IKLland Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 I am still unable to paste links into the text box. It only works if I use the tool circled below, but it used to work by just pasting it into the box. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 @Kevin Agatha Christie is a birdwatcher??? I too am experiencing the difficulties above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 I heard from the programmer. The company that supplies the platform is having issues since their most recent update, and they say they don't expect a solution until Friday. Sorry for the delay! 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Thanks @aveschapinas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 "It's not a bug, it's an undocumented software feature." 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake Fingers Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) @Charlie Spencer said:“"It's not a bug, it's an undocumented software feature." “ *pity laugh* Edited February 7 by Snake Fingers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 7 Author Share Posted February 7 Yeah, not the best service in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 A couple of work-arounds until the bugs are fixed: -You can use the " icon at the top of the edit box to add a quote; copy and paste in the quoted material. Then you can use the @ key to tag the member so they'll get a notification. -If you have a number indicating you have new notifications or private messages, the drop-down won't show anything; but click on "view all notifications" or "go to inbox" to see them. -You can't paste in URLs directly, but you can click on the link icon (looks like two links of chain) to paste them in there. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Quote @aveschapinas Said: A couple of work-arounds until the bugs are fixed: -You can use the " icon at the top of the edit box to add a quote; copy and paste in the quoted material. Then you can use the @ key to tag the member so they'll get a notification. -If you have a number indicating you have new notifications or private messages, the drop-down won't show anything; but click on "view all notifications" or "go to inbox" to see them. -You can't paste in URLs directly, but you can click on the link icon (looks like two links of chain) to paste them in there. Also if any of the tools in the text box are not working, try refreshing the page. That seems to be fixing the quote, and link icon, when they don't work at first. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peromyscus Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 (edited) Test concluded successfully Edited February 8 by Peromyscus Successful test 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 I admit to being a little slow when it comes to using my phone on the internet, but I'll share something I just discovered, something that many people already know, but it might help someone as unaware as I was. Flipping your phone horizontally displays things that are hidden when your phone is held vertically, such as the quotation " icon needed to create a quote box. At least that's how my phone works. I seldom flip my phone, but when I did I found some extras. Try it, if you haven't already. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Quote Flipping your phone horizontally displays things that are hidden when your phone is held vertically, such as the quotation " icon needed to create a quote box. At least that's how my phone works. I seldom flip my phone, but when I did I found some extras. Try it, if you haven't already. @lonestranger Yes, turning your phone to landscape position will often load the computer version of a website instead of the mobile version; it works on a lot of sites. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Quoting @aveschapinas, "Yes, turning your phone to landscape position will often load the computer version of a website instead of the mobile version; it works on a lot of sites." It doesn't display the whole computer version of my text/edit box, but it does give me 9 of the 16 editing options that the computer version has, which is better than the 6 options I had with my phone held vertically. It would have been nice if those 3 extra options included tools for changing my font colour or size, but at least I can find the quote feature that is being talked about now. 👍 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 @lonestranger said: Quote I admit to being a little slow when it comes to using my phone on the internet, but I'll share something I just discovered, something that many people already know, but it might help someone as unaware as I was. Flipping your phone horizontally displays things that are hidden when your phone is held vertically, such as the quotation " icon needed to create a quote box. At least that's how my phone works. I seldom flip my phone, but when I did I found some extras. Try it, if you haven't already. Didn't know that, thanks! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 Quote It doesn't display the whole computer version of my text/edit box, @lonestranger I checked on my phone (I almost never use it for WhatBird) and it doesn't give the full computer view for me either. It's different for each site; another one I use does show the full version, but sometimes you have to click an option at the bottom of the page. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonestranger Posted February 8 Share Posted February 8 Quoting @Kevin, "Didn't know that, thanks!" Didn't know what???...that I am slow??? I thought that would have been common knowledge by now. 😁 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Any one else been having problems with the private messenger? Can't seem to start new ones, tried to seed three out this morning, and after many tries, finally two went. Still haven't gotten the third on through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulK Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I think I was randomly unsubscribed from the Birdie thread. Last notification was 21h ago, and when I checked I wasn't following it. Not sure if this is just a glitch or part of the larger problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 @KevinI also had trouble starting new private message threads, but existing ones seem to work normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aveschapinas Posted February 10 Author Share Posted February 10 @PaulKI'm not sure, but I hope the bug fix will come soon! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Spencer Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 I expect the fixes will require some down time. Hopefully it won't be next weekend during GBBC. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyanocitta cristata Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 This is Quiscalus quiscula. My account was banned after I posted in "The other things you see while birding" topic a picture of a deer with its Chinese name in brackets. I assume its because of some measure the coder put in to get rid of the Chinese spammers. Is there a way to unban my account? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birds are cool Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 That's awful. @aveschapinas can probably do something for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 @Quiscalus quiscula @Cyanocitta cristata Your correct, it was put in place to stop the spamers. It sends and @aveschapinas a notification, where we either exsept the post or the user is banned. I just missed the notification somehow, so did aveschapinas, I guess. You should be able to post now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyanocitta cristata Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 @Kevin I tried signing back in to my old account, but it gave me this page again that I'm not able to get past unless I clear all my cookies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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