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Forum Upgrade April 2009 - Further issues.

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  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
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    Think they might have disabled the "Friends" option since I nominated you, Jinkles!

    Looks like it.

    None of the features that might make use of it are enabled here at the moment, so there wasn't any point it being there anyway.
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  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    Not sure if this is linked to the recent works or not...but the site is painfully slow for me tonight. Pages just seem to be constantly loading and not actually coming to the end of the process iyswim.

    IE7/Vista
    Trying to post to several threads ....has happened with all.
    Herman - MP for all! :)
  • philnicandamy
    philnicandamy Posts: 15,685 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Every post I click on opens a page with the "sorry the forum is closed for maintainance" if I refresh the page the forum posts come back
    We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will
  • Cleosmum
    Cleosmum Posts: 2,673 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Twice I have recieved:
    APOLOGIES! Closed for Scheduled Maintenance.

    Sorry for the inconvenience, the MoneySavingExpert.com forum is shut for scheduled maintenance.

    The first time I was posting in DFW, in reply to a thread. The second time I had clicked to go to the index and it came up instead. Im using Firefox 2.0.0.14.
  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Rampant Recycler
    Cleosmum wrote: »
    The first time I was posting in DFW, in reply to a thread. The second time I had clicked to go to the index and it came up instead. Im using Firefox 2.0.0.14.

    Regardless of anything else, you badly need to upgrade Firefox. :eek:

    Get the latest version, v3.08!

    http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

    Still being on v2.0.0.14 is not good.
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  • m_13
    m_13 Posts: 990 Forumite
    When you use a special character such an accented e at the end of cafe you get an exclamation mark instead of the correct character like this:
    caf!.

    The accented text appears in the posting box (using Alt Gr, the standard key for an accented e) but after you post or preview the exclamation replaces it.
  • fermi
    fermi Posts: 40,542 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Rampant Recycler
    m_13 wrote: »
    When you use a special character such an accented e at the end of cafe you get an exclamation mark instead of the correct character like this:
    caf!.

    The accented text appears in the posting box (using Alt Gr, the standard key for an accented e) but after you post or preview the exclamation replaces it.

    Nothing to do with the upgrade.

    Edinburghlass kindly explained here earlier:
    I can answer that one, e with the accent over it is in the swear filter due to people using it to circumvent the swear filter :)
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  • Cleosmum
    Cleosmum Posts: 2,673 Forumite
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    fermi wrote: »
    Regardless of anything else, you badly need to upgrade Firefox. :eek:

    Get the latest version, v3.08!

    http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all.html

    Still being on v2.0.0.14 is not good.

    It came with my brand new notebook in December :eek:

    Will get on to tech support (AKA OH)...
  • Browntoa
    Browntoa Posts: 49,602 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Using IE8 , when you used to look at someones profile , it would show a Green button to show online and on the right hand side what funtion they were/are carrying out , editing, replying , creating thread etc . now seems just to say

    Last Activity: Today 8:49 PM (the time just before you look )

    as if you have signed off all the time
    Ex forum ambassador

    Long term forum member
  • southernscouser
    southernscouser Posts: 33,745 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Not really a bug as such but when looking at peoples profiles, their additional information is a bit disjointed. Apologies to Browntoa for using you, but read your post about the green light so automatically clicked on your name. :)

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