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Top right, underneath your PM link, between "Search" and "Log Out".

The other link I like in that menu, and sounds like it might help with your problem is "Mark Forums Read". I use it every time I finish going through the new posts.

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It's too bad we're not able to customize the top bar that has Forums Gallery Tools, etc. I only ever use Forums and New Posts from that. It would be nice to add Mark Forums Read.

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This is why I want the "Panic Button" back, so I can assign whatever link I want to it and it's quickly accessible on every post. The "Today's Posts" would be a good link to put there for some. I have a link that shows everything new and excludes the political forum. I'd like to put that in there.

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it used to just be a simple bar and i copy and pasted link to pic. then this pop up screen that didn't work. then worked for a bit and now still not working...

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https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...1c0e89be03.jpg
It still works for me. I guess some here are having browser issues.

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I tried three different browsers. Are you seeing the new window like I posted above, or is it still the old (good!) way? I'm only able to post images now by using the [img] brackets (which is a pain!)

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Yes I get that same upload pop up and insert the image with no issues.

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When you say insert image, do you mean where it says "paste a file URL"? Or the drag'n'drop? Drag'n'drop worked for me (which is how I posted that image), but the paste doesn't work. The URL just disappears.

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The URL is there. It doesn't disappear. I copy and paste it with no issues. I know you're annoyed by this, but it worked fine for me.

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What browser are you using? I tried Firefox, Vivaldi and Chrome.

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Hm. Just tried Chrome again - same problem.

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https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...1b8a095699.jpg
Just cut and paste this image into the URL. No issues. So weird that you're having issues.

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I don't get it either, but others are having the same problem, so there's some variable going on. :shrug:

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For those having problems, what DVD Talk editor are you using and what is a sample URL that you are trying to get posted that won't?

https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...69187a1ada.jpg

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Ah ha! Okay, I switched from full CKEditor to WYSIWYG and (although still a bit different than before) it works! Thank you!! :bow:

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:up: Cool, glad that one is working. The "Standard Editor" is very similar to the old one.

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Coincidence, although we're working on it. Let me actually check the "Posts to New thread" setting, I didn't think of that. It may have been inadvertently changed somehow.

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This is definitely what it is. These new threads are from members with only 1 post. There doesn't appear to be any post requirement to start threads anymore.

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jesus, i can't even post pics anymore using the IMG code. what the hell is going on round here?

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Sure you can. But you have to use the old editor. Switch to the "Standard Editor" and as mentioned several times your editing experience will be mostly like the "old days".

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I know that we complain a lot and there is still more to do, but I have to say that this software update has gone remarkably well. My PC and tablet have not crashed at all, and I no longer see the hijack ads that used to happen just about every few weeks. We tend to take things for granted and expect things to just "work," but I know that a lot of work must have happened before and during this migration to make things go so smoothly. You probably don't hear this a lot, but thank you. I think the site is a lot better now than before the change.

P.S. We are doing a software change at my work. A lot different and maybe more complicated, but it's been a real struggle with many crashes, so I am painfully aware of the difficulty of avoiding them.

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that's in user CP options?

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yup, back to normal. thanks Cow!
https://images2.vudu.com/poster2/1002154-338

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Following up. Could we re-instate the post requirement before being able to start threads? More spam from 1 post members today.

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Definitely agree!

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OK, I believe I fixed it, but let me know if not.

EDIT: Also just IP-banned a good chunk of spammers from India.

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^Can you add the 'Like' button functionality, if only so I can like your post? ;)

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Is it really better protection against spam to make them need 30 posts or whatever before they can post their spam links though? When we had the limit, we would just get a ton of old thread bumps with random comments before they could post their link. If you just let them post the link you can just ban them right away.

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Seems like the misplaced wikis have been respawning. Several threads seem to be getting the same wiki. I’ve been deleted some daily it seems.

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The Basic Editor box almost fills the entire screen. Which makes is so easy to type or copy and paste articles.

https://i.imgur.com/2gf6FXH.jpg

The Standard Editor box which shows the advanced controls like linking, coloring, size etc the box is so small. You can only expand it vertically. :(

https://i.imgur.com/mh0x9b1.jpg

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I'm using Firefox 65.0.1 (64 bit)

For the past week or so, I've been seeing an error message that says "A web page is slowing down your browser. What would you like to do?" It's a yellow bar at the top of my browser with buttons to "Wait" or "Stop It".

It only happens on the DVDTalk forum. And it happens when I'm loading a new page. Like when I go forward/back or submit a post. It doesn't happen all the time, just every once in a while. And sometimes it goes away on it's own, other times I have to close the tab.

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Looks like this hasn't been resolved.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/dvdtalk...222fe56254.jpg

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That's because only the Full CKEditor is optimized for the site. I don't see this being fixed anytime soon.

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Oh odd. Have you noticed a pattern at all on the kinds of pages? Just Forums or is it sometimes the front page content too? It's potentially an ad that's loading slow and if we can figure out which one it is, I can have them nix it.

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Are they only posting it in the thread title? Or in the body? If it's the former, I don't know to what degree this can effectively be stopped.

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The issue I'm pointing out is that members with no posts are allowed to start threads, making it easier for spammers to post and clog the forums. Before the updates, there was a post requirement before new users could start new threads. The pic I posted is a member with 1 post, which was the spam thread.

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It seems it's not just the box that needs fixing but the smiley box as well as the "additional smilies" text is out of place.

No biggie though. I went back to Full CKEditor. The reason I had switched was because when pasting an article the text would appear huge (it would automatically add[h1]tags, but I found a solution. Clicking on the "Source" button first then applying the copy and paste works without adding the strange html tags.

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IMHO there's not a single editor that works for all situations, "optimized" or not. We need one that works - for everything. If that can't be done then fix the "Standard Editor - Extra formatting controls" as it does work as before but has an edit box size issue *on some screens."

Essentially, when you switch to "Advanced" mode the edit box can not drug to the width of the screen as before. The max is maybe 1/3rd (at least on my screen). It can be pulled down as far as you want but it can't be pulled across.

Replying to a post presents an editor interface like the "Advanced" mode - unable to pull the edit window to screen width.

I'd think that should be easy to "fix" as the width can be adjusted properly if you edit an already created post which means the code is there, just not in all locations.