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C.L.
Adept

Date Joined Jun 2007
Total Posts : 888

Posted 5/24/2008 9:57 AM (GMT -5)

Are you not registered CW? Cause I'm not and don't see a new thread button as well.

crystalwizard
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Date Joined Nov 2006
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Posted 5/24/2008 10:21 AM (GMT -5)

I'm registered, yes.

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cussedness
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Date Joined Apr 2005
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Posted 5/24/2008 11:05 AM (GMT -5)

Maybe, as Dave said, it is a matter of getting permissions sorted. I'm registered and have no trouble with the new thread button to my forum. I have not looked around yet to see if 1) there are other forums yet 2) if there are, can I find the button on those.

Can we get another writer forum up there to compare?

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Dave
Master of the Domain

Date Joined Aug 2003
Total Posts : 686

Posted 5/24/2008 2:57 PM (GMT -5)

There are no other forums.

I did some more tinkering; can you post now CW? I have a 'normal' user account and don't have any problems.

I've no idea why it works for other registered users, but not for you....

Dave
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cussedness
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Date Joined Apr 2005
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Posted 5/24/2008 2:59 PM (GMT -5)

So I'm stuck being a lone guinea pig?

crystalwizard
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Posted 5/24/2008 3:05 PM (GMT -5)

Dave said...
There are no other forums.

I did some more tinkering; can you post now CW? I have a 'normal' user account and don't have any problems.

I've no idea why it works for other registered users, but not for you....

No. I still dont' see any way to post a reply or start a new thread in her account.

I tried with Firefox and with I.E.

Set my account to normal user instead of admin and let's see if I can see either of those links/buttons

Also, would you please start a second forum for me so I can see if things are different if I"m set as the forum owner rather than trying to post in someone else's forum?

cussedness
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Posted 5/24/2008 3:11 PM (GMT -5)

I think that's a good idea, CW and kind of what I was asking for earlier.

Dave
Master of the Domain

Date Joined Aug 2003
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Posted 5/24/2008 4:00 PM (GMT -5)

More tinkering

Added a forum for you CW

Let me know!

Dave
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cussedness
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Posted 5/24/2008 4:14 PM (GMT -5)

I added a thread to CW's forum. I am having no problems at all now.

crystalwizard
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Posted 5/24/2008 4:26 PM (GMT -5)

Okay, in my forum on the new site, I have a lot more buttons (Crystalwizard is one word, Dave, not two)

I got a 'post to moderate' notice when Janrae posted in it, but there's nothing in the moderate queue. Can notices be turned off if there's nothing in the queue?

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crystalwizard
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Posted 5/24/2008 4:32 PM (GMT -5)

More forum permissions problems

I was able to post new threads in my forum, and then I was able to create a new thread in Janrae's.

However, when I posted the new thread, I first got a message that said 'you have posted in a moderated forum' and told me I'd have to wait for the moderator to approve the thread.

BUT

it posted the thread anyway. It didn't really queue it for her to moderate

HOWEVER

I know it sent her the message that there was something to be moderated, because it sent me one when she posted in mine and it did the same thing. Automatically approved the thread.

Never meddle in the affairs of a wizard unless you are soggy and hard to light!

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cussedness
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Posted 5/24/2008 4:37 PM (GMT -5)

I did not get a notice of moderation.

cussedness
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Posted 5/24/2008 4:51 PM (GMT -5)

I have a dumb question. Are the author forums always moderated? It's better if the readers and such can start their own threads in them to ask questions and such.

Dave
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Date Joined Aug 2003
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Posted 5/24/2008 6:01 PM (GMT -5)

They should only be moderated int he sense that you have permissions to edit/delete. Not supposed to hold or send notices..

Dave
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UnclePete
Weasel Overlord

Date Joined Dec 2004
Total Posts : 311

Posted 5/26/2008 6:15 PM (GMT -5)

Hey Dave - is there a links page or directory on the new site? I'm thinking of the old directory of course, and it might be easier now for people to add their sites.

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Dave
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Date Joined Aug 2003
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Posted 5/27/2008 10:54 AM (GMT -5)

I had a links up on the old SFReader, but keeping out the spam became overburdening. We can try it again with the new, with the caveat being that only registered members can submit links and see what happens.

