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One of the things that has caught some people out is the "Remember me" option when logging in.

Some people have found that it's important to click the "Remember me" tick box, else they get logged out more often than on the old site.

The other thing that may cause a log out is not to be logged in on other devices and/or tabs. The website keeps a track of IP addresses (which I find a bit odd, as its not a very reliable way of tracking multiple logins) and so if you have multiple devices logged in then it may log you out on other devices.

For the technical: the site tracks sessions and is configured to keep you logged in until the session changes. So roaming while on a mobile (i.e. switching to a new cell tower) or going between a wifi and a mobile network as you move around your house, may cause sessions to be refreshed. 

John

1 hour ago, Dan R said:

I'm not sure how sophisticated the back end of the new platform is, however it would be interesting to know if the change to the new platform has produced a spike in activity (Which I suspect it has), but also if that activity is by users that may not have been as engaged on the old site ?

Hi Dan,

  The backend is, I would say, "reasonably" sophisticated. There are charts of some things in the backend but they're not always what I would say are intuitive. The stats feature is also something they've added reasonably recently and I think it's still settling down, and new features are being added reasonably often. (there's a lot of reasonably's in that para! 😉 )

  That being said, perhaps this graph below illustrates what you're getting at, and yes, it does look as though there's increased usage of the site since the upgrade. The backend describes Activity as "The total number of members who submitted new content, followed something, or reacted to something on the community in the specified time period."

HOWEVER, it's not at all clear that what was being measured as activity from the old site (something that would have to be coded for during the migration) is the same as what's being shown as activity now. So take the graph with a pinch of salt.

John

48 minutes ago, anthonym said:

Are we disabled from editing our own blogs?

 

Hi Anthony,

  It certainly wasn't the intention that you can't edit your own blog entries. The permissions around this are a little confusing so we'll have to take a look at what's going on here. I'll add it to the list for the weekly meeting to see if anyone else on the team has something to add.

John 

5 minutes ago, cobar said:

This may not be the issue, but I'll mention it since others may run into it.  Invision requires links from secure sites.  If you attempt to use a link with http rather than https, it will fail without giving a specific error.

Thanks John. We have insecure image links turned off. Seems to be the sensible option 👍

John

31 minutes ago, anthonym said:

Possible solution to the non working "add image from URL"

Hi Antony,

  what's not working about adding images from URL. Here's an image I inserted from my website...

John

14 hours ago, anthonym said:

My considered missive about "editing":

 

1. **Regarding the Edit Function, Legislation, and Historical Concerns**:

2. **Inaccurate Information, Complexity, and the Editing Trend**:

3. **Usage of Forums for Reference Material Amidst Legal Shifts**:

4. **Purpose of Forums, Evolution, and Past Experiences**:

 

Hi Anthony,

thanks for putting your thoughts down. As Simon mentioned, we've very much got this on our list of things to think about and discuss when we next meet as a team. 

John

20 minutes ago, Hulie Biasion said:

Hi, 

I don’t seem to be getting any Notifications. When I open the notification list it does not show any apart from the one welcoming us to the new web site. I have checked the notification settings and have ticked all the boxes for notifications list but still no notifications for posts I have replied to when others reply.

Hi Julian,

  when you go to your followed content page, do you see the topics you're expecting to get notifications on. You can find the "Manage Followed Content" in the top right account drop down menu or here's a direct link... https://www.caterhamlotus7.club/followed/

John

2 hours ago, Jonathan Kay said:

Similar thought here.

I don't know about either the desirability or availability of such a function. But as Original Poster can you edit the Subject in the Original Post (for example to "Sold") and the text of the Original Post?

Jonathan

FWIW, I don't think deleting posts is the way to go. It causes all sorts of problems with people thinking they saw something but then can't find it again later. And for things that are bought and sold, I think it makes sense to be able to see the thread of the conversation in case you're looking to buy/sell something similar. And also, if you could delete the starting thread of the topic, then it doesn't seem right that any discussion should be deleted as the topic head is removed.

