New Website Forum – Discussion Topic

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Andy,

Is there by any chance a way of showing the number of views each thread has had ? It was a good way of seeing if anyone was interested and just looking at the posts without commenting.

Many Thanks

Ray

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Hi Ray,

This has been asked previously by Bob Wilson and it appears that the facility isn’t supported.

Colin

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Thanks Colin,

Shame as it gave an indication If there is anybody out there 🙂

All the Best

Ray

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

It’s like the magazine Ray, you put your heart and soul into your carefully crafted and amazing article but get virtually no feedback.

Best way to see if there is anyone out there is to post something controversial and then they all come out of the woodwork and jump down your throat!

A feature of forums is that only a fraction of users actually post anything and not very many people respond.

That doesn’t mean it is not worth posting/writing articles though. Your own designs seem to have a relatively high public approval rate which is unusual.

On the old forum, when I used to put up the next issue information, there were immediately 20+ views.

Colin

[Chris EParticipant @chrise]

Finally I seem able to read up to date posts and even post here.

As previously explained for security reasons my browser deletes all cookies etc whenever it is closed so i always start not logged in.

This appears to be an answer of sorts.

1. When I link to the site the posting list is always way out of date so ignore it (including the advert for last months magazine).

2. Log in & then do as it demands and log in again!!!!

3. Click on any thread – i use Ashly’s as it is fairly busy. This brings up the latest posts (and pages) of the thread that didn’t appear to exist when i opened the thread.

4. This process updates the thread/ posting list and even lets me post this (including the advert for this months magazine).

5. Repeat for every thread that interests me although I caanot find new threads.

5. Repeat the whole process next time I visit including initially being shown a historic posting list which update occasionally.

I have no idea why, not exactly user friendly and unique to this site but it does, sort of, appear to work.

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[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Thanks Colin,

We only do the articles for the glory don’t we 🙂

My choice of designs to produce as models is based on 60 years of following the form with Model Maker, Radio Modeller (which had boats) and Model Boats, I still have a few up my sleeve which haven’t been done yet.

It’s such a shame that the free plans arn’t passed onto SARIK like the old days of MAP, Mytime Media so the last 5 – 6 years worth of free plans are available to purchase ? perhaps a sign of the times.

Kind Regards Ray

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

It’s such a shame that the free plans arn’t passed onto SARIK like the old days of MAP, Mytime Media so the last 5 – 6 years worth of free plans are available to purchase ? perhaps a sign of the times.

Yes, restricting the publication to one issue presumably avoids the need to pay the contributor more to reflect future profits being made by Sarik. Or maybe they just are no longer interested in anything other than publishing the magazine.

Lindsey has tried to get the page rates up but with no success apparently.

Colin

[Michael Cole 8Participant @michaelcole8]

Hi, this is my second attempt to post. I am looking for help to see if there are any model boat clubs in the Carmarthenshire area. I would be greatful for a reply even if its we cant help.

Kind regards Michael.

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Hi Michael,

It’s rather a question whether any of our members know of a club than the magazine staff. I live in Surrey so I can’t really help but the Model Power Boat Association maintain a list of affiliated clubs:

Affiliated Clubs

Hope this helps,

Colin

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Here we go again! Trying to update my Build Blog and when I try and post it says I need to log in to post. Did that and still the same. Can post here and elsewhere no problem but not my own!

Chris

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Chris,

When I occasionally get logged out I find that logging in twice sorts it out.

There still seem to be glitches unfortunately.

If you still have problems. let me know and I will refer them to the webmaster.

Colin

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Thanks Colin. I’m “logged in” as regards other parts of the site – I can reply to other folks posts and access my profile but when I try and post to my own blog I keep getting the message to log in to reply to the post and when I try I’m already logged in so going round in circles!

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

I normally leave it logged in, but it occasionally drops out, and it takes two or three tries to get back in again.   What bugs me most though, is the grey text on a white background, and the tiny topic titles when making a new one.    But I don’t suppose anything can be done about that, as it seems standard across the internet.   

 

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

I don’t have a problem logging in or staying logged in or replying to a thread like this I just can’t post to my own thread as it seems to think I’m not logged in!

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Have you tried pressing CTRL+F5 when in your own thread as this clears the cache and refreshes the page.

Colin

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

Thanks Colin, I’ll note that for future reference. I was on my tablet earlier and saw that the box for replying was visible again. I’m on my PC now and just tried and can see from here as well so back in business. Don’t know if Mortons have sorted it (thanks if they did) or if it’s just sorted itself out. It was fine a couple of weeks ago.

Chris

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

I don’t think the system is totally stable, it has to be tidied up every now and again.

Colin

[Tim CooperParticipant @timcooper90034]

Colin

Don’t think I have managed to log first time except for a couple of times.

At the moment I keep getting a mainly black screen with a coloured advert in the middle.  After a few of attempts  I seem to get to the log on screen.

Tim

[Chris FellowsParticipant @chrisfellows72943]

That’s the Black Friday advert. Just click outside of it to get back to where you were before.

Apart from that recent problem I’ve had I was able to log in easily and stay logged in.

Chris

[Tim CooperParticipant @timcooper90034]

Thanks Chris

Tim

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