Dave
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UnclePete
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Date Joined Dec 2004
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Posted 5/27/2008 1:55 PM (GMT -5)

Dave said...
I had a links up on the old SFReader, but keeping out the spam became overburdening. We can try it again with the new, with the caveat being that only registered members can submit links and see what happens.

That'd be good -- good way to get people to register too.

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Dave
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Posted 5/27/2008 9:03 PM (GMT -5)

Haven't found a decent links module.... you would think someone would have done one of those fairly quickly. I 'llresearch some more tomorrow.

Dave
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UnclePete
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Date Joined Dec 2004
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Posted 5/28/2008 11:25 AM (GMT -5)

Weird -- I'm surprised it's not part of the core. Let me know when it's up and I'll add a bunch to test...yeah, to test... that's it...

:)

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Dave
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Date Joined Aug 2003
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Posted 5/28/2008 3:14 PM (GMT -5)

OK Pete

I found a links module and added it.

http://sfreader.com/SFRResources/tabid/100/Default.aspx

I have links going to an approval queue, so they won't show immediately after submitting. If I can figure out permissions, I'll add yo so your go in right away.

Dave
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UnclePete
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Date Joined Dec 2004
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Posted 5/28/2008 10:19 PM (GMT -5)

There we go, I added a bunch. To test...

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crystalwizard
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Posted 5/30/2008 2:16 PM (GMT -5)

added a bunch of convention links and waited till Dave approved them. The links are working well but can the list be set up slightly different?

When I put the links in there were several categories to choose from. However they are all showing in one long list. Can the main resources page be links to those categories and then just the links in those categories show up on those category pages? Otherwise, I'm concerned that the list is going to get very very long and fairly chaotic and hard to find anything in.

Never meddle in the affairs of a wizard unless you are soggy and hard to light!

Managing Editor of Flashing Swords

Visit my art gallery on art wanted
All my books in print

Dave
Master of the Domain

Date Joined Aug 2003
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Posted 5/30/2008 2:28 PM (GMT -5)

Short answer to your question CW is not at this time. You can read my blogs posts on SFReader for the full details.

Dave
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von Darkmoor
Small Press Publisher (and Dancer still)

Date Joined Dec 2005
Total Posts : 3072

Posted 5/30/2008 6:37 PM (GMT -5)

Dave - I received 2 emails from the SFReader webmaster an hour ago telling me it was in reply to my request for an emailed password reminder.

I don't recall doing so but I probably did that night I could not get into the new SFReader, but either way, that was 2 or 3 or 4 days ago. Secondly, I can't log in. Not with my password, nor either of the 2 sent to me to use in the emails.

Any chance you can just void me and let me re-register? Or will that knock me out of the forum as well? Do you think my using the same username and password for both forum and reader posed a problem?

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von Darkmoor
Small Press Publisher (and Dancer still)

Date Joined Dec 2005
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Posted 5/30/2008 6:43 PM (GMT -5)

oh, and support questions. Do those Project wonderful ads on top generate any income for the site/you? And I'd love to do a blog and a wiki and a forum . . . . but I can't keep my own existing blogs up-to-date, wikis confuse me, and I ain't an author yet. I do turn in reviews, though I am behind on them. Speaking of reviews, is there any better way to search reviews by author than by first letter of last name? That seems a bit, well, retarded. My guess, after reading your response to CW regarding the list of conventions is that's the way it is though.

I do like the new site Dave, and it does load faster and appear nicer all around.

Suggestions: in the Most Recent section, can we please show or include in the titles of each article its date of posting? I read so much stuff online that I can't always remember titles, so I don't know which of those are new titles or ones I've read already. so it'd be a time saver and 2 less clicks. Also, where ever did the SFReader webring go?

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Jason M. Waltz
Managing Editor, Flashing Swords Press

First Book Released: The Return of the Sword

~~~~~~~~~~
Ever waltz with the Devil? Or devil with a Waltz?

House von Darkmoor - where the real action is

von Darkmoor's thoughts - where it all began

~~~~~~~~~~
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