PROBLEMS WITH THIS (NAS) FORUM - February 2018

California said:

Would it be possible to expand and see all of the posts by default when opening a thread?

Yes, at least providing a single button to do that is a good idea that we are discussing, though it may take a little customisation, and a little time to implement. However, the aim of the Load Next/Previous links is to avoid very long load times for threads, so I'd be concerned about doing it by default.

I have moved some messages concerning missing/disappearing posts to a new thread, in an attempt to make discussions clearer.

Hello yes I sometimes see a members name appear in light grey saying, deepthought is typing a reply,,,,,or who ever may be typing, 

it is sometimes right next to who they are replying to,but I have noticed it elsewhere.

I am still experiencing problems of constant “ you’ve gone offline.attempting to reconnect boxes appear, in orange,

followed by successfully reconnected in black box, every few seconds.?

I am likely signing off, now, so do not reply in haste, anyone. Thanks for reading, and Fair Play to all.

Another possible "error"/problem.

...Does anyone else at times write a reply yet at that time see the message:

so-and-so is typing a reply...

...I only bring this up because I myself often get "DeepThought is typing a reply" for weeks at a time, and "LoneWarrior is typing a reply..." also appears, yet the latter is true...!

Quick Post. Thanks. This is what would happen to myself in Hot Weather! If you can, delete your second Post. I reply to this one.

EDIT: Anyone replying, reply to this Post or to my Starting Post, please. That is how Replies stay at the end of all Threads.

EDIT 2: Thank You Kindly, Lone. 

...To anyone else reading... I never Edit my own Posts after they have been replied to. Maybe one day I shall yet I shall *always* use the word/notification of "EDIT" as I do so. 

...Editing a Post makes Replies harder to follow... And now I shall next  Post to myself a new confusion to change the subject - Ha Ha...!

Thank you DC for explaining what I failed to, I replied to California to make my reply stay at the very end of the thread. I was not sure where this reply would end up by replying to the first initial  posting.

 We will find out shortly, as I am replying as such. Sorry California I did recieve your PM’s but have been extremely busy with life, I apologise for not at least telling you they worked, 

I have since stopped all people from messaging other than friends already included on my list, I have no time or energy to respond to messages right now, I had a few from others, It would be unfair of me to keepbrecieving messages I cannot devote time to.

sorry anyone who wanted to message me,n

life is,,,,,,well difficult right now.

sorry.

California said:

What query at the end? Where is it?

...This means at the BOTTOM of a Thread. 

To do this actually, one should reply to the Starter, right at the TOP.

...I myself do not mind... I cannot PM anyway...

Thank you for your reply!

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Replied to you california to keep my query at the end,

What query at the end? Where is it?

I think I have sent you three private messages. I have never received anything back from you!

Replied to you california to keep my query at the end,

Am I on my own right now? I struggled to log on tonight. Kept saying I was logged on but wouldn’t allow me to post here or go to PM area. When I tried to log in or out it went to a page saying you may already be logged in.

getting fed up with so much instability.

 If it is my internet provider I can tell them. If it is here then it just proves how unstable this is,

 so just to recap.

constantly logging in and out. Screen flashing constantly.

while typing this,,,,,It suddenly vanishes and then reappears,

says I am logged in but doesn’t allow or show icons that would be here if I was.

 Anyone experiencing logging in and out every few seconds?

Would it be possible to expand and see all of the posts by default when opening a thread?

It is so annoying to press ''Load Previous'' and ''Load Next'' all the time.

Please load all of the posts automatically.

"Welcome to our Community
Owing to maintenance work, sign-ins will not be available for part of the morning of 15 March. We apologise for any inconvenience. You will not be able to post messages during this time."

    "MIND THE GAP!" 

:-)

WebPM said:

Therefore I remain unsure at present whether there actually are missing posts, or whether the hiding of posts behind Load Next and Load Previous has caused some confusion?

For what it is worth, I Thank You very much, for sticking with this Thread, WebPM...

What I quote there, is a bit of a shame (shame as in disappointment, I mean). I would like to help you more with this yet I cannot. New Threads are begun fast and everyday (mostly the "I have a Child Threads" as I call them -sorry!). Yet ALL of this *is* good... yet not helpful or long enough to the Long-Term Users of a Long-Thread... such as I especially witnessed during XMAS...

I cannot help more, as I keep saying, because I can neither PM nor EMail.

I suggested before that if you Log On not as yourself then that may help... yet I also understand how this might not help either... YOU are Logging On with a "full set of tools", so-to-speak. You are a "Debugger". Yet some of us who witness "Disappearing Replies" are not that. You might also want to try asking some other User for thier complete cooperation with this problem. Alas, not myself, due to stated limitations (and Old Devices). 

I dare not name names for security reasons, of course. I am very sorry that I cannot help you with this anymore than I have so far. (At least I did the "Pictures" thing, maybe...?!) 

Thank You Again, WebPM.      :-)

I posted earlier in this thread about missing posts. I have worked through the examples provided and I was able to locate the posts that were mentioned.

Therefore I remain unsure at present whether there actually are missing posts, or whether the hiding of posts behind Load Next and Load Previous has caused some confusion? I have posted updates on the missing pictures issue in this thread and also in DC's new one.

Regards

WebPM suggested the starting of New Threads in order to address certain problems, thus I (try to) begin a Photography Thread, with technical subtexts:

http://community.autism.org.uk/f/miscellaneous-and-chat/11973/photography-and-pictures-and-pictures-disappearing-in-this-forum

..."Amateurs" - like myself - are invited, of course. Also please post links, technicallities and "niggles" as well. Thank You Kindly.

...I might also like to start a separate EMail/PM/Notification Thread... yet I have said over and over that I cannot know about this sort of thing...!

Disappearing posts and disappearing pictures.

...Just a Post to bring this Thread forward a bit, and to say that I have not forgotten it. Yet it has raised so many "issues" that I *do* forget some of them (because I cannot EMail or PM).

Another Thank You for WebPM from myself... and I am Posting these two addresses again:

community.autism.org.uk/.../notifications

community.autism.org.uk/search

And... This Thread is getting long. But that highlights certain problems also (disappearing Posts still, anyone?)...

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I don't think the notification problem is the same. The previous issue affected everyone, because the service that sends out emails failed. Others, me included, are still getting notifications, so that service is still running (also, we put an extra monitor on it). I would go back to checking your spam/junk folder.

If you're not getting "live alert" notifications at the top of the page either, what settings do you have for thread-reply notifications? These can be turned off entirely (checkbox at left), or allowed only by email or only by live alert (checkboxes at right):

I mentioned you in this message, so you should get an additional notification about that - depending, again, on your settings for mentions on the page above.

I'm finding that pasting images into a message can take a little while - a few seconds, not longer. Sometimes I've thought that it hasn't worked, when actually I just needed to allow a little time.

Does any of this help?

I agree that it could be improved. The sign-in is an overall NAS service, rather than part of this Community, because of the single sign-on. I'm looking into whether the time-out could be extended. There are also longer-term plans that may help but, until they are confirmed, I don't want to promise anything we can't deliver.

having to keep signing in, don't know if its intended but its annoying for me personally because its the setting i have for all other forums, even if i ticked remember me box or sign in automatically