Forum troubleshooting

I still have problems which may sound unbelievable to you.

I can see the reply sent by Denes, right here, after my previous complain, but I cannot see the following reply, sent by Dragos, and mine after him. I know about that because I could see them about 2 days ago.

When I try to edit some of my own posts (just for little details, like the good look of the text), I either had been offered the version previous to the one I want to change, or worse, when I try to edit one post, I had been offered to edit the immediate previous post.

When I am in the general menu, if enter in my topic "The beginnings of the Romanian air force", I cannot see my 2 last posts of yesteday, October 21st.
But if in the general listing of "...Pre WW2 war history..." I double click on "3", form the 3rd page of the topic, then yes, I can see my last 2 posts.

On my default Internet page - Yahoo.com, which starts automatically when I am connected, the news are with a delay of 1 day. (Website which should be from today is from yesterday.)

So what should I do... Should I download "Netscape Navigator" and used it instead of "Microsoft Internet Explorer"?
(I would not be surprised if when I'll post the message the two names right above will be automatically converted into Internet links for commercial purposes. Like in "Rio Grande", when I typewrote the name under my topic about Ukraine. This is another problem which I cannot control.)

Should I also change my Internet provider? Should I change my Internet provider and the software for Internet surfing? (Netscape or Microsoft?)

Well, I hope to get some answers. I have to do something, and I'll do something, one way or another, because I cannot continue this way.

Weird problems indeed. I don't think they are caused by your browser or your operating system, since most of us use Windows and IE and don't experience these problems. I suggest forwarding your complains to your internet provider.

In order to be spared by undesirable programs that serves you commercials or worse, consider using a different browser and install an antivirus and a firewall (I am using Zone Alarm firewall and McAfee antivirus, both free).

...And they are not helpful. They try to discard me to the manufacturer of my desktop (Gateway) and to Microsoft.
Their customer representatives simply don't help you, maybe because they lack the ability. My provider is Verizon. Verizon is one of the biggest American corporation in TC, and as any big corporation, they have a kind of Socialist behaviour toward their consumers.

I'll install one of the programs you recommended.
Also, even though I am a far cry from a computer expert, I entered in my "Program Files", then deeper, and I deleted some files which I felt they should not be there. It seems my computer behaves much better, at least regarding Worldwar2.ro or software as AutoCAD and MS Word, but much worse in Yahoo.com.
However, maybe it is just one of the temporary problems affecting sometimes the whole "Yahoo!" site.

Dragos, thank you for the advices.

Some problems with the images in the older posts not showing have been fixed.

Ok

Now have my digital camera back and some members would like to see a map I have. Looked at previous posts. Since I use AOL, would it be possible to upload on computer then place into post? Better yet, can someone post the basic steps into uploading a photo onto the forum?

You can use the "File Attachments" option (lower on the page you use for posting) to upload the images directly onto the forum.

An alternative to save space is to upload the image on another site and link your post to it (use the "IMG" button above the window where you type the message). As a remote site to upload the images you can use ImageShack.

What about the signature?
I tried to upload a signature but the signature length is only 1 character.
Is the signature feature disabled?

thanx

Yes, the signature feature has been disabled (more correctly reduced to 1 character) by the Admins.

Gen. Dénes

Why cant we attach Bitmap files?
Is there a way of changing that?

thanx

any special reason for that happening? I mean most forums have this feature and members have a chance to personalise their posts...

thanx

Just a reminder. Initially the forum did not have the feature of attaching images. At some point, a larger server space allowed us to have the possibility to attach images. However, this feature should be taken as a privilege and should not to be abused by adding images not relevant to the purpose of this forum. Only several image types and extensions are allowed, enough for our purposes.

So what do you have so important in BMP format that you want to share with the forum community?

Regarding the signature, we had them at some time, but we renounced to them in order to increase the quality of the forum. Signatures are distracting the readers attention from the content of the post, and they can be inconvenient both in aspect and in content, requiring extra supervisation.

OK, thanx for the answer, dragos.

About the BMPs, I dont know why, but lately my PC saves only in BMP type any images I download from the net... I still havent figured out whether suddenly a lot of things on the net turned to BMPs, or there's something in my settings. (thoeretically speaking, the image type is the one that is uploaded on the webpage, I think, so it couldnt be something with my PC)
It could be that worm in the jpg extensions, so they reverted to BMPs... I dont know I'm not that computer literate...
I had some political cartoons, but dont worry, I would have posted only the smartest of them, not any en masse thing that could affect your space limit...
Anyway, no problem.

take care

Download IrfanView (great free program) and try it again...

Thanx, I see it works great!!!

This post has been edited by Imperialist on April 11, 2005 12:26 pm