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Giverny

Giverny

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Hey everyone!

Thank you all again for your continued patience whilst we got the new forum online and stabilised. We've got everything running pretty smoothly for the most part, and now I'd like to dedicate some time to helping you all get your heads around the new forum.

I've started working on a set of video guides to show you all how to use the forum. The ones I've started are mainly for people who are totally new here and have potentially never used a forum before. They cover things like how to register, starting a new topic, replying to topics, sending private messages/starting conversations and reporting offensive posts.

Now I would like to ask you all - is there anything you would like me to create a video guide on and explain in more depth? I've got a couple of things in mind, like the trophy system, new profiles, locating posts you have made and attaching files. Please do let me know! I'll make as many video guides as you would all like :)
 
Tanks that sounds a good idea for us oldsters who came to puters in their dotage and need constant reminders!
PS Is there any way of making the smilies bigger I need a magnifying glass !!!
CAROL
 
I can't think of anything personally as this new layout is MILES better-so once again-Many thanks!!:)

Only one minor quibble...I didn't get my trophy for being a member for one year on the 29th december {sob} lol
 
carty said:
Tanks that sounds a good idea for us oldsters who came to puters in their dotage and need constant reminders!
PS Is there any way of making the smilies bigger I need a magnifying glass !!!
CAROL
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Sure! You can make the whole site bigger by pressing CTRL and + on your keyboard :)

paul-1976 said:
I can't think of anything personally as this new layout is MILES better-so once again-Many thanks!!:)

Only one minor quibble...I didn't get my trophy for being a member for one year on the 29th december {sob} lol
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Just looked in to this. Looks like there was a problem with the settings and nobody received it. Whoops! Thanks for pointing that out, Paul.
 
No it does all look good, however one gripe, why does the print go small after posting, often it's a mix of small and large text.
 
carty said:
Hey I did it can you do a course for numbys Thanks :)
CAROL
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Aye aye, captain! I'll add that to my to-do list. Will post my videos in a thread as I make them :)

noblehead said:
Giverny, take a look at my last reply in the Recent Insulin Study thread, from my side it has a mixture of both small and large text, nothing that I did to alter the size.
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Ah yes, I've just had a look. That's peculiar indeed... In future, if this happens, simply highlight the entire post (CTRL and A) and then click this button in the top left of the post editor
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- this removes all formatting on the post and should fix this.
 
Giverny said:
Ah yes, I've just had a look. That's peculiar indeed... In future, if this happens, simply highlight the entire post (CTRL and A) and then click this button in the top left of the post editor
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- this removes all formatting on the post and should fix this.
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I will do thanks, I take it you corrected the post yourself as I was going to do so but it looks OK now:confused:
 
noblehead said:
I will do thanks, I take it you corrected the post yourself as I was going to do so but it looks OK now:confused:
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I did indeed - just wanted to confirm that using the button would resolve the issue :)

paul-1976 said:
I'm as green as a cucumber!! LOL
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You should have yours within the next 5-10 minutes! Just rebuilding the cache as we speak :writer:
 
lol what are the trophies all about?

i love the new forum now I've got my head used to it :)
 
I am not sure what the trophys are for but when I get enough I AM GOING TO SEE IF i CAN TRADE THEM IN FOR A PUTER THAT TYPES BETTER (see it hit the caps lock on its own again)and knows how to spell
CAROL
 
Andy12345 said:
lol what are the trophies all about?

i love the new forum now I've got my head used to it :)
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I'll make a video that goes a little more in depth on trophies :)
 
The video guide is a great idea, my brain needs constant refreshing.
Keep up your good work which is greatly appreciated.
Roy.
 
Looking for past messages. I would like to be able to go back to my oldest messages (2010) just after I joined, but haven't managed to do it. Is this possible and if so how to do it. If not, is it possible to make it possible? I don't know the thread names of course. It was fairly easy although a fairly lengthy process, to do before.
 
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