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Hi folks:
We've turned the Forums back on early, because we realized it's going to take days to get all the settings, and the "look" adjusted, and the indexing finished, and we didn't want to lock folks out that long.
Please bear with us.
We're all in the same state of confusion.
Help each other and help us.
The Mods haven't gotten used to this new format either.
I'll start new FAQs as soon as I can. In the meantime, I'll keep updating this post.
New Forums, New Cookies!
That's right; hot-from-the-oven cookies.
Problems with Staying Logged in / Cookies / Password Remembering
We have a problem with some users and Cookies not working correctly; they time out when they shouldn't so members aren't staying logged in.
We're working on this; honest.
This is affecting the way members log in to password protected forums, because those also use Cookies.
Clearing your Cache, History, and Cookies is working for some. See: FAQ: Emptying Your Browser's Cache, History, and Deleting Cookies
Here are some Quick Tips:
Your User CP has been divided into a couple of sections:
Message Editor Interface
This is the tool bar with the buttons for formatting posts etc.
You have options for which tool bar /Editor Interface you use in your Settings.
Standard and Enhanced have Advanced Options available when you're posting.
To Set a Preferred Message Editor:
To See Rep Comments using the Mobile Style
Problems with Searching
We have just under or just over 9 million posts, depending on how you count.
In order for the vBulletin/Forum search to work, all of them have to be indexed.
It takes a while.
So until that's finished, the built-in Search isn't going to work quite right.
All the data is here, it's just not "fetchable" at present.
Please be patient; we're working on it.
In the meantime, scroll down to the bottom of the page and try the Google search for the Forums.
We've turned the Forums back on early, because we realized it's going to take days to get all the settings, and the "look" adjusted, and the indexing finished, and we didn't want to lock folks out that long.
Please bear with us.
We're all in the same state of confusion.
Help each other and help us.
The Mods haven't gotten used to this new format either.
I'll start new FAQs as soon as I can. In the meantime, I'll keep updating this post.
New Forums, New Cookies!
That's right; hot-from-the-oven cookies.
Problems with Staying Logged in / Cookies / Password Remembering
We have a problem with some users and Cookies not working correctly; they time out when they shouldn't so members aren't staying logged in.
We're working on this; honest.
This is affecting the way members log in to password protected forums, because those also use Cookies.
Clearing your Cache, History, and Cookies is working for some. See: FAQ: Emptying Your Browser's Cache, History, and Deleting Cookies
Here are some Quick Tips:
- When you first arrive at the Forums, you're on your Home screen. You'll see notifications there about Visitor Messages, and new posts.
- The Forums are accessed by the Forum button at the top.
- AW should work much better with mobiles/Smart Phones. See the options at the very bottom on the left in a little menu that says (probably) vB4 Default Style?
- There's another option under it for Default Mobile Styles. We'll try to get some other options there too, but it may take a while.
- There's an Auto Save on posts; it's set to Save your posts every sixty seconds.
- Point at the little icons on the Edit Tool bar to see some hints about what they do.
Your User CP has been divided into a couple of sections:
- Private Messages are in the Navigation bar on the top, on the left.
- See the Forum Actions menu in the Navigation bar for Mark Forums Read, General Settings, and the Edit Profile option.
- Just above the Navigation bar, at the absolute top of the page is a quick link to your Profile and profile Settings.
- Settings has your Rep Comments; see the very top on the right. You should see notifications when you log in about new Rep Comments just as you do with PMs.
Message Editor Interface
This is the tool bar with the buttons for formatting posts etc.
You have options for which tool bar /Editor Interface you use in your Settings.
- Basic Editor A simple text box.
- Standard Editor This is the one that lets you see/use the BBcodes in square brackets; it was I think the most commonly preferred option.
- Enhanced Full WYSIWYG Editing This is sort of like MS Word.
Standard and Enhanced have Advanced Options available when you're posting.
To Set a Preferred Message Editor:
- Go to Settings on the top right of AW
- Select General Settings from the Sidebar on the Left.
- Scroll down to the section labeled Miscellaneous Options.
- Pick the editor you want to use (you can change it).
- Make sure to scroll all the way down to the bottom and click Save Changes.
To See Rep Comments using the Mobile Style
- Scroll to the bottom of the page
- Tap Full Site
- Wait for the page to load
- Tap Settings on the top left
Problems with Searching
We have just under or just over 9 million posts, depending on how you count.
In order for the vBulletin/Forum search to work, all of them have to be indexed.
It takes a while.
So until that's finished, the built-in Search isn't going to work quite right.
All the data is here, it's just not "fetchable" at present.
Please be patient; we're working on it.
In the meantime, scroll down to the bottom of the page and try the Google search for the Forums.
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