Welcome to RCM&E's new forum!

[Brian Cooper]

4 minutes ago, John Privett said:

And at the bottom of that list is a setting to enable/disable the "blomp" noise for notifications;

Yeah, I have turned off the audible notifications but they still keep coming...... Weird. 

[Phil McCavity]

16 minutes ago, Brian Cooper said:

Nope.... That doesn't show on my device. 

If you can see the 3bars on the top right, click to reveal menu and select 'Forum' then select 'Unread Posts'

[Phil McCavity]

We don't get as long to edit as we did!

[Peter Miller]

On the old forum when someone posted on a thread that I was following I got an email to let me know.

On this one that has been lost. That means that people posting questions about my designs will not get an answer because I am not going to go looking at every one of the threads that I have been following.

I note that I now get an email if I get a PM but not my threads THAT ISTHE WRONG ORDER!!!

Edited February 11, 2021 by Peter Miller
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[David Ashby - Moderator]

Peter, 

Hit 'follow' (little blue box to the right and just below the thread title at the top of this page) and make your selections from the option box that appears. 

[ken anderson.]

greetings from ne..1,first post on the new forum...totally different from the old one.i did have a slight problem,i use internet explorer and couldn't do what i wanted on the new forum,switched to edge and it appears to be sound.

 

ken anderson...ne..1...forum dept.

Edited February 11, 2021 by ken anderson.

[Peter Miller]

Nothing like adding complications!! It used to be so simple.

Now I can't add an avatar either.

[Paul C.]

I had a problem with the avatar because the file was too big , just working out how to reduce the file size of the photo might need to wait until I can get to my laptop .

[Danny Fenton]

I noticed that by default notifications to threads I follow were disabled. It appears you can only set up notifications via a PC, not a mobile. Look for the bell in the top corner, and make sure you have selected email for the posts you follow.

It is much better, but you have to scratch around a bit to figure it out. I love it, and well done to everybody involved.

Made my day when I got my first "like" to a post.

Cheers

Danny

[Peter Christy]

The new site certainly looks good, but I'm having a few issues with it. The biggest is that I can't scroll through pages of a thread! For example, this thread appears to have five pages at this point in time, but I'm stuck on 5 of 5 and can't access the others. I'm using Firefox and Slackware Linux in case that is relevant.

I also miss the "latest posts" section of the old site, which gave a summary of all the recent forum traffic, regardless of which section it was in.

I guess teething problems are inevitable, so please don't take this as "bashing"! ?

--

Pete

 

[Nigel R]

ok

login problems seem to have vanished

found the notifications bell on/off

found the email for thread following

found my own gallery - bit obscure that one

I can't find the gallery from my mobile device.

Am I missing something?

[Danny Fenton]

1 minute ago, Nigel R said:

ok

login problems seem to have vanished

found the notifications bell on/off

found the email for thread following

found my own gallery - bit obscure that one

I can't find the gallery from my mobile device.

Am I missing something?

No there are a few things you cannot access from a mobile, caught me out too

[Basil]

Yes miss the ability to look at the latest posts, after all thats what the forum is about.If thats not available then its lost most of its interest, as I am finding it not as good as the old one.

Basi

[Nigel R]

14 minutes ago, Peter Christy said:

The biggest is that I can't scroll through pages of a thread! For example, this thread appears to have five pages at this point in time, but I'm stuck on 5 of 5 and can't access the others. I'm using Firefox and Slackware Linux in case that is relevant.

I also miss the "latest posts" section of the old site, which gave a summary of all the recent forum traffic, regardless of which section it was in.

 

The link to page #1 seems to be broken. Other direct page links seem to work ok. 'go to' page seems to be broken. This is on mobile site - android/samsung browser (chrome based).

Windows & Chrome, seems ok.

[Nigel R]

1 minute ago, Basil said:

Yes miss the ability to look at the latest posts, after all thats what the forum is about.If thats not available then its lost most of its interest, as I am finding it not as good as the old one.

Basi

try 'unread content'

right at top of page, click 'forum' then immediately under that is 'unread content'

 

seems to be what 'latest posts' used to bring up, but wearing a fancy new hat

[Danny Fenton]

1 minute ago, Nigel R said:

The link to page #1 seems to be broken. Other direct page links seem to work ok. 'go to' page seems to be broken. This is on mobile site - android/samsung browser (chrome based).

