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[Foggy]

The problem with adding board styles is that somebody has to create a new Fogbow logo for each style, since every dang one uses different dimensions for the logo. And then somebody has to edit the files to add the "Active Topics" link to every page, top and bottom. And a few more little things that mean I have to do some ... shudder ... some work.

But as long as I'm thinking about X-Creamy, are there any other requests?

[Reality Check]

I have tried new board styles but I always end up switching back to Pro Silver.

Edit: I guess I don't do change when it comes to Internet things. I have had the same browser, Mozilla/Firefox, and the same home home page, My Yahoo, for over 20 years.

[pipistrelle]

The problem with adding board styles is that somebody has to create a new Fogbow logo for each style, since every dang one uses different dimensions for the logo. And then somebody has to edit the files to add the "Active Topics" link to every page, top and bottom. And a few more little things that mean I have to do some ... shudder ... some work.

But as long as I'm thinking about X-Creamy, are there any other requests?

Sorry! You should lobby for that $15/hr minimum wage.

[sugar magnolia]

I have tried new board styles but I always end up switching back to Pro Silver.

Edit: I guess I don't do change when it comes to Internet things. I have had the same browser, Mozilla/Firefox, and the same home home page, My Yahoo, for over 20 years.

Same. I don't even understand the obsession with smilies.

[Reality Check]

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Same. I don't even understand the obsession with smilies.

I used some of them like the snippety one but I cannot imagine ever using a USC or UCLA logo, ever.

[pipistrelle]

I have tried new board styles but I always end up switching back to Pro Silver.

Edit: I guess I don't do change when it comes to Internet things. I have had the same browser, Mozilla/Firefox, and the same home home page, My Yahoo, for over 20 years.

X-Creamy is easiest on my eyes, although I don't know why. It just is. If no one cares, that's cool.

[Estiveo]

No, I agree. X creamy is the one I prefer.

[Foggy]

For anyone still having problems with the display of Active Topics, I spent some time looking at the thread on the phpBB support forums about it.

The good news: It's not just you, all kinds of people are having the problem.

The bad news: There are SIX PAGES of posts about it, and I'm not sure they've really solved the problem. If anyone wants to read all that, I'm open to concrete suggestions ... otherwise, I plan to live with it until the next upgrade of the phpBB software.

[Foggy]

On the bright side, X-Creamy has been updated to match our current board version, yay.

[pipistrelle]

On the bright side, X-Creamy has been updated to match our current board version, yay.

Be still my heart. And eyeballs.

[Estiveo]

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Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, Foggy!

[Mrich]

What's the difference between "Active Topics" and "Unread Posts"?

[Phoenix520]

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Oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, Foggy!

What he said

[Reality Check]

What's the difference between "Active Topics" and "Unread Posts"?

"Active topics" returns the most recently posted topics in descending order whether you have read them or not. "Unread posts" returns topics with unread posts in descending order. Topics that you have read are not listed.

[Luke]

Thanks Foggy, you're awesome! It's clear you want everything to be perfect for Friday night when Mama June: Road To Redemption premieres at 9pm on WeTV

For the first time, it's logging me out every few hours. No big deal, password is saved, but it's a first. When I try https it says not found. Using Chrome, Windows 10 on a Alienware laptop. Not urgent at all but if anybody has found a fix it would be great.

[chancery]

Re the Fogbow forum display issue -

For me, no problem with FireFox, Chrome, or Edge on my Windows 8.1 machine.

On my Windows 10 laptop, FireFox and Chrome are ok. Edge displays the issue Zeke is seeing.

The problem is that the browser can't handle the word wrap of the long description under the thread title. To make it more obvious, grab the right edge of the window and make the window narrower. As it narrows, you'll see more threads displaying the word wrap problem. Of course, if you shrink the window's width enough, the right three columns disappear and you are left with only the topic column which now displays correctly!

Yes. I see that, MN-Skeptic. The problem disappears when I narrow it way down, but I lose the name and time of the last poster listed off on the right. I can make it do it with this topic as well.

Foggy, FYI, I've just experienced this problem for the first time, using Chrome on a Mac. Advised by MN-SKeptic & Zekeb, I shrank the browser window text size a bit, and the problem went away, although the smaller text is hard on my eyes.

[roadscholar]

An image-width issue may also be responsible for the jitters I've been seeing.

[northland10]

An image-width issue may also be responsible for the jitters I've been seeing.

I thought there were jitters with the screen but then I realized I had forgotten my ADD meds and my laptop was sitting on my lap.

[Estiveo]

An image-width issue may also be responsible for the jitters I've been seeing.

I saw those jitters in Carbon, but haven't seen them at all in X-Creamy.

[keith]

Is there a magic incantation to get the forum software running on a desktop machine to remember me?

Seems to work fine on Android, but on my desktop (Windows 10, Firefox) I have to logon every time.

Other forums I visit, also running phpBB, do not seem to have this problem.

And yes, I keep trying to get it to work by checking the 'remember me' box.

[MN-Skeptic]

Is there a magic incantation to get the forum software running on a desktop machine to remember me?

Seems to work fine on Android, but on my desktop (Windows 10, Firefox) I have to logon every time.

Other forums I visit, also running phpBB, do not seem to have this problem.

And yes, I keep trying to get it to work by checking the 'remember me' box.

What's the URL you are using to get to Fogbow? Is it https?

The link I have in my favorites is https://thefogbow.com/forum/search.php? ... ive_topics

[Luke]

Thanks for that! Had the same thing, constant logouts... when trying https it was throwing an error, but that link worked. Here's hoping. Thanks again, will see how it does.

[Luke]

Yay! That link did the trick, no more logouts! Thank you thank you!

Hey Foggy, the search is being strange again... even a search for topic titles only throws this error:

The following words in your search query were ignored because they are too common words: mypillow lindell.

Can a Google Search box be implemented in a phpBB site? The site is filling up again and it would really help to be able to find everything.

[keith]

Is there a magic incantation to get the forum software running on a desktop machine to remember me?

Seems to work fine on Android, but on my desktop (Windows 10, Firefox) I have to logon every time.

Other forums I visit, also running phpBB, do not seem to have this problem.

And yes, I keep trying to get it to work by checking the 'remember me' box.

What's the URL you are using to get to Fogbow? Is it https?

The link I have in my favorites is https://thefogbow.com/forum/search.php? ... ive_topics

MANY MANY MANY THANKS.

And if you want to go directly to "New Posts" change the search_id to newposts (notice there is no underscore between the words as in active_topics).

[scirreeve]

Yay! That link did the trick, no more logouts! Thank you thank you!

Hey Foggy, the search is being strange again... even a search for topic titles only throws this error:

The following words in your search query were ignored because they are too common words: mypillow lindell.

Can a Google Search box be implemented in a phpBB site? The site is filling up again and it would really help to be able to find everything.

I get that message too also when I search for stuff. No biggy.