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Edna20
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I thought it might be helpful to have one thread where people can ask how to do things in the new forum. Maybe we can get it stickied.

I'll start. How do you delete a draft?
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  • ExpendableYouth
    ExpendableYouth Posts: 2,106 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Get all the badges!!!!
  • variant2
    variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2015
    ExpendableYouth said:
    Get all the badges!!!!
    That's easy... stick around and post **** 
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  • First_Warrior
    First_Warrior Posts: 3,655 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2015
     How do i delete messages from my inbox?
  • variant2
    variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    Edna20 said:
    I thought it might be helpful to have one thread where people can ask how to do things in the new forum. Maybe we can get it stickied.

    I'll start. How do you delete a draft?
    There's supposed to be a delete button next to each of your active drafts but for whatever reason, it's not there at the moment.

    I did find a way to delete the drafts on a mac but if you're on a pc, your miles may vary. 

    1. Go to your drafts page
    2. Right click on the page and choose "Show Page Source"
    3. When the page source page shows up, hit "Command" + "F" to bring up the find bar on the top right hand corner
    4. In the text field, type "delete" (without the quotes) and it'll it'll search for all the mentions of "delete on the page"
    5. There will be a blue link where each delete is mentioned. Click the link and it's done.
    This concludes our geek session for deleting drafts without the delete button.

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  • variant2
    variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2015
    First Warrior said:
     How do i delete messages from my inbox?
    1. Click on the "Inbox" icon looks like a tray
    2. Click on the conversation that you want to delete
    3. On the top right hand side, there's a big ass red button that says "Delete Conversation"

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  • Edna20
    Edna20 Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What is the best way to insert a photo from a mobile device? How do you resize, mine all seem really big.
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  • avengethis
    avengethis Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    just post it. the forum auto resizes now
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  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,681 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2015
    There's a button to start a new thread. It is labeled "New Discussion". Within that button there is a pull down menu. You can choose "new discussion" or "new poll" or "ask a question". 

    Is there any actual difference at all between "new discussion" and "ask a question"?
    They look the same to me. 
  • avengethis
    avengethis Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you "ask a question" when somebody responds with an answer you can accept it as a response and answer and then it will mark the thread as answered.  Still allows more people to post but that way if somebody is looking and sees a thread with the same question and it is answered they know they can go there to get the info.
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  • variant2
    variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    Bob_Luken said:
    There's a button to start a new thread. It is labeled "New Discussion". Within that button there is a pull down menu. You can choose "new discussion" or "new poll" or "ask a question". 

    Is there any actual difference at all between "new discussion" and "ask a question"?
    They look the same to me. 
    Main difference is how the two threads are processed by the server software. The "Ask a Question" threads are tallied on the right sidebar "Unanswered" box until the OP, Mod or Admin set at least one of the replies as "Answered". 

    The "New Discussion" is just a normal thread that does not require an answer.

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  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,681 ✭✭✭✭✭
    variant2 said:
    Bob_Luken said:
    There's a button to start a new thread. It is labeled "New Discussion". Within that button there is a pull down menu. You can choose "new discussion" or "new poll" or "ask a question". 

    Is there any actual difference at all between "new discussion" and "ask a question"?
    They look the same to me. 
    Main difference is how the two threads are processed by the server software. The "Ask a Question" threads are tallied on the right sidebar "Unanswered" box until the OP, Mod or Admin set at least one of the replies as "Answered". 

    The "New Discussion" is just a normal thread that does not require an answer.

    Thanks :)
  • jlmarta
    jlmarta Posts: 7,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    variant2 said:
    Edna20 said:
    I thought it might be helpful to have one thread where people can ask how to do things in the new forum. Maybe we can get it stickied.

    I'll start. How do you delete a draft?
    There's supposed to be a delete button next to each of your active drafts but for whatever reason, it's not there at the moment.

    I did find a way to delete the drafts on a mac but if you're on a pc, your miles may vary. 

    1. Go to your drafts page
    2. Right click on the page and choose "Show Page Source"
    3. When the page source page shows up, hit "Command" + "F" to bring up the find bar on the top right hand corner
    4. In the text field, type "delete" (without the quotes) and it'll it'll search for all the mentions of "delete on the page"
    5. There will be a blue link where each delete is mentioned. Click the link and it's done.
    This concludes our geek session for deleting drafts without the delete button.

