I somewhat think this new forum is OK. The new improvements are very welcomed.

ajaan · October 12, 2016 5:14AM

How does one send a PM?

ajaan · October 12, 2016 5:15AM

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ajaan · October 12, 2016 5:27AM

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3Mark · October 12, 2016 5:52AM

Ajaan:

Upper right corner there is a inbox and that is where the PM's are.

3Mark

TwoKopeiki · October 12, 2016 6:06AM

Give it time, Shroomster, it grows on you!

DoubleEagle59 · October 12, 2016 6:08AM

As of right now, I absolutely hate it.

I guess I'll get use to it eventually, but you get so comfortable with the old forum, that change always disrupts things.

Unknown · October 12, 2016 6:19AM

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ajaan · October 12, 2016 6:32AM

When I go to type in who I want to sent a PM to, the name disappears so I can't send a PM.

syl · October 12, 2016 6:40AM

I'm having the same problem and I don't like the format either .. you can't just go to the last post. It starts at the beginning of the thread. I really don't like sites that make "improvements" that don't need fixed.

bronzemat · October 12, 2016 6:42AM

I like the new board but I agree, the PM system isn't doing much for me.

I delete the majority of my PM and now I have everyone of them ever sent and there is no way of deleting them.

Swampboy · October 12, 2016 7:01AM

@ajaan said:
When I go to type in who I want to sent a PM to, the name disappears so I can't send a PM.

pm sent

braddick · October 12, 2016 7:04AM

Congratulations Swampboy on your 10,000th post!

ajaan · October 12, 2016 7:08AM

Another pet peeve. The Who's Online just shows icons and not names. What's with that? Why do computer programmers want to get rid of language and do everything with symbols. Are they trying to dumb down?

asheland · October 12, 2016 7:14AM

I'm not particularly happy with this new forum either.

asheland · October 12, 2016 7:14AM

I want my lion back!

ajaan · October 12, 2016 7:20AM

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ajaan · October 12, 2016 7:21AM

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ajaan · October 12, 2016 7:22AM

@TwoKopeiki said:
Give it time, Shroomster, it grows on you!

So does mold if I don't move around much. Neither is welcomed.

Stork · October 12, 2016 7:48AM

Is there some organization to the inbox/pms?

As for my forum designated icon, it just doesn't seem right...

asheland · October 12, 2016 8:07AM

@ajaan said:

@TwoKopeiki said:
Give it time, Shroomster, it grows on you!

So does mold if I don't move around much. Neither is welcomed.

grote15 · October 12, 2016 8:08AM

Much better and note advanced than the old platform. My only issue is with PMs being out of chronological order.

1Bustcollector · October 12, 2016 8:10AM

A little help please. I'm posting a pic from my iPhone, I select the dog ear drop down icon, choose image, select an image from camera roll, hit done and the pic is downloaded into the long rectangular box just fine. I post the message but the image is retained in this small box. I see other pics by others work fine. What am I missing?

Aethelred · October 12, 2016 8:28AM

My post count went from 26,000 or 27,000 whatever it was, to just over 11,000.

Aethelred · October 12, 2016 8:29AM

It is like all the cheating that I did on the Open Forum in the early days was for nothing! :'(

bronzemat · October 12, 2016 8:30AM

@Aethelred said:
My post count went from 26,000 or 27,000 whatever it was, to just over 11,000.

Could be deleted posts over time or something got counted.

Aethelred · October 12, 2016 8:32AM

Other than that I think it will be ok once we get used to it.

ajaan · October 12, 2016 8:48AM

Hate it.

Stork · October 12, 2016 9:04AM

Maybe the calculation took away the post counts from forums that no longer exist (like the OF). Well, I'm wearing a new icon for awhile until I find a decent picture of a stork.

Any ideas on what size is optimized? My old one was all enlarged and blurry so I put on this one. I call it 'Detail from Armed Mama'.

Stork · October 12, 2016 9:25AM

Okay, so how do we edit?

I was going to add to my above post that I have figured out more about the pms.

My count has gone from 77 to 317, and it looks like all conversations are being nested under the name of the other person AND they are sorting by most recent pm. I just had a pm and that bumped him up to the top of the list--and all the other (at least it looks like close to all) are showing up nested under there.

I still don't see a way to sort alphabetically--I liked that feature for when looking to see who I've talked to and reminisce (like for those deceased).

Aethelred · October 12, 2016 9:36AM

"Okay, so how do we edit?"

