kudzurunner
3900 posts
Feb 05, 2013
8:36 AM
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Folks:
I've had very busy days yesterday and today, but it has just come to my attention that the forum software has been changed. I have no idea why this has happened. I received no email alert from Macwebsitebuilder.
As you know, I've resisted various offers to relocate and/or significantly change the forum, but I'll say right now, for the record: losing the ability to edit my/our posts is something that I consider intolerable. If it's a temporary thing, I'm fine with it. If, on the other hand, it is a deliberate and permanent change on the part of Macwebsitebuilder, then I will indeed take my business--and this forum--elsewhere.
The bad news is, I won't have time to do that for the next several months.
I just want you to know that even I have a bottom line as far as forum functioning go. Our posts need to be editable. If they're not, we'll take this thing elsewhere.
NOTE: Please do NOT email me with suggestions about where we might relocate. I'm not open to any suggestions right now. You'll just antagonize me if you do that, in fact.
[edited to add: If I sign in as an administrator, as I am right now, I can edit my posts. That means that five forum members have that capacity: not adequate. I have contacted the Macwebsitebuilder helpdesk and asked if the lost of forum edit function is a temporary outage and, if so, how long the outage will last. I'll keep you posed.]
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Feb 07, 2013 2:53 PM
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Greg Heumann
1984 posts
Feb 05, 2013
5:26 PM
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I thought i could still edit. This is a test.
First post attempt verified another problem already reported. If you enter the wrong captcha code (which, because some of their images are so bloody ambiguous is easy to do) you lose your entire post.
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Greg Heumann
1985 posts
Feb 05, 2013
5:27 PM
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And yes edit is broken. I'm sure that's a bug with the new version that they will fix.
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timeistight
1089 posts
Feb 05, 2013
6:02 PM
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Until they fix it, there is a workaround: You can still delete your own posts, so if you need to edit, copy and paste into a new post, make your edits before posting and then delete your old post.
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Kingley
2293 posts
Feb 05, 2013
10:10 PM
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Kudzurunner- Good to know you're on the case Adam. Hopefully the issue will get sorted out soon.
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jbone
1181 posts
Feb 06, 2013
4:40 AM
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Lead on sir. At your leisure!
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isaacullah
2315 posts
Feb 06, 2013
7:59 AM
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Since we seem to be using this thread to post clues/symptoms of the change, anyone else notice that the timing of thread posts seems to be off? I think I recall this happening once before, where you make a post, and then your thread is immediately third or fourth down the list, instead of on top...
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isaacullah
2316 posts
Feb 06, 2013
8:00 AM
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yup. just happened again with that last post. This thread should have bumped to the top, but instead was at number three. No chance that that could be due to two other threads being posted in at the exact same time...
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timeistight
1092 posts
Feb 06, 2013
9:29 AM
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That's been happening for me since at least December. One time, my post ended up above the post I was responding to.
I wonder if it has something to do with how long you've been logged in.
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nacoran
6467 posts
Feb 06, 2013
10:46 AM
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Huh, I hadn't noticed that. Or maybe how long you've had the particular page open?
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BikerG
28 posts
Feb 06, 2013
11:28 AM
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Funny how posting lets us present the self we want to be. This means we can edit. And if we wish to, we can delete.
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kudzurunner
3903 posts
Feb 07, 2013
2:55 PM
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The support desk at Macwebsitebuilder has just informed me that they have recognized and fixed the no-edit-function problem. It does indeed seem to be working!
Yipee!
Before I write back and tell them that everything is copasetic, I need all of you to try and replicate the various recent technical difficulties that we've been experiencing here. Please do that and report back to me. Let's hope nobody finds anything worth reporting.
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gene
1119 posts
Feb 07, 2013
3:29 PM
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I will now enter the wrong captcha.
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I am now editing to say that my text was not lost.
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I am editing again to say the thread moved back to the top after I posted in it.
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I am editing again just 'cuz I can. ;)
Last Edited by gene on Feb 07, 2013 3:34 PM
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nacoran
6473 posts
Feb 07, 2013
3:43 PM
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I just lost a comment to a stale captcha a few minutes ago (well, I was able to back page and get it, but the Captcha time out did remove the text from my post on the 'you got it wrong page'.)
edit: Edit seems to be working. The spam filter seems to be a touch to sensitive. This thread:
http://www.modernbluesharmonica.com/board/board_topic/5560960/5248200.htm?page=1
Got picked off. I restored it when I saw it in the folder, but since it was time sensitive, it was probably too late.
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Last Edited by nacoran on Feb 07, 2013 3:47 PM
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atty1chgo
601 posts
Feb 07, 2013
4:27 PM
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Haven't seen any problem. But I will stay posed. :)
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garry
352 posts
Feb 07, 2013
7:35 PM
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@gene: you wouldn't happen to be a system tester or sw developer?
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timeistight
1110 posts
Feb 07, 2013
8:46 PM
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I'm posting this right on the hour.
Edited to add: My timestamps are still 14 minutes out.
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jbone
1182 posts
Feb 08, 2013
4:33 AM
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Appears to be working here Adam!
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gene
1120 posts
Feb 08, 2013
12:43 PM
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" you wouldn't happen to be a system tester or sw developer?"
I don't know. What's a system tester or sw developer?
lol
Nope.
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nacoran
6477 posts
Feb 08, 2013
1:53 PM
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redacted.
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Last Edited by nacoran on Feb 08, 2013 2:43 PM
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RyanMortos
1390 posts
Feb 09, 2013
7:48 AM
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I see an issue in which you take a while to write your post, the current spam prevention code times out, you get taken to a page to enter a new spam prevention code, the text you originally written correctly carries over, when you enter the new spam code your post is successfully submitted. But, everything you wrote in your post disappears.
I do enough code testing at work to test MacWebsiteBuilder code at home, they should do their own testing, lol.
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Greg Heumann
1990 posts
Feb 09, 2013
8:14 AM
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Message to powers that be: Been harpin' on it for years now. This SW's CAPTCHA system is the WORST of any site I use. And I use lots of sites that have captcha. Frequently ambiguous images are presented (is that an a or an o for example) and then there's the time out issue. Other systems have much more legible captcha codes AND an obvious way to generate a new one without losing anything.
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Last Edited by Greg Heumann on Feb 09, 2013 8:14 AM
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nacoran
6483 posts
Feb 09, 2013
9:09 AM
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Greg, and that's only half the story! And the spam filter is picking off random comments.
Arzajac, if you happen by this thread, check your email. I'm still testing a theory. It may not be as bad as I thought.
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Last Edited by nacoran on Feb 09, 2013 9:11 AM
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nacoran
6484 posts
Feb 09, 2013
9:10 AM
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I noticed I lost a post using the backpage technique. I backpaged, saw my text, solved the new captcha, which it accepted, and then didn't get a post. So, another odd workaround seems to be to post a blank text, make sure you get the captcha and then edit your post by writing it!
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Last Edited by nacoran on Feb 09, 2013 9:28 AM
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