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08-18-08 | 10:34 AM
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I just got into the office from the weekend, and am now able to check how the search index is doing. It looks like it stalled at the 95% mark, which means that the last 5% of all posts aren't in the index. I'll try to schedule a time to re-do the process.
08-18-08 | 07:02 PM
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Might be some sort of glitch, or maybe some sort of feature (maybe there's some sort of setting where you see admin avatars even if they're off.) Can you see mine?
08-18-08 | 07:09 PM
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08-19-08 | 07:51 PM
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inserting links?
before the changes, you had two boxes pop up when you went to insert a link. the first let you custom name the link and the 2nd was for the link itself. only the 2nd comes up now. is there no way to customize the link names anymore?
08-19-08 | 08:05 PM
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Highlight the text that you want to be the anchor (or the name as you put it) and then hit that button and type in the link. Does that work for you?
08-19-08 | 08:21 PM
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IB-Dick,
FYI, this is probably the most bandwidth-consuming time of the day, and the forum is acting a little slow. Just to let you know. Might want to watch a few things and see how the forum handles the queries.
Also, love the new features. The edited link is also helpful and quick reply posting without reloading the entire page.
FYI, this is probably the most bandwidth-consuming time of the day, and the forum is acting a little slow. Just to let you know. Might want to watch a few things and see how the forum handles the queries.
Also, love the new features. The edited link is also helpful and quick reply posting without reloading the entire page.
08-19-08 | 09:35 PM
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Last edited by OldBoy; 08-19-08 at 09:38 PM.
08-20-08 | 04:19 AM
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From: 75 clicks above the Do Lung bridge...
It was answering a question on how I posted mu links with a little silver 'link' button. But it covers the of making links in general pretty thoroughly.
You can embed any IMG call into a URL call. I'm embedding an IMG call I like.
I used to type out "Link". I found that little image and I liked it better, it's more readable, and started using that.
Just post any url with the button -
- then sub in an IMG ref in the appropriate place.
[ URL="http://www.google.com/"]http://www.google.com/[/URL] (I inserted the space after the first bracket to break the call, so you can see it here.)
The part in red can be anything, of course, just delete that portion and insert anything you like between the URL brackets, including an IMG ref.
Such as - [ URL="http://www.google.com/"][ IMG]http://www.dvdtalk.com/images/newbutton2003.gif[/IMG][/URL] (spaces inserted to break it so you can see what I'm doing)
Here it is with spaces removed -
(Click it)
Like this:
Anything You Like
(click it)
(click it)
Or the one I'm using.
Too much info? There's the answer anyway.
I used to type out "Link". I found that little image and I liked it better, it's more readable, and started using that.
Just post any url with the button -
- then sub in an IMG ref in the appropriate place.[ URL="http://www.google.com/"]http://www.google.com/[/URL] (I inserted the space after the first bracket to break the call, so you can see it here.)
The part in red can be anything, of course, just delete that portion and insert anything you like between the URL brackets, including an IMG ref.
Such as - [ URL="http://www.google.com/"][ IMG]http://www.dvdtalk.com/images/newbutton2003.gif[/IMG][/URL] (spaces inserted to break it so you can see what I'm doing)
Here it is with spaces removed -
(Click it)Like this:
Anything You Like
(click it)(click it)Or the one I'm using.
Too much info? There's the answer anyway.
You will notice when you post a link with the 'link' button the section you can edit is ALREADY highlighted, so literally when you post the link, simply hit the 'delete' key once, and type anything you like. Even if you don't see the cursor just type what custom word you want for the link and it will work every time.
[ URL="http://www.google.com/"]http://www.google.com/[/URL]
The part highlighted in red can be anything, including an image call as covered above.
08-20-08 | 10:19 AM
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08-20-08 | 11:20 AM
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IB-Dick,
FYI, this is probably the most bandwidth-consuming time of the day, and the forum is acting a little slow. Just to let you know. Might want to watch a few things and see how the forum handles the queries.
Also, love the new features. The edited link is also helpful and quick reply posting without reloading the entire page.
FYI, this is probably the most bandwidth-consuming time of the day, and the forum is acting a little slow. Just to let you know. Might want to watch a few things and see how the forum handles the queries.
Also, love the new features. The edited link is also helpful and quick reply posting without reloading the entire page.
I knew the site was slow last night, but I didn't know there were database errors. I know a db server crashed last night, but not this one. Maybe they did some work on it. How long was it like that?
08-20-08 | 11:26 AM
#143
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I'd say at least an hour or two, and perhaps longer. I don't know specifically since I gave up trying to access the forum.
08-20-08 | 05:20 PM
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08-20-08 | 05:46 PM
#149
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Yeah, the site is choking hard...