Jefferson Shank 1,256 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 @Aveschapines Is there any way to comment on theĀ Download Files? Because people post bird ID questions on there and we can't reply to answer them... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lonesome55dove 476 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 1 hour ago, Jefferson Shank said: @Aveschapines Is there any way to comment on theĀ Download Files? Because people post bird ID questions on there and we can't reply to answer them... I'm not Aveschapines but I can answer the question for you. Go to the Downlaod Files page. Under ''What's New'' is a photo of a bird or a topic. Click on the one you want to see.Ā Example: Mystery Warbler 1.0.0 click on itĀ Under the person's name [author of the post] Click on ''Find their other files'' On the left is a side bar...click POSTS Click on the topic name you want / Example: Mystery Warbler 1.0.0 Scroll down to respond. Hope this helps! š Ā Ā Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aveschapines 722 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 Thank you @lonesome55doveĀ since Aveschapines didn't know the answerĀ šÆ. I honestly had never paid attention to the "downloads" feature. It seems that I as a moderator can add a message to the downloads but I'm honestly not sure what that does. If someone wants to add a test download so I can experiment that would be fine. I'm not sure I'd be monitoring this area for lost members needing ID help though, and my comment would be to post in the ID forums. However, the first picture with an ID request that I clicked on didn't have any posts by the user; it appears they showed up, posted a picture in downloads, and didn't get any answers and have had no further activity on the site. This leaves me very confused as to how a new user wanders into the downloads area and posts their ID request there without noticing the forums and ID resources there! Also not 100% sure what exactly the downloads area is for - I guess for files that people would like to make available to share with other users?Ā Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lonesome55dove 476 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 2 hours ago, Aveschapines said: Thank you @lonesome55doveĀ since Aveschapines didn't know the answerĀ šÆ. I honestly had never paid attention to the "downloads" feature. It seems that I as a moderator can add a message to the downloads but I'm honestly not sure what that does. If someone wants to add a test download so I can experiment that would be fine. I'm not sure I'd be monitoring this area for lost members needing ID help though, and my comment would be to post in the ID forums. However, the first picture with an ID request that I clicked on didn't have any posts by the user; it appears they showed up, posted a picture in downloads, and didn't get any answers and have had no further activity on the site. This leaves me very confused as to how a new user wanders into the downloads area and posts their ID request there without noticing the forums and ID resources there! Also not 100% sure what exactly the downloads area is for - I guess for files that people would like to make available to share with other users?Ā You are welcome! After I answered the question I thought, ''Yikes! I shouldn't have done that.'' but it was too late to edit my post by then.Ā Which ID request did you try to look at? Figuring out how to getĀ to the ''author's'' page where there is more content is somewhat confusing and a lot of clicking.Ā Ā Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aveschapines 722 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 5 hours ago, lonesome55dove said: You are welcome! After I answered the question I thought, ''Yikes! I shouldn't have done that.'' but it was too late to edit my post by then.Ā Which ID request did you try to look at? Figuring out how to getĀ to the ''author's'' page where there is more content is somewhat confusing and a lot of clicking.Ā Ā No problem! I appreciate your help. I did get to the author's content page but there was no content there other than the download; no posts or other content. ThisĀ is the download I was talking about; when you go to the user's page there's no other content there, and no posts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BirdNrd 398 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 On 1/7/2021 at 6:28 PM, Jefferson Shank said: @Aveschapines What happens when our attachment quota becomesĀ full? Mine isn't near full yet, but it is already at 12%. Will we just not be able to post photos any more or what? That would lack...Ā How do you get to where you can see that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aveschapines 722 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 13 minutes ago, BirdNrd said: How do you get to where you can see that? Click on your username in the upper right-hand corner and then on "my attachments". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lonesome55dove 476 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 16 minutes ago, Aveschapines said: No problem! I appreciate your help. I did get to the author's content page but there was no content there other than the download; no posts or other content. ThisĀ is the download I was talking about; when you go to the user's page there's no other content there, and no posts. Oh, good!Ā I was afraid I'd overstepped my bounds, however, I will be more careful in the future.Ā š¤ Yes,Ā some people have just posted a photo then nothing else so I think until they post more content you can not make any comments on that post. I think you can send the OP a private message tho. š Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aveschapines 722 Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 32 minutes ago, lonesome55dove said: Oh, good!Ā I was afraid I'd overstepped my bounds, however, I will be more careful in the future.Ā š¤ Yes,Ā some people have just posted a photo then nothing else so I think until they post more content you can not make any comments on that post. I think you can send the OP a private message tho. š Don't give it another thought! Many of you are more familiar with the details of the site than I may be, and about how things work in the Internet in general. Since it wasn't a case of problem behavior by a member or something like that it's great for users to help each other and me! That's true; I didn't think of a private message but that should work. It's really too bad that apparently people have tried to get ID help this way and, I can only assume, left thinking ther was no help forthcoming. I still don't understand how they get there though, when the forums are so obvious! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jefferson Shank 1,256 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Ā How do you get to where you can see that? Click on 'my attachments' on the profile dropdown Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seanbirds 481 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 10 minutes ago, Jefferson Shank said: Click on 'my attachments' on the profile dropdown WOW, 22 notifications?!?!Ā Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jefferson Shank 1,256 Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Ā WOW, 22 notifications?!?!Ā That's not very many!! It just means that I have been busy for a while... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IKLland 337 Posted Sunday at 12:30 AM Share Posted Sunday at 12:30 AM (edited) On 1/14/2021 at 4:57 PM, Jefferson Shank said: That's not very many!! It just means that I have been busy for a while... I have never had more than 12 at once. I always check them before I doĀ anything else when I get on the forum. I like to be organized. Edited Sunday at 12:30 AM by IKLland 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Aveschapines 722 Posted Sunday at 01:30 AM Author Share Posted Sunday at 01:30 AM 59 minutes ago, IKLland said: I have never had more than 12 at once. I always check them before I doĀ anything else when I get on the forum. I like to be organized. It also depends on your settings, how many people and threads you follow, etc. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IKLland 337 Posted Sunday at 04:23 PM Share Posted Sunday at 04:23 PM 14 hours ago, Aveschapines said: It also depends on your settings, how many people and threads you follow, etc. Yeah, donāt like to have so many notifications so I donāt follow anyone or topics for that reason. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
The Bird Nuts 4,315 Posted Sunday at 05:13 PM Share Posted Sunday at 05:13 PM 49 minutes ago, IKLland said: Yeah, donāt like to have so many notifications so I donāt follow anyone or topics for that reason. You can change what you get notified for in the Notification Settings.Ā You can get there from your Account Settings page. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Seanbirds 481 Posted Sunday at 11:55 PM Share Posted Sunday at 11:55 PM 23 hours ago, IKLland said: I have never had more than 12 at once. I always check them before I doĀ anything else when I get on the forum. I like to be organized. Right?!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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