ASF 'How do I do it?' thread

[Ves]

Thanks Joe. Love the new posts feature revamp as well.

I also notice a lot of the political threads swamp the "Latest Forum Posts" list on the right hand pane on the page showing all the Forums (and even show the first line or two of the post). For those interested and not aware already, there is an arrow next to the heading of this list that will hide it. Conveniently, it seems to stay hidden on my computer until I tell it not to be hidden. Very easy to block out all the General Chat posts (if you so wish) with these little features, especially for those like me who lack the discipline to stay away from distractions that I can still see!

 

[captain black]

For those interested and not aware already, there is an arrow next to the heading of this list that will hide it.

Excellent! Thanks for that tip, hadn't noticed it

 

[noirua]

I find it difficult to get to the new up and coming 'Stock Competition' - not if someone has just posted of course.
Click top right and I go to the current competition but not the next one in October 2013. Is this a reason why so few take part these days?

 

[burglar]

I find it difficult to get to the new up and coming 'Stock Competition' - not if someone has just posted of course.
Click top right and I go to the current competition but not the next one in October 2013. Is this a reason why so few take part these days?

Hi noirua,

I come here so often, I don't miss it.
It could be advantageous (for you) to have a sticky thread.

 

[pixel]

Hi noirua,

I come here so often, I don't miss it.
It could be advantageous (for you) to have a sticky thread.

ever thought of using a bookmark?
Or you could "Search" for the word October.

 

[Whiskers]

It's all good at my end.

Could those still getting "General Chat" threads when clicking "New Posts" please clear their browser's cache and then restart their PC. After that check it again and let me know how you go.

Thanks!

So... that's where I went wrong, right!

Not being aware of the changes I put the crap cleaner through my computer (which clears the cache)... wondered what went wrong when different lists appeared from clicking new posts, but it wasn't wrong, it was actually right... all ok now, right.

 

[noirua]

ever thought of using a bookmark?
Or you could "Search" for the word October.

burglar/pixel, thanks for your comments. I suppose going to so many sites in many different countries there isn't time for me fiddle about on how to do some things - everyone is different. One website in France has a small sign that flashes as a reminder to enter a competition, fortunate as my French is pigeon like. A thought there, there are quite a lot of German visitors at ASF and probably other nationalities.
Anyway, will watch out and see if I can spot it by Monday.

 

[burglar]

... Anyway, will watch out and see if I can spot it by Monday.

Sorry, I was unaware that you had not yet found it:

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27439

 

[RazzaDazzla]

I can't seem to edit my signature. I can edit other details in my profile, but there's no yellow pencil next to my signature.

I'm sure it's something simple, but I'll be jiggered if I can figure it out.

 

[Joe Blow]

I can't seem to edit my signature. I can edit other details in my profile, but there's no yellow pencil next to my signature.

I'm sure it's something simple, but I'll be jiggered if I can figure it out.

Hi RD, the option to edit your signature is in your Settings (see link at top of page), where most of your user options are.

Here is a shortcut: https://www.aussiestockforums.com/account/signature

 

[Ves]

Hi Joe

Re the search function, in particular user's post histories. You can access these from the search facility (limiting it to a user) or by clicking on the member's profile. They seem to give the same results.

But the entire post history does not come up in either search method.

For instance, if you search my user post history 40 pages of posts come up (25 x 40 is 1,000 - I obviously have more than this). Further still anything after page 26 comes up with an error and is not accessible. It is as if there is a cut-off date for old posts to be searchable. In my case it is August 2012 (18 months??)

However, you can obviously find older posts on the forum if you look around.

Would there be any reason why this kind of search cannot find them? I remember there being a discussion along these lines, but I cannot find it.

 

[Joe Blow]

Hi Joe

Re the search function, in particular user's post histories. You can access these from the search facility (limiting it to a user) or by clicking on the member's profile. They seem to give the same results.

But the entire post history does not come up in either search method.

For instance, if you search my user post history 40 pages of posts come up (25 x 40 is 1,000 - I obviously have more than this). Further still anything after page 26 comes up with an error and is not accessible. It is as if there is a cut-off date for old posts to be searchable. In my case it is August 2012 (18 months??)

However, you can obviously find older posts on the forum if you look around.

Would there be any reason why this kind of search cannot find them? I remember there being a discussion along these lines, but I cannot find it.

Ves, there does seem to be a problem with accessing older posts via the search function. I will do some investigating but I suspect that the whole search index will need to be rebuilt. It may take a day or two to schedule it with the techs and get it done.

I will post again with an update when I know more.

 

[Ves]

Ves, there does seem to be a problem with accessing older posts via the search function. I will do some investigating but I suspect that the whole search index will need to be rebuilt. It may take a day or two to schedule it with the techs and get it done.

I will post again with an update when I know more.

Thanks mate, it probably got reset when the forum software was updated / changed, or something similar by the sounds of it.

No dramas, happy to wait.

 

[Joe Blow]

Thanks mate, it probably got reset when the forum software was updated / changed, or something similar by the sounds of it.

No dramas, happy to wait.

All fixed.

The site search function should now return results that include all posts by all ASF members, irrespective of when they were posted.

 

[Ves]

All fixed.

The site search function should now return results that include all posts by all ASF members, irrespective of when they were posted.

Hi Joe

Thanks, works for me too.

Just thought I would let you know that access the user's post history from their profile seems to show less results than doing an advanced forum search and restricting it to a single user name.

But very happy to have a solution!

 

[Joe Blow]

Thanks for letting me know Ves.

I'll continue to investigate and will let you know when I figure out what the problem is.

 

[Ves]

Thanks for letting me know Ves.

I'll continue to investigate and will let you know when I figure out what the problem is.

This is just a hunch, but I find if I limit the search to a username, then to a forum or group of forums (excluding others) the search seems to go back further and would appear to be more complete.

Could it be a memory issue? Or similarly the forum may only search those forums for a limited amount of time ie. 0.12 seconds or so (as it says after the results come up) and going back any further would take longer and exceed this time limit for queries covering larger amounts of posts.

Just some ideas.

 

[piggybank]

Loading Up PDFs...

Hi,

An old bugger trying to work out the correct way of loading a PDF file. The way I have done it tonight (for the first time) is on the link below. Does the PDF file always end up at the bottom of the post?

If that is the case, then what I am going to do now is a waste of time, but hell I've have already wasted a lot of time in my unexciting life

I have attached 3 images that maybe of use to explain how I do it the correct way

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This is the link to the thread I have been referring to:- https://www.aussiestockforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2029&page=3&p=824961#post824961

Given that I couldn't see another appropriate thread for this I posted it here. Is there a forum that this type of question is better suited for?

Thanking those in advance of their replies.

Regards
PB

 

[Joe Blow]

Hi PB,

Just a few things:

• Avoid using too many tags, such as the [COLOR] and [FONT] tags unless you really need to. Just use the default settings unless you are deliberately trying to highlight something, which should be rare.
  
• Avoid posting images and PDFs in the same post, especially if you are posting the images "inline", which means within the actual post using the

 

[piggybank]

Hi PB,

Just a few things:

• Avoid using too many tags, such as the [COLOR] and [FONT] tags unless you really need to. Just use the default settings unless you are deliberately trying to highlight something, which should be rare.
  
• Avoid posting images and PDFs in the same post, especially if you are posting the images "inline", which means within the actual post using the