    That may work on things other than iPhones but how do I 'right click' on mine???
  • jlmarta
    jlmarta Posts: 7,880 ✭✭✭✭✭
    And where's my inbox??
  • Gray4lines
    Gray4lines Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 2015
    jlmarta said:
    And where's my inbox??
    On your phone, scroll to the top of the page. Menu button with three horizontal lines (solid gray bar, button on the right).  

    Hit that, and a drop down menu will have a list of stuff, including your inbox.
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  • variant2
    variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    jlmarta said:
    variant2 said:
    Edna20 said:
    I thought it might be helpful to have one thread where people can ask how to do things in the new forum. Maybe we can get it stickied.

    I'll start. How do you delete a draft?
    There's supposed to be a delete button next to each of your active drafts but for whatever reason, it's not there at the moment.

    I did find a way to delete the drafts on a mac but if you're on a pc, your miles may vary. 

    1. Go to your drafts page
    2. Right click on the page and choose "Show Page Source"
    3. When the page source page shows up, hit "Command" + "F" to bring up the find bar on the top right hand corner
    4. In the text field, type "delete" (without the quotes) and it'll it'll search for all the mentions of "delete on the page"
    5. There will be a blue link where each delete is mentioned. Click the link and it's done.
    This concludes our geek session for deleting drafts without the delete button.

    That may work on things other than iPhones but how do I 'right click' on mine???
    As far as I know, you can't access the Page Source from an iPhone. 
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  • jgibv
    jgibv Posts: 9,245 ✭✭✭✭✭
    variant2 said:
    As far as I know, you can't access the Page Source from an iPhone.
    That's correct.  You cannot view the page source through Safari (the default web browser) for iOS. 

    However, there are other browser apps that will allow you to do this - like ViewSource ($0.99)

    * I have a new address as of 3/24/18 *

  • variant2
    variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    I fired off a PM to the Admin to take a look at the Draft page. Hopefully they can figure out why the icon/link is missing.


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  • variant2
    variant2 Posts: 882 ✭✭✭✭
    Okay, I figured out how to delete each Draft. 

    Basically, you click (or touch if you're on a device) on the top right hand corner of each white draft box. 

    Here's a link for more information:
    How to DELETE a Draft
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  • jd50ae
    jd50ae Posts: 7,900 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The OP should be in the info line not just the last responder.
  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,681 ✭✭✭✭✭
    jd50ae said:
    The OP should be in the info line not just the last responder.
    Yes please. I miss this feature from the old forum. 
  • cbuck
    cbuck Posts: 9,139 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Anyone know why the photos don't seem as crisp/focused as the originals on my phone? Maybe sizing? And how can I fix that. See "what are you smoking this afternoon" thread. Thanks.
  • Gray4lines
    Gray4lines Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    cbuck said:
    Anyone know why the photos don't seem as crisp/focused as the originals on my phone? Maybe sizing? And how can I fix that. See "what are you smoking this afternoon" thread. Thanks.

    I have noticed that too. It must be something with the auto resizing.  Same with avatars too though. It's all really low res.
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  • cbuck
    cbuck Posts: 9,139 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I guess we deal? Unless they can correct it?
  • cbuck
    cbuck Posts: 9,139 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Next time maybe I'll try taking the pic with photobucket, and resize it first?
  • avengethis
    avengethis Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    When I open up your full res photo its very clear. 
    Team O'Donnell FTW!

    "I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
  • cbuck
    cbuck Posts: 9,139 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ok, so we have to click/open it to make it clear?
  • avengethis
    avengethis Posts: 5,697 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you click on it, it opens up the full resolution version.  In the forum posts it scales it down for load times im guessing. 
    Team O'Donnell FTW!

    "I've got a great cigar collection - it's actually not a collection, because that would imply I wasn't going to smoke ever last one of 'em." - Ron White
  • Gray4lines
    Gray4lines Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Is it only on mobile, or are they fuzzy on a computer too?
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  • cbuck
    cbuck Posts: 9,139 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll check when I get to my laptop later.
  • Bob_Luken
    Bob_Luken Posts: 11,681 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I want to know why my inbox (PM) is so screwed up? For a long time I kept one PM addressed to myself with a list of addys. That's where I'd store my addys. That's all it was for. When I'd get a new addy, I'd send it to myself in that same PM . It took me forever to find it today and the first post is missing! It's the one with the most addys! Then, I got to looking at other PM conversations and the first post is missing on all of them. Why!? Also, apparently, if the other person deletes their PM from their inbox, it deletes their posts in my PMs in my inbox as well. Why!?  

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