big myBB fan. But if we changed, we would lose more links.

Aha! Got it.
Green plus selected = reply without quote
Red minus selected = reply WITH quote

Not worried about the links, thanks. I can go back and restore them (I plan to re-visit/ edit a few older pieces anyway).

(12-11-2013, 01:03 AM)Sweder Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-11-2013, 08:04 PM)El Gordo Wrote: [ -> ]But it raises a good point. I've occasionally considered changing again as I'm not a big myBB fan. But if we changed, we would lose more links.

Aha! Got it.
Green plus selected = reply without quote
Red minus selected = reply WITH quote

Not worried about the links, thanks. I can go back and restore them (I plan to re-visit/ edit a few older pieces anyway).

Got it too... seems a trifle odd, but hey, well, weird us the new cool I guess.

(11-11-2013, 08:04 PM)El Gordo Wrote: [ -> ]

(09-11-2013, 11:31 PM)Sweder Wrote: [ -> ]Please don't bust a gut on this.
Here's the page I referred to. The urls return 'this page does not exist'.
It's occurred in a few other cross-reference links, too (can't remember where).
Some image files have dropped off, too. Again, no biggie, but might simply be a switch needs flicking.
(I have no idea what any of this entails!)

Right, well that post was written in 2007, which I suppose was before we moved from vBulletin to myBB. So in other words the links you included in that post are, or were, the links on the old forum which no longer exist. Links you create now, or in recent years in fact, should work.

But it raises a good point. I've occasionally considered changing again as I'm not a big myBB fan. But if we changed, we would lose more links.

(12-11-2013, 01:03 AM)Sweder Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-11-2013, 08:04 PM)El Gordo Wrote: [ -> ]But it raises a good point. I've occasionally considered changing again as I'm not a big myBB fan. But if we changed, we would lose more links.

Aha! Got it.
Green plus selected = reply without quote
Red minus selected = reply WITH quote

Not worried about the links, thanks. I can go back and restore them (I plan to re-visit/ edit a few older pieces anyway).

(12-11-2013, 06:46 AM)Mid Life Crisis Marathon Man Wrote: [ -> ]

(12-11-2013, 01:03 AM)Sweder Wrote: [ -> ]

(11-11-2013, 08:04 PM)El Gordo Wrote: [ -> ]But it raises a good point. I've occasionally considered changing again as I'm not a big myBB fan. But if we changed, we would lose more links.

Aha! Got it.
Green plus selected = reply without quote
Red minus selected = reply WITH quote

Not worried about the links, thanks. I can go back and restore them (I plan to re-visit/ edit a few older pieces anyway).

Got it too... seems a trifle odd, but hey, well, weird us the new cool I guess.

Ah, but the reason for it is that you can quote multiple posts, like this.

Something I occasionally do when I've raised a fascinating point on my forum, and lots of people have commented on it.

No, seriously.

This way lies madness

(12-11-2013, 08:21 AM)Sweder Wrote: [ -> ]This way lies madness

You been wandering round the Ska section of your local record shop again?

Lip op Fatty ...