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Archives for March 2007

Search function
I think something's up with the search function. I mean, something other than it's usual uselessness. It doesn't seem to be picking up threads posted over the last few days I don't think. It's actually a very important tool for the comping board as on a lot of competitions if you enter a second time accidentally you…
what is troll
What is a troll? Sorry have to ask seen dodgy or maybe not dody post on families board - not sure if troll (as not sure what that means) but to me screams it dont know if being mean? I know not money saving post but as "old style" thought older members may explain!
Page indicator read colour
When I used to visit a thread which I had been to before the page indicator in the top right would be a different colour on the pages I had read to the ones I had not. I think they used to be blue. Now they are all the same colour - is there a setting I need to change? I have looked under the User CP but can't find one -…
Countdown ticker in signature
I have seen on some other forums they have the ability to add a countdown ticker in their signature which automatically counts down to a certain date. They use VBulletin software. I can't work out if we can do this on MSE. Could we maybe have something like this so all of us DFW's can count down to the day we should be DF.…
How to edit a thread title?
Hello everyone. I have just tried to update a post I wrote last year as I'm still in the same situation and I need more advice. I thought I'd edited the title to show the new query but the new title only shows after you open the thread. Can I not edit the thread title that shows in the index so that people can see it's a…
SUGGESTION: subscription notification by PM rather than email
Some other sites I visit allow your subscription notification to be delivered by PM rather than email. This site only appears to allow email notifications. Would it be possible to enable PM notifications instead? To make it useful, the following behavior is what works well on other sites: As soon as a new post is posted on…
RSS feeds not updating properly?
Hello, I've subscribed to a custom RSS feed on the site. When I check the feed it returns 15 threads (wish it returned more, but that's understandable). However, I believe that the feed is not always updating. It seems like it won't return any updates unless I check it at least an hour later or so. With that long of a…
Martin's Money Mutterings 27 March 2007
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Surely It's Not Just Me?
There are an awful lot of people online but the site has been el crapo for me for ages now! Please tell me I'm not alone! :rolleyes: Oh and who is squid? Apparently he/she wasn't responding! :D
Martin you owe me a pint!
Having seen in the top left of this website Martin's smiley face confidently announcing clocks go forward at 2am, when I was out last night and a heated debate arose about what time BST came into force, I had no hesitation in wagering a pint of best on the subject. A quick bit of research found that in fact 1am is the time…
Posting a link ~ help required
Sorry if it in the wrong forum ~ I have no problem posting a link on the threads however I would like to be able to teach myself (oh boy have I tried!! without help) ~ with some help of course! :kiss: to put the link on but rather than seeing http:/blahblahblahblahdeblah ( usually longer than this!) just for the user to…
Can I Change My User Name???
can anyone pls tell me how i go about changing my user name???
Calendar not working
Just noticed that the calendar seems to be showing December 2006 and you cannot select 2007.
Search forgets Key Word settings
Trying to search the forums:* search for something wrongly * go to the advanced search form. Change the Search by Key Word option to Search Entire Posts * get a message that you must wait 25 seconds between searches, please wait x seconds * review the currently selected search options. The Search by Key Word option will…
Bookmark?
I have been on the OS board and it said about bookmark this thread! How do you bookmark threads? Thanks.
finding old posts!
Hi all I posted a thread on asking for people's opinion on moving to Sweden. I received loads of replies from The Arms and Families board, but I now cannot find them. I have used the search option on the top of thsi screen. nothing. Please advise Many thanks MM
thanks button and smileys
hi i had to reformat my computer last night and since then i have not been able to use the smileys or thanks button...when i click on the thanks button it just takes me to the top of the page and i cannot click on the smileys at all... any idea what could have caused this?? thanks:o ok the smileys is working now in here…
About time this was cured, isn't it?
It''s getting a bit beyond a joke. Puts me off so I dont know what newbies will think but certainly not encouraging. There's patience and there's patience.
Where is...
... "make money" section - if it exists? If it doesn't exists, can I request for one to be created? I think it would be popular for many of the members here.

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