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  • CarolCarol
    Bertieb, I've just tried the film rights thread and it takes me straight to it- nowhere else.

    Have you tried clearing your cookies, cache etc? And then coming back into TB and seeing if it happens again.
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    Carol, does the title of that thread come up with 2 pages, as in Film Rights, [1,2]? It's the 2 that brings up BLZ and now PBW.
  • boredrobotsboredrobots
    A lot of threads are showing [ 1 2 ] but don't have enough comments to fill a page.

    For instance The New Dr Who Assistant... [ 1 2 ]

    Only has 1 comment!
  • WebboWebbo
    I'd noticed this, sort of...
    curiously, clicking the thread title works fine, then you can get to p2 from the links at the bottom. is anyone getting anything other than that point(less) thread?
    I have a quick solution but not sure whether it'll work!
  • WebboWebbo
    Okay, looks like that did the trick... threads now displaying correct page numbers and linking correctly?
    Wonder if it was some massively coincidental string of / and . in that one thread that broke the database?
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    That's better - no rogue page 2s to be seen. Thanks, Webbo. (Computers are such sensitive little things, aren't they?)
  • CarolCarol
    Only just got back in and onto the computer, so glad Webbo could resolve the issue.
  • Jenthom72Jenthom72
    Just posting this to see if I can. It won't let me add a comment to a thread:(
  • WebboWebbo
    Did you get sorted Jen? Which thread was it?
  • jonwatson205jonwatson205
    Is there any chance of Tapatalk functionality beind added for the forum, to make access easier on mobile devices?

    http://www.tapatalk.com/

    I believe that activation is free, as long as the forum is compatible.
  • WebboWebbo
    Interesting question Jon. I'll see if we're compatible!
  • jonwatson205jonwatson205
    Funky! Your assessment is eagerly anticipated!
  • WebboWebbo
    Sorry Jon, no go for now (but we are promised a new forum system sometime this decade, so hopefully that'll be some help)
  • jonwatson205jonwatson205
    Haha! Cool. One shall look forward to it. :P
  • CarolCarol
    Webbo, Live Search is becoming unusable. I tried yesterday and just now- I type in the words I'm looking for, it comes up with answers and before I can choose the one I want, the choices are gone.
  • WebboWebbo
    interesting. The Livesearch does populate for me, after a small wait, but the results don't disappear before I get to them. Please could you tell me your operating system, browser and version number (eg Windows Vista, Firefox 12)
    Thanks
  • CarolCarol
    I'm using IE9, with Windows 7 Professional, Webbo. Thanks.
  • lexialexia
    Hadn't noticed this facility until I've just read the posts about it on here.
    Have tried it and nothing happened, but I shan't miss it as I didn't know it was there ... ...
    :)
  • CarolCarol
    Depending on what you're searching for it can be slow...:)
  • kadokado
    Never had any problems with it.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    edited May 2012
    My icon/avatar/picture has disappeared. Looks like some others have gone, too.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Is it possible to have a new line put automatically after the Quote function has been used? At present it can be difficult to work out where the Quote finishes and where the new comment starts as often they're on the same line.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    edited May 2012
    Have Discussions started and Comments added disappeared from users' profiles?
  • WebboWebbo
    edited May 2012
    No, I can still see them! eg http://talkback.writers-online.co.uk/account.php?u=319&award=1 in both the user details and the left hand column (below Start a new discussion)
    Refresh the page?
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    edited May 2012
    Sorry. I meant 'totals'. Can you see those?
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Is this d
  • WebboWebbo
    Think we might have covered something similar, now you mention it! What would "Totals" be? The total number of comments added and discussions started are in the main column, eg:
    Discussions Started 766
    Comments Added 19398

    20,000 comments added? Blimey.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Yep, me being thick again. (I keep typing 'think'.)
  • pbwpbw
    [quote=Carol] it can be slow...[/quote]

    Eeeh by gum, the forum can be S-L-O-W sometimes.

    I hate to complain, but...

    One assumes that if users online reach a critical number, the poor old server groans under the weight.
  • JohnWho63JohnWho63
    I've noticed the forum being slow sometimes, but I put it down to busy times of the day for the internet in general, as I have exactly the same problem at the same time with another forum, and also with Facebook.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    Is it my imagaination/computer, but is anyone else being taken to the top of a thread instead of back to the main discussion board?
  • JohnWho63JohnWho63
    Yes, but it seems to do it at random, and depends on which thread one is looking at.
  • Jay MandalJay Mandal
    It's just done it on a new (short) thread. Unless it's so slow I think it's stopped midway.
  • Phots MollPhots Moll
    The competition entry section was running very slowly all evening. Think I enterred the last line comp OK, but only saw a message saying my details had been updated, nothing about the entry having been uploaded/recieved. Could you confirm you have it. Cheers.
  • WebboWebbo
    Hi PM, was it the Atrocious first line you were entering?
  • WebboWebbo
    We got it!
  • CarolCarol
    It's running slow today- other websites aren't, so is there anything wrong with the site, Webbo?
    Taking much longer than usual to go back to the main page after looking at a thread.
  • Mrs BearMrs Bear
    I have the same problem today, Carol - the site is hanging, wherever I go.
  • CarolCarol
    Glad it isn't just me.
  • JohnWho63JohnWho63
    I can assure that it isn't only TB. Two other sites I use are slow today, and also Facebook as well.
  • CarolCarol
    Perhaps they all use the same server...
  • doradora
    Using the same server? Tut. Just can't get the staff these days.
  • richtricht
    The One-Word Challenge thread seems to be having trouble updating my access - the number of 'new' continues to read the same as the total, despite me having read them all.
  • richtricht
    In fact none of the threads seem to be updating. 7 'unread' in the One Word Challenge thread, (I've read them all). Similar situation in all the other threads (the ones I've read, anyway). Not a huge problem, but would be nice if it were fixed!
  • richtricht
    Problem still there. Is anybody listening?
  • WebboWebbo
    Sorry for delay richt - definitely listening! But no real answer yet I'm afraid.
  • richtricht
    Problem still remains. Any answers yet?
  • lexialexia
    Doesn't see like there are any answers yet, richt.

    What difference does it make anyway - if you know you have read the threads, why do you need to be told by the site ?

    (Just a thought - feel free to ignore me)
    ;)
  • richtricht
    That's OK for 'one-off' threads - read it and never come back to it, but where a thread is ongoing (One Word Challenge etc) you don't know if there are any posts in it that you haven't read yet, and you have to scroll through them all until you get to the last one you read. But mostly, of course, it is because there is a function that you used to benefit from which no longer works. Therefore something must have gone wrong!
  • lexialexia
    [quote=richt]Therefore something must have gone wrong![/quote]

    Right - I understand you.
    Weren't me !!
    *sneaks out with tail between legs*
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