There is a little gear on the top left of your post, hover over it and you get an edit option.

DNADave · October 12, 2016 9:36AM

There's a little round gear in the upper right of your post....click on him. (next to the time)

Stork · October 12, 2016 10:00AM

I just read in a liteside thread that archived/inaccessible forums were deleted. That means post counts dropped as those posts don't count.

asheland · October 12, 2016 11:14AM

I hated it at first too, but I'm warming up to it. You may like it in time, Ajaan.

cladking · October 12, 2016 12:40PM

test

cladking · October 12, 2016 12:41PM

@Stork said:
I just read in a liteside thread that archived/inaccessible forums were deleted. That means post counts dropped as those posts don't count.

I lost 12,000 posts.

I'd have guessed I had only 8000 on the open forum so I'm looking for them.

ttt

ajaan · October 12, 2016 4:46PM

Slowly getting better.

ajaan · October 12, 2016 4:46PM

oops!

marcmoish · October 12, 2016 5:22PM

I tried to log on 3 times thinking something wrong and ending up in another coin board ..seriously this is nice stuff but obviously most older guys me included loath change.

Which makes me ask where is all the emoticons?

ajaan · October 12, 2016 6:01PM

Since I've already been a PITA in this thread, I might as well try posting an image.

ajaan · October 12, 2016 6:02PM

Cool, it worked, no Photobucket involved.

ajaan · October 12, 2016 6:09PM

Now that my title has disappeared, maybe it's time for a new avatar?

Stork · October 12, 2016 6:38PM

Nooooo...no new avatars. On that note, I'll try posting a picture too--which is the medal my new avatar is from. I just added it to Cointalk and Collectivecoin. I may even need to add it ATS too. It would be strange to have the same one everywhere, but kinda cool too. But I would miss your mushroom.

See if this worked, it's a large file (almost 6 MB). If that is loaded, then it's a HUGE positive for the new forums!

(And, maybe titles will come back. I have one picked out in advance of the 6000+ posts needed to hit 10K).

edited to add:
1. it worked
2. the photo blows up with resolution preserved (some sites don't do this and PB reduces quality on upload)
3. Shroom--did you change the title of the thread or did it get done for you?
4. Look Ma! I figured out editing too
5. Beginning to like this set up a bit!
6. Better watch what you name your files. The original name shows up at the bottom...Must Remain Appropriate

Swampboy · October 12, 2016 7:20PM

Nice medal Cathy!

I'm glad to see the thread title edit.

jgenn · October 12, 2016 8:26PM

Why can't we see the name of the OP in the list of posts? I consider that to be very useful information; it's a standard feature on every other forum.

ajaan · October 13, 2016 1:21AM

Shroom--did you change the title of the thread or did it get done for you?

I changed it Cathy.

Syracusian · October 13, 2016 5:19AM

How exactly I've been promoted to... "veteran" ,when I was well on my way to "choose my own title"? And how many thousands of PMs have been deleted? I don't think it's going to grow on me Roman.

Stork · October 13, 2016 5:57AM

@jgenn said:
Why can't we see the name of the OP in the list of posts? I consider that to be very useful information; it's a standard feature on every other forum.

THAT would be nice!

@SYRACUSIAN said:
How exactly I've been promoted to... "veteran" ,when I was well on my way to "choose my own title"? And how many thousands of PMs have been deleted? I don't think it's going to grow on me Roman.

Dimitri--I'm going to send you a pm (if my tablet cooperates). When you get it scroll back and I THINK all our pms are there.

I still wish there was a way to navigate the pms by alphabet/name though. I have old ones I keep for sentimental reasons...

Edited to add: actually a new PM started a new 'conversation'. My previous 'conversation' with Dimitri is (apparently) all PMs in the past. A new PM now generates a new conversation...old pms were brought over as a single conversation. Which makes lack of navigation through pms even more of a pain!

Okay, now for an emoji trial. Between the forum and the tablet updates maybe those will work now...please ignore.

Oh, crud, where are all the old ones??? What will I do without my spinny cool sign??? Ugh!

asheland · October 13, 2016 6:45AM

I'm definitely liking it better.

Swampboy · October 13, 2016 7:31AM

"What will I do without my spinny cool sign???"

Cathy.
Never fear.

Save to your desktop and use at will.

asheland · October 13, 2016 8:59AM

How do you do that? Just add like a picture?

asheland · October 13, 2016 9:00AM

I somewhat think this new forum is OK. The new improvements are very welcomed.

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