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Banned Members
Recently a couple of people have been banned from the site. To be honest I hate the thought of this having to happen. I was actually away at the time. The abuse controllers did it. I want to note that I support them in this. There are a number of points I want to make about this 1. We have the right to ban people for any…
Recommendation: Disable Live Links.
I have noticed a few people complain of posting links to bargains, etc which shortly afterwards quit working. This is no doubt due to the increase in traffic at the site concerned, any webmaster checking the access logs can see the site referring the traffic and can change the url or even block access from the referring…
How to quote more than one person?
This is probably a stupid question to all of you (and one with an obvious answer!) but I still haven't figured out how to quote more than one post when replying to a thread? I've seen people do this but my little brain can't work it out all by itself! Pls help...
Email subscriptions to threads......387!!
I've just found I had 387 subscriptions to threads! What a load of unnecessary emails I might receive. If you delete them like I've done to some of them (keeping the ones like "Granny is a failure" and other important issues), you have to do it page by page as you can only delete on the page that you're on. I've now got it…
'Top of page' button
On a sport forum that I subscribe to, there is a 'button' on the right hand side of posts that takes you straight to the top of the screen, rather than scrolling, that I find quite useful. Is this feasible on this forum software? I suppose the preference depends to a certain extent on how you have got your posts organised…
Can we have a VOIP forum?
It is crazy we don't have one. What is the processes for getting one set up?
MSE Rpoints links
mse Dan posted an Rpoints link - http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=37211 appears Martin first used it in http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=357354 if MSE is going to use their own affiliate links for non financial products as well - surely it would be better to set up there own ( via…
Flightchecker problems?
Hi, Anyone else having trouble accessing the flightchecker today, have tried several times since 11am and it either says "too many conections" or another message which was computer babble. I'm not surprised its so busy though and will keep trying. Cheers
Avatar image
How do I go about re-sizing the image I want for my avatar? At the minute it is too large. Thanks, Pete.
Incorrect Link
Hi, Have just found the site, its great and i'm hoping its going to save me loads, and i thought you'd like to know that the link to the MBNA site (https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/cgi-bin/viewnews.cgi?newsid1076883546,34894,) is incorrect and tries to access the address…
Opening Threads In New Windows
Is there anyway of doing this automatically? I'm too lazy to right click.
Message Preview window disappears
When I hover over a thread a preview window opens. However, this disappears after a few seconds. Is there anyway of making this stay longer or ideally stay until I move the mouse?
Is Bumping Threads Allowed?
Hi All Are there any rules in the forums on bumping threads? It doesn't seem to happen so often now, but I've seen a few cases in forums recently. Personally I don't think it should be allowed. People don't seem to realise that by bumping a thread, they are putting every other thread down a notch. What about the poor…
New Posts
What decides what a new post is when I click new posts? Website or cookie knowing which one I've been to? I want to change my sig as well, but can't find where.
Make much more room on your screen
We've added a new button, it looks like two arrows, when you click them the 'warning text' at the top (underneath the orange abuse line) disappears.
Scam Forum
This site shows all the pro's to being wise with your money, but their are also plenty of get rich scheme's and folk out their trying to get your money by illicit means. So why not a discussion board on scams folk have come across. I think it would be a good idea. What are your views ???
Sorting post by initial post date
Hi I sometime find it difficult working out what i have and havent read. Maybe I'm not using the forums the best way, in which case let me know and i'll change my ways, promise. I think it would be handy to have a sort by initial post date. We have last time posted which is ok if you want to keep upto date on new replies.…
Signature changes
Some chat forum users, especially new posters that had other peoples' signatures, may have noticed their signatures have now gone. We can now mass-delete signatures and over the next few days will be working on deleting all the ones that were imported incorrectly when we transferred from yabb to vbulletin. This may mean…
Errors on page
Just lately on my Hotmail account , i've been getting frequent 'Errors on page' and i've had to keep hitting refresh or I couldn't do anything such as delete an e mail etc. It was just on Hotmail , but this morning it's on this site too although I don't have to refresh the page :confused: Anyone got any ideas why this has…
Subscriptions (Guide)
You might want to be notified about replies to topics you are interested in. This is called Subscriptions. Subscribe to a thread If you would like to be notified about replies to a thread, you can find the option under Thread Tools when viewing any thread: You will then be asked how often you would like to be emailed: You…

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