Ask your forum functionality questions here....How do I.....?

ExpendableYouth said:

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That's easy... stick around and post ****

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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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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. 

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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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 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.

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)

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 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 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.

Next time maybe I'll try taking the pic with photobucket, and resize it first?

Ok, so we have to click/open it to make it clear?

Is it only on mobile, or are they fuzzy on a computer too?

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!?