As for editing posts. Currently the site is set so you can edit content you submit for up to 7 days after submitting it. When assessing this we felt that indefinite right to edit was too long but that 7 days felt about right. I can't see a way of setting this per-forum (though there might be) as I could see that editing wanted/for-sale headings would be useful after 7 days.

It's common on most social platforms that if you're offered the option of editing your content, then you're only allowed to do so for a short period of time - often just a few minutes. Or else you get into all sorts of contortions with people changing history. 

An interesting one to be debated here I guess (what am I saying!)

John

1 hour ago, anthonym said:

Post numbers absent feels like a loss; hard to reference without quotes which seems somehow retrograde. (But. new site is much much better!) Anthony

We did have a discussion with Invision about post numbers during the migration development and their response was that the more modern way of doing this sort of thing is with the quoting system that Jonathan has mentioned. Invision said it would not be possible to implement the #number system for us.

Of course this is fine going forwards but it is clearly not ideal when looking through historical posts. Unfortunately, sometimes you have to take the rough with the smooth, and on the whole we felt all the other features out weighed the issues around some of the missing ones.

John

12 minutes ago, OldAndrewE said:

John, I have seen that and of course that helps but there was an option for people to put a location in their profile.  For example I was discussing technical issues with Gridgway (Graham) recently and by clicking on his name I could see he is in Epsom (so too far to offer to nip round and see if I could help)

Andrew,  ok, thanks for the feedback. This platform does have the ability to store address for users. But we felt that its options for full address would be too much detail and so needs more investigation. When we start to consider how to replace LoveAdmin then we will have to consider location in a bit more detail. 

Thanks again - I’ve added your use-case to the list.

John

You can also just type the short code, if you know them, by surrounding it in asterisks. The editor will autocomplete the emoticon as you type the last asterisk.

So...

• beer is *beer* =  
• rolling on the floor laughing is *rofl* =
• blablah is *blabla* =
• etc

5 minutes ago, Ivaan said:

In the "Areas and Groups", Area Blog option, how do you create a Blog?

Could this be a way one member notifying the others in the group that they're just heading out on a Blat should anyone else want to join them?

How are the "Followers" notified of new Blog entries?

Thanks in advance, Clive ( aka Ivaan )

 

Only ARs can create blog entries in the Areas and Groups section at the moment. And yes, there's a lot of options for communications in that feature, but we're taking it slowly at the moment and only allowing ARs to create blog posts. This is all good feedback.

Followers are notified by email (by default). If you click on the bell icon (notifications) on the top menu bar then there's a notifications settings option in there. You can configure how you get all your notifications.

John

2 minutes ago, cobar said:

Windows 11 Dell Laptop and Dell monitor.  I tried both Edge and Firefox. I also tried an iPad and had the same results. Screenshot from the laptop below. The top item has been read and the second item has not.  I can empathize with the to-do list.  I moved a forum to Invision a few years ago.  

 

Ok. Thanks.

Just now, cobar said:

On my device, they are effectively identical.  But I'm sure there are a lot of other things on your plate that are a much higher priority, and this would get bundled in with any other theme changes you want to make based on user feedback over the next few weeks.  

Out of interest, what device are you using. I'll see if I can replicate on something similar. 

As you can imagine, we're compiling a to-do list, so this will go on the list.

John

8 minutes ago, cobar said:

The unread dot before a thread title in Activity Streams is showing correctly, however, read content continues to show in bold text there and within the Forum view.  Default behavior for Invision is to unbold read content, making it easier to spot unread posts, so I'm not sure if this is a bug or an intentional choice.

John, I can see that read content does have a lesser weighting to it. Unread content is very bold, read content less so. So the Invision logic is working. Maybe we could tone down the font weighting for read content - but that's a longer term theming issue.

John

Thanks for the comment John. I'll take a look and see if its something we can control.

John