The Forums Are Not Working Right for me

[Tycho]

Every post I make says it must be subject to a moderator approval.

After I visit a thread and hit my "User CP" button, the system is instead returning me to the forum sub-category.

Like I get to the Clone Wars thread and when I'm done, instead of going back to my subscribed threads page, I'm returned to the Star Wars TV sub-category.

 

[JediTricks]

Yeah, I haven't heard back from Steve yet. It's because you're account has incorrectly be tagged a spammer and puts them in the moderation queue. I've approved more of your messages, but this needs to be fixed, it's frustrating for both of us.

 

[El Chuxter]

Tycho is a spammer.

 

[Tycho]

Well, I guess I'll keep posting and hope you guys approve them in the meanwhile, as this morning I am about to explain the meaning of life!

 

[SirSteve]

A new spam filter was put into place and it thinks your posts are spam. You are the ONLY one it does it to and it says it will correct it in time.

 

[Tycho]

I'm uh...singularly honored. :upset:

JT: Steve has constructed a new automatic program designed for him to see how long the system drives both of us nuts.

And I had just completed 18 different threads concerning each of the top 18 reasons Michael Bay is awesome, too. They should be in the que for you to read and approve :crazed:

I hope you will approve each of my 90,000 word essays. I've worked so hard on them.

 

[Tycho]

Whatever you did, I think I can post again. But there are still great posts of mine, legendary text that will be forever remembered as the finest of the electronic age of literature, which are still in the post-to-be-approved cue.

One in this thread preceedes this very post.

But thanks Steve! It looks like I'm back on board!

 

[JediTricks]

You have a new mountain of posts in the moderation queue, so you might be right that it's IP-based, after all. Damn this thing, it hasn't blocked anybody but you so far.

 

[Bel-Cam Jos]

Maybe his midichlorian post count expired after 17,000 (not even Yaddle got spam that high).

 

[kavem]

Same happened to my case also. They tagged me as a spammer and put my posts for moderator approval. They fixed it up very quickly. Now everything is fine. You keep posting. It will be in queue and they will approve it together. I know after working hard the post is in queue for approval, it hurts..[FONT=&quot][/FONT]

 

[Tycho]

Yup. My problem was resolved a long time ago - thanks SirSteve!

My posts are not spam, I hope.

Meanwhile, if you call the toll-free number within the next 5 minutes, I'll think of something else to write

 

[TeeEye7]

I'm unable to use the "Search" feature. I get an error message that says I must be registered. I thought I have been for the past decade or so...

Thanks,

Ti7

 

[El Chuxter]

On a similar note, the "New Posts" feature doesn't seem to be working properly. I don't know if that's because posts were ported from the old forum or just a kink in the new software.

 

[JediTricks]

In Firefox and Chrome, when I click to bring up a cursor in the search box in the navbar, it acts like I clicked a link to the photo gallery. In those browsers, there is no way to search from that box, anything I do to get it going sees it as a click of the photos link. In IE however, that problem does not happen.

I'm unable to use the "Search" feature. I get an error message that says I must be registered. I thought I have been for the past decade or so...

That's odd, I used a test account and it works fine when I'm logged in. However, when I'm logged out, it gives a rather weird response of:
The answer given for the random question was incorrect.

On a similar note, the "New Posts" feature doesn't seem to be working properly. I don't know if that's because posts were ported from the old forum or just a kink in the new software.

How so? It's working for me, although not properly deviated between stuff that's been posted since the last time I visited and stuff that was here when I last visited and I just haven't read.

Also, there's a flaw in the pagination on New Posts results pages, showing only the pages displayed as total pages despite there being more - so it only shows a range of 1-5 despite there being 8 pages.

And there's another flaw in New Posts where the link that's supposed to take you to the newest unread post doesn't work from that page, despite it working fine in the thread itself.

 

[TeeEye7]

I'm unable to use the "Search" feature. I get an error message that says I must be registered. I thought I have been for the past decade or so...

Thanks,

Ti7

It's working fine, now! Duct tape is wonderful stuff, isn't it?

 

[mtriv73]

This seems like as good a place to post this as any...

I'm having trouble with threads that have a lot of pages and attachments. The attachment icon is covering up the last page button. For example, when I think I'm clicking on page 103 of the what's everyone having for lunch thread to see what JP had today, I get a pop up box with a link to nightmare at 20000 feet_header.jpg . (That sounds really stalkerish, so I want to make it clear that that's just an example.)

It only happens in threads started by someone with a user name longer than Jedi_Kal-el, so it's the started by part of the line that's causing the problem. COuld this be put on lower line or have the font size reduced to fix it?

 

[SirSteve]

This seems like as good a place to post this as any...

I'm having trouble with threads that have a lot of pages and attachments. The attachment icon is covering up the last page button. For example, when I think I'm clicking on page 103 of the what's everyone having for lunch thread to see what JP had today, I get a pop up box with a link to nightmare at 20000 feet_header.jpg . (That sounds really stalkerish, so I want to make it clear that that's just an example.)

It only happens in threads started by someone with a user name longer than Jedi_Kal-el, so it's the started by part of the line that's causing the problem. COuld this be put on lower line or have the font size reduced to fix it?

Make sure you are using the latest web browser...

 

[mtriv73]

I'm getting the same thing whether I'm using the latest firefox version, IE 8, or the browser on my phone.

 

[JediTricks]

Yeah, I have seen this too, the problem is overrun on certain pages, the new version of the forums software doesn't handle it properly. The new dropdown system doesn't work perfectly either, especially on smaller views, the Quick Nav doesn't scroll on them.

I would suggest for now jumping into a thread on an earlier page, from there you can click the last page number or even key in the page number manually by clicking "page X of X" which will give you a dropdown.

 

[Bel-Cam Jos]

Whenever I click on the "Reply to Thread" blue button and the Quick Reply box opens below it, I have to pull down on the scroll arrow in the bottom right of the box to activate the cursor and begin typing. It's not a big thing, but it happens every time (even when it's a "Reply with Quote" choice).