Windows & Chrome, seems ok.

Try clicking "all activity" or "unread" posts, that will give you a list similar to the sidebar on the old site

 

[Peter Miller]

I have had the littel sign since about 1957. I find that it applies to many things. Tjis is how I am feeling about the forum now

[Basil]

Think I'll give up Bas

[Dad_flyer]

The list of new posts is just tooooooooooooooooooo big. Every little thing comes up in the list, with every new post in a thread separately. To make this useable the new posts need to be grouped as the most recent post in the thread - as in the old forum and most other forums. I have to scroll through 100 posts on this thread, and everybody sorting out their albums to find the actual model flying content in the build blogs.

I have at least found out that you can make the news all new posts, not just new unread ones. Otherwise 'where did that post go that I just read?'

[Jon H]

Now my log in problem seems fixed and i found my photos everything seems fine. 

My only comment would be that the old 'latest posts' section was really handy, and this site's equivalent is very hard to use as it displays everything. Every comment, photo album update, new photo etc is shown and while i cannot fault his enthusiasm, Grumpygnome has spammed the whole feed with his various efforts to comment and update his photos. He isnt doing anything wrong, its just the new setup means that his (and the rest of us when we get into it) efforts to update his albums and such totally wipes out the threads as you have to scroll through all the photo updates to find the thing you are looking for. 

Could the filter be set to only display thread updates? i can seem to find a button for it so dont know if it is baked into the backend of the software. 

[Nigel R]

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The list of new posts is just tooooooooooooooooooo big. Every little thing comes up in the list, with every new post in a thread separately. To make this useable the new posts need to be grouped as the most recent post in the thread - as in the old forum and most other forums. I have to scroll through 100 posts on this thread, and everybody sorting out their albums to find the actual model flying content in the build blogs.

I have at least found out that you can make the news all new posts, not just new unread ones. Otherwise 'where did that post go that I just read?'

 

 

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Could the filter be set to only display thread updates? i can seem to find a button for it so dont know if it is baked into the backend of the software. 

 

easy one -

go to unread content

from 'content type' choose 'topics'

on the right hand side choose 'condensed'

that then looks a lot like the old list.

Edited February 11, 2021 by Nigel R

[Nigel R]

mods

can the above be made default for all users for 'unread content' !?

seems to be a common bugbear!

[Danny Fenton]

3 minutes ago, Nigel R said:

Thanks Nigel I was struggling with filtering just thread updates! Grumpygnomes posts were fine, but it did clutter up the thread updates ?

Cheers

Danny

 

 

 

Edited February 11, 2021 by Danny Fenton
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[Cuban8]

37 minutes ago, Peter Christy said:

The new site certainly looks good, but I'm having a few issues with it. The biggest is that I can't scroll through pages of a thread! For example, this thread appears to have five pages at this point in time, but I'm stuck on 5 of 5 and can't access the others. I'm using Firefox and Slackware Linux in case that is relevant.

I also miss the "latest posts" section of the old site, which gave a summary of all the recent forum traffic, regardless of which section it was in.

I guess teething problems are inevitable, so please don't take this as "bashing"! ?

--

Pete

 

Agree completely Pete with the lack of 'Latest posts' section - I'd recommend that it is reinstated PDQ!

Find that viewing the site on my smartphone is a nightmare, but to be fair, is easier on my laptop. Funny how the old site was easy to use on my phone but 'tis what it is.

[Phil McCavity]

16 minutes ago, Dad_flyer said:

The list of new posts is just tooooooooooooooooooo big. Every little thing comes up in the list, with every new post in a thread separately. To make this useable the new posts need to be grouped as the most recent post in the thread - as in the old forum and most other forums. I have to scroll through 100 posts on this thread, and everybody sorting out their albums to find the actual model flying content in the build blogs.

I have at least found out that you can make the news all new posts, not just new unread ones. Otherwise 'where did that post go that I just read?'

Use the 'Condense' tab at the top of the message display then use the 'Unread Content' option in the 'Forum' selection to clear all the clutter. I was using 'Expanded' and 'All Content' at first but it's too much, like being in the middle of a nightclub trying to latch onto a few words your mate is shouting at you to try and get the gist of what he's saying.